I am riding a wave.

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@Zoe7 wrote:

Totally get that @Phoenix_Rising - no feelings hurt here

I'll just sit on the rocks and watch you ride the waves so you are not alone!

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Thank you. You can even ride alongside me...just don't touch me

...and the wave has passed. Thank you for sitting with me.

@Phoenix_Rising It might be safer for me on the rocks! Not the best swimmer these days - you'd probably have to save me

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@BlueBells wrote:
Hey there, @Phoenix_Rising 🙂

I am simply a very huggy person, that's me, but I have a daughter just like you, so yes, totally understand, and no hurt feelings at all 😉

I'll just sit on the rocks with Zoe 😄 😄 😄

....can't help it, I'm huggy, so....I'll just send the caring warmth with no touchies :D:D:D 😉

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@BlueBells Huggy people are very strange...unlike the amazingly emotionally hypersensitive aspie with BPD who of course is the epitomy of adaptive human functioning Well next time I am riding a wave (and it's a pretty sure bet that there will be a next time), I'll know to look at the rocks along the shore of the ocean and see you hugging @Zoe7 while you send warm no touchy vibes my way

Today sounds like a tough one @Phoenix_Rising - you did really well to get through to calmer seas 🙂

@Phoenix_Rising

"emotionally hypersensitive aspie with BPD who of course is the epitomy of adaptive human functioning"

Phoenix to beat all of this you have to stop using it as a 'label'. I used to have autism, it's a list of negative symptoms as defined by the medical community. It's a weakened MTHFR gene leading to poor methylation (adrenal system - reward sensation, heart strength, adrenaline, focus, acid/alkaline balance aka aldosterone), and it also leads to gut problems, neurotoxins, confusion, mental/social aspiration problems, peripheral neuropathy (sensitive skin), poor metal detox. I can list all the neurotoxins the chemical pathways, everything...

The best foods I've found are just bananas and raisins, and cranberries/eggs right before a meal. Lots of green food (folate).. or some people take the metafolin (methylised folate) supplement which directly targets the MTHFR gene. There is also lemon liver detox, and not snacking - just 'square meals' to give your gut a break.

You have to do something otherwise its a constant loop of ups & downs and confusion. Nothing ever changes.

People who tell you to be proud of a negative condition / set back are masochists.