Dating with #tourettes is weird.

There are two things I have to deal with now that it is known about, but still misunderstood:

1. It's fetishized, and someone only likes me because they think it's quirky and weird. They view me more like a play thing, and don't see the real personality underneath. So I feel more like a toy.

2. They don't actually understand it, and only think they do, then doubt I actually have it, or use it against me in abusive manipulation.

#writing #dating #mentalhealth

@RationalizedInsanity 🙁 How about just accepting a person the way they are? You can learn about a disease, but how a person lives with it is different for each person.

@Caiotekit I have a bad picker unfortunately, and always find assholes who pretend to be understanding, then turn into terrors to my life.

But I have faith!

@RationalizedInsanity @Caiotekit I can't see myself dating outside the neurodivergent pool ever again tbh. I've had far too many lifetime experiences of being misunderstood by normies, often quite willfully.

@surfhosting @RationalizedInsanity

I can understand that. I wish it were different.

@Caiotekit @surfhosting Just need to find myself an empathetic, kind weirdo like myself.

I love myself so that's all I need for now.

@RationalizedInsanity @surfhosting

This is why I always feel more comfortable around neurodivergent and LBG+ communities than I do in the otherworld.

@surfhosting @Caiotekit I agree. Someone who has never experienced mental illness or otherwise simply doesn't understand what it is actually like.

It creates a lot of tension, and misunderstanding.

I should find myself someone with Tourettes and have the most annoying little family ever!

@RationalizedInsanity @Caiotekit I just need a sleepy love-forward INFP space cadet / follower of hyperfocus butterflies

lately I'm pretty sure that's never gonna happen for me, nor anything like it.

@surfhosting @Caiotekit Sew I want kind of the opposite.

Someone super hyper who can keep up with my insanity, and explosive energy, which is hard.

I haven't lost faith yet!

@RationalizedInsanity This is why I’m thankful I’m asexual.
@jrcs3 I enjoy sex too much to ever want to be asexual.
@RationalizedInsanity It isn’t a choice. I regret that the world is built around pairing more than I miss any potential sexual adventure

@jrcs3 Well that is unfortunate. Though honestly constantly being sexually driven to some extent whether you want to or not due to an extremely high sex drive, is also a bit of a curse.

Because you don't think clearly getting into a relationship, and end up with an awful person occasionally.