My posts are too long.

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I tend to over write things and bore people without intending to. I write too much about self. I think I come accross as self centred, but it is more I can't remeber or think what to ask another person as not many like the thigs I can talk about endlessly, such as trains or bicycles etc...

The problem is, for me to make bullet points takes about ten times longer then if I write a book, as I have to almost write a book and keep condensing the work down until finally it becomes bullet point material. It is a back to front say of doing it I know!

and my willy is too short.

If people are willing to read them, they are not too long.....

Is a "How long is a piece of string?" type of thing. Have you measured mine! You need a whole ball of string to measure it.

Reading long posts sometimes take patience----but I know some people feel that it is worth it.

I'm a little too hyper sometimes; I can, definitely, do better in reading long posts.

What bothers me, though, is when ideas are not separated......when a post is not divided into paragraphs.

You wanted serious replies.

You got me and KK lol.

LOL while I was posting, so were others, so here's your serious reply:

I don't think so. You're obviously struggling with a lot at this time and you're also discovering a lot. It's normal to have questions and it's a good time for self-reflection. I never think tl;dr (too long, didn't read it) with your posts, I just read them, even if I might not always have something to say.

That being said, don't take this the wrong way (it has nothing to do with the length of your posts anyway), I'm a bit worried about you - you seem under a lot of stress and strain. Be kind to yourself, balancing all this can be a very delicate act of juggling for us.

One thing I can say:

At least you are able to benefit from the beauty of your surroundings.

I have been under lots of strain in a pressureized way recently. Yesterday I found the waiting list to be assessed is twice as long in where I am then they origionally told me. Means that by the time I am assessed, there may not be people employed to assess as the world starts to finacially collapse etc...

At least the job ends tomorrow... One less struggle. It has been nice, but anxiety has been kicking in big time which means I am physically struggling.

The thing is, the shift goes from having anxiety, shutdowns etc when working where I am physically struggling, and when Iam not working the stress comes because I am not having an income. And I can't handle claiming for things.. I doubt I'd qualify... But the stress of it is more then I get then if I have no income, so I always head for the least stressful route. Which is not good for me in the long run, but it is looking after myself in the short term. I can't think long term these days.

I hope you go on more jobs, Mountain Goat.

I bet you probably find my posts too short

Ive seen worse. Longer walls of text (without space between the lines) on WP than anything you've written.

Ive let myself go long winded on occasion, and written things that embarrassed me at how long they turned out to be, but (frigate to heck) I went ahead and hit the send button anyway.

One thing you could try is to write your posts offline first. Go to Word and just write whats bugging you- like a letter to yourself, and let it flow. And then afterward look it over, and figure what the nub of the issue is that you were talking about. And then when you actually post here you will be able to write the same thing more concisely.

Last edited by naturalplastic on 28 Aug 2019, 5:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

This. You do stray sometimes.

Problwm is I write to send it to let it go. It is like unburdening myself. If I do it on this memo thing, I may find copy and paste not ideal, as at times it takes me a while to do, but also I would then be a perfectionist and it may never get to print.
I do tend to delete about a third of all I write where I could spend an hour writinb a reply, and then think it is too long and scrap the whole lot. Many of my long posts I do this with.

Stop stressing so much, you are among friends here.

Friends who experience similar crazy s**t and understand, and also welcome posts reflecting it.

I hear you. From what I've gotten from your posts lately, I think thinking short term is not a bad thing. Just administer your resources carefully and wisely until you "hit safe(er) waters". I understand you're worried about the future and I'm not dismissing that, I would just hate to see you adding worries to your plate right now, it can be a dangerous thing when you're kind of skirting the edge (of a burnout) anyway.

Edit: wow this thread is moving fast - so catching up: I think unburdening yourself is good for you right now, you might consider posting more in the Haven.

I love reading whatever people post, as “autism”, and anything related, are of major interest. Your method is good! Getting it out is what matters. We’re all here to share, learn and support one another. You are an excellent writer btw.