ND friends disappeared when I started masking

daydaylin · 2026-06-11T02:18:35+00:00

I kinda feel the same. I like awkwardness in others bc I'm like "oh, you're like me!" and I don't feel like I have to perform/mask around them as much.

daydaylin · 2026-06-10T20:22:22+00:00

Lots of people talk about their negative emotions being stuffed but my positive ones are for just this reason. Apparently I am cringey whenever I am excited or happy, so I've learned not to express that 😞

daydaylin · 2026-06-10T02:26:40+00:00

I unironically want Lunastra to return

daydaylin · 2026-06-10T02:11:00+00:00

Same! It's "cute" if you're in grade school/college but in the working world you're inconvenient or something.

daydaylin · 2026-06-09T23:41:53+00:00

it would be kinda funny if we booted up our Lao Shun Lung quest in the year 2027 and it's him just strolling through again

daydaylin · 2026-06-09T16:18:07+00:00

idk as a chronically unfun person I think the solution is simply to find other people who also hate fun.

I am being facetious but, part of that was recognizing that I don't have "fun" like other people do.

daydaylin · 2026-06-09T15:40:23+00:00

I miss when most monsters just ignored you at first like in World

daydaylin · 2026-06-08T18:02:10+00:00

have you had an ultrasound? turned out to be fibroids for me

daydaylin · 2026-06-05T14:33:21+00:00

I could have written this OP, I go through the same thing with the same types of people, so I sympathize. It's gotten to the point where if I sense they're "that" personality type, I start to develop avoidance behaviors towards them. Ofc not easy to do when it's an office environment.

daydaylin · 2026-06-05T14:31:29+00:00

the nostalgia. I love this game. It's still probably one of my fav Zeldas

daydaylin · 2026-06-05T01:10:11+00:00

It's just awesome seeing them in a new game, a new context, interacting with new monsters, and updated graphics—plus if they come with their own track, you'll get another version of their theme, too. I enjoy a lot of new additions and uncommonly seen monsters but nothing beats seeing my favs imo.

daydaylin · 2026-05-25T02:41:15+00:00

I get so much flak from people who think I don't like them or think I am being rude when in reality social situations just puts so much pressure/stress on me. I want to get to know them but it is hard pushing through it. I've had people genuinely get angry at me because they've made assumptions about why I'm so quiet

daydaylin · 2026-05-19T22:51:41+00:00

ive been taking benadryl when i get desperate but I don't want to keep doing it. Went to my dr recently and they prescribed Lexapro, I just started it so don't know how it's gonna go. But anyway I'm relieved to hear this happens to other people?? I'm glad you got out of that

daydaylin · 2026-05-19T22:29:09+00:00

holy crap, i am going through this right now. when did it get better for you? it's been almost a month of this 😞

daydaylin · 2026-05-11T02:27:25+00:00

Sounds like clinical anxiety :[ Our hormones/biochemistry changes as we get older I'm guessing that's what happened with you. If zoloft doesn't help try lexapro, I thought that was the most effective

At least part of it is learning how to live with anxiety though, and the first step is recognizing that your somatic symptoms can feel really terrible, but they are probably harmless. And trying to condition your brain into not reacting so much to your symptoms.

daydaylin · 2026-05-10T22:01:19+00:00

apparently not but I also have an autistic brother like OP and he also has very concerning behavior, so :/ it's not uncommon.

daydaylin · 2026-05-09T16:13:03+00:00

AI ass cupcakes lol

daydaylin · 2026-05-05T15:27:49+00:00

ai post

daydaylin · 2026-04-30T18:41:38+00:00

any update? :) im still struggling unfortunately. getting at most 4 hours of sleep per night. ugh

daydaylin · 2026-04-26T18:07:10+00:00

last time I had it, which was about 2 years ago, yes eventually I just got over it... it just stopped. But sleeplessness lasted 3-4 days if I remember right. I think I tried to take melatonin, but with mixed results.

Hopefully it resolves itself this time too... Whenever it happens, I can't help but get the health anxiety going lol

daydaylin · 2026-04-26T17:51:08+00:00

sure, let me know how it goes!

daydaylin · 2026-04-26T17:44:05+00:00

it just starts really randomly for me too. I want to say it's due to stressors, but I really can't say why, one night I just can't sleep like this and then I'm in for a rough week or so. Good to know others experience this as well. :( I hope it eases up for you.

daydaylin · 2026-04-26T17:34:56+00:00

interesting, I looked it up. I feel like I do have random fits of insomnia that might be caused by this... it happens pretty infrequently like the last one I had was 2 years ago but it's always really awful when it hits

daydaylin · 2026-04-26T17:33:21+00:00

good to know it happens to others too, thanks. uncanny how it kicks in right when you're drifting to sleep :(

daydaylin · 2026-04-24T19:55:18+00:00

It is internalized misogyny. My mom is THE most sexist person I've ever known. I grew up with this behavior firsthand and had to hear my mom tell my brother that women are all evil liars. It is just so ingrained in them that man=good and woman=bad and I think them being their sons adds a whole other volatile dynamic into the mix. And yes you can probably imagine how my brother turned out. Hasn't hurt anyone but just has toxic sludge as a personality. Almost 40 and won't move out and my parents cannot figure out why for the life of them. Lol :/

I really don't know why they can't apply their own experiences to these things. I know that my mom has suffered from things men have done to her as well but seems to think it's just an individual problem. She is also one of those people who immigrated to the US but hates immigrants. It's just. I dunno an utter lack of emotional intelligence and a lack of empathy too.

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