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You might know me from wonderful hashtags like #Tinonee, or maybe, #TinoneeArmadillo.
But this plague has brought a number of trajectories into conjunction on my timeline.
The fire were & #39;interesting& #39;.Surviving the fires was good.
The PTSD was bad.
You might know me from wonderful hashtags like #Tinonee, or maybe, #TinoneeArmadillo.
But this plague has brought a number of trajectories into conjunction on my timeline.
The fire were & #39;interesting& #39;.Surviving the fires was good.
The PTSD was bad.
The 750mm of rain has been great.
The lush regeneration of & #39;Hosking Estate& #39; has been gorgeous.
The people around us have been wonderful.
Then the #COVID19Pandemic comes along...
(This is going somewhere BTW)
The lush regeneration of & #39;Hosking Estate& #39; has been gorgeous.
The people around us have been wonderful.
Then the #COVID19Pandemic comes along...
(This is going somewhere BTW)
I& #39;m 58 & have celebrated a dozen years with Jane. She has made me a gentler, saner person & is the first person who has requited the way I care.
And this is where it gets interesting:
I read this book.
It tells me, in hundreds of startling, secular epiphanies that I& #39;m an Aspie.
And this is where it gets interesting:
I read this book.
It tells me, in hundreds of startling, secular epiphanies that I& #39;m an Aspie.
So, after 58 years, two failed marriages, 17 schools, a Bachelor of Arts (Psych, Linguistics), two vicious, ungrateful adult sons & hundreds of jobs, I realise that I have had a personality disorder which shaped every moment i experiences during that time.
At no stage did anyone suggest that I might have Asperger& #39;s Syndrome.
No one.
They reacted.
They sure did.
But not one person ever hinted that I might have a condition which might explain a string of faux pas, poor decisions, risk taking, difficulty with emotions, depression...
No one.
They reacted.
They sure did.
But not one person ever hinted that I might have a condition which might explain a string of faux pas, poor decisions, risk taking, difficulty with emotions, depression...
... alienation, learning difficulties, sense of worth, face-blindness, social awkwardness and general shitfuckery.
It& #39;s been quite a shock.
It& #39;s been quite a shock.
So, I& #39;ll go to the doctors & see what can be done about the shingles. I& #39;ll navigate my way around this horrible, mismanaged plague. I& #39;ll keep loving Jane, & our menagerie, and I& #39;ll keep being the loud dickhead on Twitter.
One of the key things about #aspergers is that aspies don& #39;t learn from experience.
I don& #39;t.
I keep making the same mistakes.
There& #39;s an old joke: & #39;that only an idiot learns from his own mistakes& #39;. (ie, the smart person learns from other people& #39;s mistakes)
It& #39;s quite a loop.
I don& #39;t.
I keep making the same mistakes.
There& #39;s an old joke: & #39;that only an idiot learns from his own mistakes& #39;. (ie, the smart person learns from other people& #39;s mistakes)
It& #39;s quite a loop.
I thought I& #39;d share all this bcz this has been a #YearofWonders & I& #39;m glad I endured long enough to see it.
Good luck to everyone.
Patience is its own reward.
#Tinonee
Good luck to everyone.
Patience is its own reward.
#Tinonee
