I'm not really sure how to say this or if this is where to post.
Over the last few months, I've noticed a pattern online.
I meet someone. They begin to mirror the aspects of my identity most important to me.
They tell stories that contain too much excitement and drama and outright unrealistic, Mary Sue esque levels of awesome from them.
Then, they tell me of the exact kind of tragedy an author would use to toy with the emotions of a reader, if they were uneducated about just how that tragedy works in real life. For instance, a rape they magically suffer no trauma from. Worries about their boyfriend of 3 days and 3 conversations not loving them.
I know that the person is trying to manipulate me and break contact. It sounds like they're manipulative, doesn't it?
But I talked to my fiance about my worries, and my story sounded like a lie.
I even begin to doubt the truth of what he tells me, occasionally.
I am afraid that I'm becoming paranoid to the point of insanity.
Those with knowledge in this area, do you think, as I do, that I am? If so, what can I do to stop it progressing, end it or even just root me in reality more?
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Female, undiagnosed, 34/50 on the test 80 percent of aspies get 32 or more on, NT score 54/200, Aspie score 164/200.
20 Apr 2011, 7:57 pm
