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The weight of living with chronic illness is getting to me again. Could use some empathy from others who understand and won't pressure me to explain what's going on (a dozen small triggers maybe), turn it into their problems, or tell me it will get better or the worst, "Stay strong."

We've all been here so here's a place where we can sit with each other.

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[-] emma@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Hello again 🙂

I've watched EAW since you had mentioned it. Did you finish it? I also struggled to get through a lot of episodes, especially the shouty courtroom bits and the speed and pitch of WYW's voice when she was info dumping or agitated. The lead actress did an amazing job of inhabiting the character. It was just hard for me cause of my own broken neurologicals.

When you wrote "how much drama it has", could it have been related to that sort of thing? I'm not autistic but there can be similarities in things like sensory overload.

[-] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hello 😄

I couldn't finish it. I usually can't deal with watching awkward situations or emotional drama on screen because I feel like I'm experiencing what the charector is. In case of EAW it was even worse because I could relate to her even more. I gave up when

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she tried to hang herself to see if the defendant could have done it.

I suppose it hits too close to home, as you said. Like the revolving door scene 😅

The other part is this hyper empathy I have because of ASD.

[-] emma@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

ok, i understand more about how it is with you now. The hyper empathy must make watching most things difficult.

I've been watching a short 8 hour Thai drama about gay men, relationships and letting go. It's beautifully done, simple and very real. Only have an hour left and I'm rationing it out so I don't finish too quickly. Don't know if it would be ok for you, the awkward bits don't last too long and the characters support each other through it all. Moonlight Chicken, on youtube.

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