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Ultimately, that curiosity of life that we come to, it's not given that we have the same reactions because everyone is different in a way.
And I've been learning about this thing called pathological demand avoidance, which is a type of autism.
And it's about the fact how you can start spotting signs, and I'm doing air quotes, so many normal people, because we all have something.
Like, no one is 100%.
And I've been trying to think about, for example, creatives, like how we, and words are fucking hate, changes.
Like, especially at a certain time of your life, especially when you're at that sort of selfish initial stage, you're like, I don't want to do this, this is this, and are you threatening me?
No.
To some people, a plumber or someone standing on like a hundred foot tall structure doing welding, like, what are you worried about?
Just make the changes.
To everybody, this is just a different experience of life.
And it doesn't mean that just because that's okay for lots of people, doesn't mean that should be okay for everyone because we are all made differently.
And I think this is that realization and that deep breath and relief going, you know what?
It's not ideal, but this is me.
This is the fact that I'm living this life and I'll find my way through it.
And the more you talk about it, people are realizing that we are so overlapping around the edges with everybody else.
And being open, I'd really salute you because...
hey, I didn't know this about you before you started posting these posts and it was great to then see you earlier when you started the medications when you come to our dinner in London to just have that shared feeling and be in the room with people and going, you know what?
Life is what it is and we are here for one another and just sharing this.
Yeah, so...