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It's just radical acceptance really. Having been dealt a bad hand doesn't mean you can't win - it's all about how you play that hand. I'm not going to start demanding a leg up or complaining that the system is rigged against me. Maybe it's not fair but it's life. Everyone has their nerfs and this is mine. Some things just are harder for me than for others but I try to find workarounds. I like who I am and I wouldn't want to be otherwise. Most of it does no real harm to anyone else. It just makes me a quirky person who sometimes acts a bit weird and doesn't follow social norms and that's okay. The stereotype of a "normal person" is not attractive to me anyway. Weird people are my favourites.
Awesome. Yeah there's no point getting stuck on a downer about things you can't change.
Has that always been your attitude or is it a conscious decision?