May not work for you, and it will take time to settle in your mind, but worth a thought.

I grew up struggling with a similar issue. When I was younger, I was determined that I would change my name as soon as I could. As I got older, I decided fuck that, I am gonna own my name, and through the way I live my life, make it so no one even remembers the person who had it before me.

Choosing violence this morning?

Seeing MN stuff has often made me think "I want to go there and help in the fight!" but then one μs later I remember I live in Portland and I am still needed in the fight here...

I know some folks have misgivings about the big protests and don't think they will accomplish very much but I go to any of them I can get to because it makes me feel less crazy

but it has also helped me have grace for friends that I knew lied to me, in small ways.

In some cases, that is good! (The whole "honesty without tact is cruelty" thing). Keeping that in mind at all times helps serve as a warning to check things out before I react, when possible. YMMV, of course. It is a depressing worldview sometimes,

As an AuADHD myself, a mindset that has served me well is "all human interaction contains deceit/manipulation". Even if they are not trying to, and have good intent, everyone alters tone, omits details, embellishes others, etc.

Oooooooohhhhhhhhh....... Very eager to see what you come up with...

Please keep your eyes on Portland Oregon right now

There's a riot declared near the ice facility in Portland and DHS agents have pulled lethal guns on protesters with live ammo at least four times the last half hour

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A screenshot of footage from July of 2020 taken by A comrade whose bluesky handle I do not know so I cannot tag her. It features the Dodge Grand Caravan and a couple camouflaged state agents of unknown affiliation as they force someone into the van. To the left of this scene, there is a hot pink parody of the old town Portland Oregon sign by the Burnside bridge, but it says snatch van updates instead of Portland Oregon, and it's technically a copyrighted logo so I switched out the nondescript deer stag for a very specific elk. Because I think I'm funny. The ones who get it get it.

Hello, I HAVE PREPARED A POORLY FORMATTED SLIDESHOW WITH SNATCH VAN UPDATES. IT WILL BE A THREAD.

I did this same mix, until later in the game when I had two unique wands, and discovered the awesomeness of dual wands... So fast, so much damage, and all the elemental effects. Just melts things.

Shogun

Always thought the star terms were a little cringe, but this one I have used. It is a really good analogy to describe my relationship with a couple people, especially to to non-poly people. It is hard to capture the essence of it better.

Americans will do anything rather than learn the metric system...