- do not use passive aggression or vague me. this will lead me to either respond defensively (by blocking or lashing out) or enter a horrible panic attack. if you have a problem you would like to address, please feel free to come to me or have someone do so on your behalf
- in turn, i do not use passive aggression or vague. i do often subtweet and sometimes miscommunicate, so if you feel uncomfortable with the way something has gone, please let me know and i'll immediately correct myself. i guarantee your discomfort was unintentional. passive aggression (as you can probably tell) has caused me some major psychological problems in life and i would love the chance to fix any issue i cause
- i always appreciate any reassurance that you like and approve of me, even if nothing has happened recently that would usually warrant the reiteration. i often get paranoid that people, even close friends, disapprove of me, hate me, or are plotting against me. because it stems from personality disorder, my paranoia is pretty constant, and i usually don't say anything when i could really use support
- i appreciate when people like my tweets as a form of reassurance/acceptance, but it isn't necessary to do it. i get easily overwhelmed by long chains of likes or mentions and appreciate when mention chains are shorter than 5 or so (as a rough rule). please understand if i leave without warning after something like this. i will return to the conversation as soon as i'm able. in some cases i may be unable to address the mentions for a long time, even after i have returned to twitter
- when i get overstimulated i may request people not like or @ reply to my tweets (this is what "no notifs please" means) for a limited period of time. i know it's easy to miss though so i won't be angry if you do
- in general i won't be angry at you for missing stuff or needing reminders. my memory sucks too so i totally understand
- i may forget to like or reply to tweets or messages even if i read and mentally engaged with them. it's not because i don't care, i promise! i will do my best not to do this, but if it does happen, please know it doesn't mean anything negative. it's always okay and never tedious or unwelcome to remind me of things, and in fact i appreciate it a lot!
- please don't make jokes about curses, signs, doomsday plots, etc regarding my life. offhanded references to your personal spiritual beliefs are ok. for significant personal reasons i'm not religious, but i will gladly take religious tidings as a friendly gesture
- please don't block me. if you want me to unfollow you're free to ask and i won't be upset. blocking and softblocking really messes with my mental state so please avoid it if at all possible
nov 7 2016 ∞
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