theinkchapel

  • Why fit in?

    For years people called me “bipolar,” “dramatic,” “too sensitive,” and “crazy” without ever stopping to ask why I experienced the world so differently. Turns out I wasn’t broken after all. I was autistic… and trying to survive in a world that punishes people for standing out while pretending it celebrates individuality. 💀

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  • People will build entire versions of you from rumors, half-truths, and one bad chapter they overheard from somebody else. Eventually you stop exhausting yourself trying to correct every misunderstanding and realize something terrifyingly freeing: once your reputation is ruined, you can finally breathe. 💀

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  • I Miss Being Stupid

    I Miss Being Stupid

    or whatever the socially acceptable way is to say “the horrors ruined the vibe” There was a time in my life when I thought adulthood meant buying cute throw pillows and knowing how taxes worked. That was before I learned things.Terrible, awful, character-building things. 😌 Now I can’t even sit peacefully in a waiting room…

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  • Don’t Text Me “Merry Christmas” After Six Months of Silence

    This is late. But I needed time to process someone else’s brain. Failed miserably. So wrote this to detox the failure. Let’s just get this out of the way: This goes for any holiday. If you haven’t spoken to me in six months, don’t pop up on Christmas like we’re good. Don’t do it. Don’t…

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