Aspie1 wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Joking aside prolonged isolation does lead to mental illness especially in extraverts. Why do you think prisoners are punished with solitary confinement?
Whether the price was worth it for the benefit of saved lives and avoided Long Covid disability is a hypothetical.
I made a hard cost/benefit decision: I preferred to get the Election Infection and have it kill me (softly with its song), than to either develop a mental illness or commit suicide from months-long social isolation.
Sure enough, I made the right decision. First off, I'm still here typing this and annoying certain demographics. Second, even if I got the Election Infection and died from it, I'd have died shortly after doing something I loved---enjoying the human closeness of like-minded conservatives. Remember: I was actively suicidal since I was 8, and wanted to die since I was 5---so wanting to die as an adult was nothing new to me in 2020. Long Covid or Short Covid, I didn't care!
Prior to the pandemic, my life was not social anyway. I was not a hermit, I always took walks and went places mostly by myself. So the pandemic meant even less socializing,
indoor masking, and fewer places to go since everything was closed. The worst part was worrying about getting essential supplies and masking. At first, it was creepy with disaster movie like empty streets but once I got used to that the best part was breathing clean air when walking maskless outdoors and being completely alone with my thoughts.
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Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman