benNov 23, 2022
does anyone else have #aphantasia? I learned, only this year, that people can "see" things in their heads. I don't have any real endgame on asking this, but find myself curious. #refractive
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Life growing up would have been a lot harder to cope with without my imaginary world to escape to.
Nov 26, 2022 at 10:02amWeb
Show threadbenNov 26, 2022
@AutisticMumTo3 yeah. that makes sense. i read a lot of books about concepts and ideas as it was easier to not keep track of people. But i did devour comic books. i nearly swallowed swallowed them whole. my escape was often just rewatching the ninja turtles movie. I went through so. many. cassettes.
Show threadAutisticMumTo3 She/herNov 26, 2022
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I was bullied and had parents who tried to force me to meet their idea of a 'normal girl' because they believed me not meeting that idea was me being naughty. Tellings off included being hit round the head and long identical lectures and stuff taken off me. What they often didn't include was any idea what I had done wrong, any option to ask or any idea what I should have done instead. They assumed I knew.