Brain Dump
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Relax. đWeâre not starting with a psychiatric hold. Weâre starting with Sunday night traffic, customer service phone calls, and the fact that my password requirements now apparently need a blood sample and ancient prophecy to log into anything. Because honestly?The older I get, the more I understand that quote less in a dramatic âstanding on…
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People love saying âyou canât blame your parents foreverâ as if childhood magically stops affecting your nervous system once you pay taxes. The truth is, some wounds donât disappear with age. You just get better at carrying them while pretending youâre fine in the Walmart checkout line. đ
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For years people called me âbipolar,â âdramatic,â âtoo sensitive,â and âcrazyâ without ever stopping to ask why I experienced the world so differently. Turns out I wasnât broken after all. I was autistic⌠and trying to survive in a world that punishes people for standing out while pretending it celebrates individuality. đ
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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. đ
The Ink Chapel 