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[–]iloveyou[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks about Khan Academy! I didn't know it! It's free, right? I've created an account and I can't wait to try it. Thank you so much.

This is great! You sound like a budding philosopher!

Oh boy, thanks, I'm so flattered haha By the way, do you do weaving then?

My personal rule on rule-breaking (taught to me by my father) is that you can break any rule as long as you know for sure exactly why the rule is there.

Step 2 is finding out why to break the rule and how. But I'm super agreeing with your father. I think that makes a lot of sense.

I don't think you're as easily influenced as you think you are. You're adaptable, willing to learn, willing to listen, willing to experiment and try things. If anything that makes you resilient to influence. When you listen to all different opinions, it's going to be hard for anyone to force you or trick you into any particular one.

I guess you're right. But I am very anxious so I can get really afraid. I believe that I'm weak. It's true that thoughts aren't actions though. When I think things, they feel real. When I consider them and imagine them, it feels real. Thoughts turn into feelings more than into actions. I am weak in that I victimize myself but I am smart and I know exactly what I'm doing. Just want to keep doing it... I don't know why. I can realize that I'm self-sabotaging and still do it. But you're right that I am not so influentiable. Well, I mean, sort of. I'm not when I don't love the people who are influencing me. But I want to belong so I want to be more like some people. If my friends do more dirty jokes, I want to be in as well. I will make more dirty jokes (even if much less than them; but I'll still be prone to feel bad if they make one that crosses my boundaries... which is stupid I know. But I won't want to stop hanging out with them. and then I don't belong again...)

Honestly, at 31 I'm staring to wonder if I have some degree of Autism too. I vibe with pretty much everything you've said, and I've noticed a few other things that people now tell me aren't actually normal.

You know, I got that vibe when in a previous reply you talked about having short hair and it being uncomfortable for you. I don't hear a lot of people say their hair is uncomfortable. I'm the only one that I know in real life. Not that I'm asking others and boasting about it. But for instance some people put their masks on their necks sometimes even if for a moment. And I've tried doing that (in streets with no one of course) and it itches me a lot, it's uncomfortable, it tickles. The people I see complaining about hair in the internet... are in autistic forums, for the most part. Although there's other conditions that cause lots of sensivity.

It's good to talk to you. I'm really glad to know you feel that way about me.

I have a mind and a heart who are overthinkers :) I'm learning slowly about who I want to be. I don't want to be old and regret my choices, but then again who wants to be old and regret the lack of choices.