Many of you don't have free minds. why?

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Yeah my post has no hidden meanings. If I wanted to write something else I would do so outright.

My mind isn't free. It's 29c per minute.

i used to be a free mind. i got a lot of harsh judgements and bullying. really crampt my style.

A paycheck. If you act "normal" you can have a paycheque, independence, etc. I did extremely well when I wasn't getting fired. Once my parents were gone and I was alone, that was my choice.

Yes, it's completely strange that a disorder that has order and structure in its core would manifest as people following order and structure.

Because we are all

Btw I can never even see the videos lol

Cause we live in a conform-or-die world, and don't wanna die.

Have to not piss people off so bad that they refuse to help. Don't know about you, but I need some help to get by. I'm fiercely independent, but can't do it all on my own.

Actually, I used to feel very strongly about this, very similar to thoughts expressed by OP. Then, I slowly realized there is some rhyme and reason to the conformity. It's needed because the world is very uncertain and, as bright as we humans are, we are not actually all that bright. It is very confusing to understand what other people mean, even for NTs (I have read books that say this). We use mental shortcuts to understand the world, including other people. We need them because we couldn't possible function if we had to examine each thing we encountered in detail as if we are seeing it for the first time.

Or, another way of looking at it is this. If you can use automatic, predefined behaviors when interacting with people, this frees up mental energy to focus on things that are more important to you. Why waste precious mental energy when you don't have to?

Of course, I am internally still a nonconformist. I meet necessary expectation in order to try to communicate effectively to get along in the world, but I live in my own beautifully bizarre inner world and love every minute of it.

Have you never heard jokes about "euphoric" atheists and "edgy" teens OP? A lot of people are cynical about self proclaimed "free thinkers" for a reason. They are not as "unique" or "intellectual" as they think they are. Also as other people have pointed out a lot of the time having some self restraint and awareness about other people is very much a good thing.