Anachrolady's Domain

gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman (1940) #404 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman: the twenty cent adventure (2002) #2 // dennis o'neil's batbible (1989) // batman: kings of fear (2018) #4 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #2 // batman and robin (2011) #22 // batman: the dark knight (2011) #10 // batman: black and white (2020) #5 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #0 // detective comics (1937) #1047 // dennis o'neil's batbible (1989) // detective comics (1937) #939 // batman: shadow of the bat (1994) #0 // batman (1940) #439 // batman: legends of the dark knight (1989) #29 // batman: arkham city // grant morrison from on fatman on batman // batman (1940) #634 // batman: night cries (1992) #1 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // gotham knights (2000) #3 // detective comics (1937) #982

anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk

and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something

paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.

i say, paul.

is that a nerf gun.

yeah, says paul.

i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.

he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?

and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–

a foam dart hits me in the leg.

i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.

i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.

no dart this time. okay. sweet.

so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it 

Mine, in addition to being the reason my idiolect has the word “homie” in it, clocked my shit immediately and insisted on discussing emotions instead of logic and not being too formal about it. We also talk about star wars and sometimes it’s bigger picture themes and sometimes it’s just “holy shit star wars is cool!” Also last appt i mentioned i was going shoe shopping and he was like “just warning you this is one of those topics i might be neurodivergent about” and i was like “alright bet” so i got to hear a brief infodump which was epic. I mean, I’ve had three therapists and this one is simultaneously the most informal yet leaps and bounds the most effective for me. I don’t even go to him for autism treatment but I have a sneaking suspicion he’s coaching me on how to deal with social situations anyway. And I don’t even care if im being tricked into practicing socialising because guess who used to have a laundry list of ptsd triggers and now only has a normal amount?

They don’t raise the threshold of the tax brackets, they don’t cut taxes that eat up a larger portion of low income budgets, they don’t want to cut the fraud.

For "tax the rich" specifically, the government puts out high-bracket taxes, and then just keeps most of that money, giving back crumbs.

And the business taxes? Consider that protection money. New and small businesses need to put more of their profit to work in order to grow and get a foothold to survive, while bigger more established businesses have better economies of scale and large consumer bases. (And that's just getting started with all the ways the government protects already-made-it's against up-and-comers in the business world.)

When did it basically become "having an interest in something is autistic"?

Go to train museums or like trains? Must be autistic.

Put a song on repeat? Must be autistic.

Are you a birdwatcher? Must be autistic.

Did you dream about something you enjoy? Must be autistic.

So I complained that every fucking hobby these days is "autism". You're not allowed to have any passion in life without it being autism.

Her response was that with autism it's called a "special interest". It's not just a hobby it's an obsession so strong that it takes priority over responsibilities. Adults with autism might not pay their bills because they are so obsessed with stuffed animals or something.

Like no. Hi. Hello. With ADHD, if you hyperfixate, you literally forget to eat. You forget very important things all the time. The hyperfixation /consumes/ you and makes it close to impossible to do anything else.

It's not our fault idiots act like their normie level collector obsession is hyperfixation. But that does not invalidate our existence and terms, thank you.

Here. Have these grating but entertaining and educational videos. Should make it REALLY EASY to understand.