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I walked on the ground after an ice storm that covered everything. Does that count?

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I was in a maelstrom so severe that our boat sank and my father tied me to a tree on an island.

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A vast storm of sorts, in some ways a Waterspout..



Where do you enjoy your peace time?

Primarily alone in my room (reading, gaming, watching TV/films, listening to music, playing guitar etc).

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My room
School
Shopping center
Lake
Sidewalk


What are examples of five times when you thought your life was over

Goodness SFUBguy - you do come up with interesting questions!

I can't think of 5, thats way too many, but when my partner (who I shall refer to as Silent Bob) decided about 5 years ago that we should break up for inexplicable reasons, I did genuinely feel as if my life was over. We sold our house, he realised that he had made a huge mistake, and he installed me in his little flat that he had been renting out. We never stopped seeing each other in this period of separation and gradually we seem to be back together. We have never sorted out our issues - like 'normal' people do, but we are soul mates and I think we have always been destined to be together. When I got my diagnosis he was with me and the psych person said she very much suspected that he was on the spectrum too. Although he doesn't want to get diagnosed, it's not important to him. I still cannot imagine life without him. We don't talk much and there is no romantic stuff - but there is a silent closeness that I can't describe.

When I lost my mom.
When I failed (repeatedly) to get a driver's license. (I finally passed in 2013).
When I did something colossally stupid and almost lost my license. (I fortunately got it back).

Those are the three main ones.

I'll choose three.

1) During the dark years, when I lived in constant fear,
2) Varying times throughout high school, when I could barely get out of bed in the morning,
3) and all of the hellish three and a half months of university, where I was in near constant despair.

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^Define 'dark years', Miss Kuraudo.

^ they were years, which were dark, and should not require further explanation.

How do you react when people show kindness towards you?

When people are kind to me online I'm OK with it, and I appreciate it very much. Kindness in real life does make me uncomfortable in the way you describe, Raleigh. It makes me anxious and I usually feel mute because I don't know how to respond, or how much to trust them. Then I get conflicted because I know I likely appear ungrateful, and it cycles. I'm not very good at smiling or using body language to communicate my thanks, and the whole thing is complicated by alexithymia.

Great topic.

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((Hugs to Kura also, for sharing those feelings))

^ that's exactly how I feel.
Uncomfortable, mute, then guilty, because people have said nice things and I must appear very ungrateful.

Most accept my difficulties.
My mother does not.
Luckily, she loves to talk so much I rarely need to do more than nod.