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@lovelenaluthor

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Dude when my social battery runs out there’s like no warning. I don’t get the 20% warnings it’s just I’ll be enjoying my time and then all of a sudden if one more word is spoken I’m going to kill myself and everyone around me.

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I’m actually really fun once you get to know me (takes 3-4 years).

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wish i could go missing for a little bit and no one would freak out and then i could come back and they'd be like "did you have fun going missing" and i'd be like "yeah, thanks" and then i could do that every couple of months or so and it wouldn't be a big deal

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stuckinapril

are you ever like damn why is literally everyone else scared of openly communicating and being direct and truthful and honest

Because a lot of people have been punished for this, often while growing up. Attempt to set boundaries or make your wishes known or just defend yourself when accused or attacked and you get in trouble. You learn to hint and dance around and slowly approach things you want to communicate if not just bottle it up and hoard resentment.

This goes 100x more for admitting mistakes or if something goes wrong. Get yelled at too many times for using the last off the toothpaste as a kid, you'll learn to hide even normal everyday things to try to delay the consequences for just a bit longer.

And you end up as an adult who has shit communication skills. It takes a lot of work to unlearn all those responses and it is so very easy to fall back into those avoidance habits the first time you have a relative or friend or partner who reacts wrong to open and honest communication.

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