#impulsiveness

He does not consider the wider implications of his decisions. He does not take responsibility when these decisions go wrong. Instead, he acts on whim and impulse, and when he changes his mind—when he feels new whims and new impulses—he simply lies about whatever he said or did before. »

— Journalist and historian Anne Applebaum writing at The Atlantic. (archived)

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But again, today you make a traumatized character do stuff and people get upset

“Like, if I give into my impulses and say stuff, it comes out wrong and I get in trouble.”

“If I think before I speak, which I THOUGHT I was getting better at, apparently it still comes out wrong and I get in trouble.”

“My emotions get me in trouble. Point blank. But I don’t want to be without emotions or with muted emotions 24-7. It makes me bland.”

“Being neurodivergent really sucks sometimes. I’m punished for a brain that dared to work differently and told to just “fit in.”

“But here’s the kicker, even medicated, I STILL don’t fit in. I still say the wrong thing. In fact, I am 5 times more likely to offend people on either of my meds than I am while off them.”

“I don’t wanna say life ain’t fair. It’s so cliche. But what the FRACK, man!?”