@Bubotomy for me internalising years of being othered, masking, the anxiety fallout from both of those and not understanding my own condition (later in life diagnosis) led to this. Understanding and naming my autism has allowed another layer of thinking that follows after my negative self thinking and goes some way to correcting it.

It's a work in progress.

@Bubotomy same with everything else, really. the crack in the bowl is clearly visible, but can you look at an intact bowl and see whether it's likely to break? that's a lot harder.

of course it's _worth doing_. but, harder.