@Sophie Thank you, this happens to me and I would never have thought to look for a name for it (I guess it happens with autism too).
@georgetakei for those that it helps: this is usually called “Waiting Mode” and it’s common for several neurodivergencies, especially ADHD.
If it’s a problem, knowing the name can help find solutions that work for you. (Personally I embrace my waiting mode, I use the time to de-stress ahead of potentially stressful appointments, and prepare scripts to get me through them)
@lioness Put something in there that's appealing to you? I have hex-tiled ropes and a spinny chair inside to play with.
Or, our trick when learning hypnosis was to work on something unfalsifiable so we couldn't be sure it wasn't working. -iore
@hollie Dunno. Too long ago to figure out, I think.
vore, noncon, torture, "you", Rationalist //
@lioness But if you're not motivated by future outcomes none of that matters.
@hollie We did a daily art challenge (5 minute doodles, on a timer) for a while and it was hard. I think it helped that the goal was just "put down at least one mark and work on it for exactly 5 minutes", but we still gave up after a while because we stopped doing anything new.
Anyway, hope you have more success and above all fun making stuff. Don't be too hard on yourself.
re: dream, hypno //
@lioness I feel like the move there is to choose the "power down" option but try to stay lucid while you do it.
vore, noncon, torture, "you", Rationalist //
@lioness This motivation assumes that you actively want others after you to not be eaten, rather than being indifferent or wishing the same fate on others.
becoming a system stuff, kink mention //
@lioness Not sure it's the best idea to involve new headmates in kink anyway.
@b0rk Static website generation, or at least I don't know what I can point people to as an introduction to it. Tutorials I've found don't really explain what they're doing and why.
re2: age & relationship nonsense //
@lioness I doubt another person would've helped with that. -Menderbot (previous post was also me)
re2: age & relationship nonsense //
@lioness We didn't figure any shit out until nearly our 30s.
@b0rk Merge upstreams only. Test merges immediately and push them before doing further work. If the merge can't be pushed due to non-ff, redo the merge. I don't want to work with anything more complicated than 2 parallel histories with merges syncing them.
There is quite the list of "more common" diagnoses found in the trans populace than genpop:
Chronic Bowel Diseases:
Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBS.
Connective Tissue Disorders:
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ehlers-Danlos, Marfan, Lupus etc
(the above means Raynauds as an issue with blood circulation is also common)
Hormone disorders:
PCS and AIS
Autism, ADHD/ADD.
Some you may be aware of prior to transition, some you may become aware of after in the "oh so thats why my body has always done that". Transition can heighten certain conditions, reduce symptoms or bring them into a new light through different changes to the body or the sudden onset of being in your body and no longer ethereally detached from it as a coping mechanism.
The list above is worthwhile looking through and briefly reading up on, partly because you're going to meet a lot of people in community who have these issues, but also because it may be you who does.
lioness loves attention, social/parasocial line blurring? //
@lioness snugs -Cedar