Just because I'm curious: I have chronic sarcoidosis in both lungs, and lifelong asthma. I've by some miracle survived 4 years, but at the cost of almost all the stamina I used to have. COVID still circulates around the daycares, youth clubs and workplaces here and I have children.

I don't have an option to not wear a mask when I leave the room I've spent these 4 years in. Does that bother you?

Be honest and tell us you don't give a shit about the people around you.

Edit: Not surprised at your lack of an answer.

Him being a pretty smart guy overall surely has at least some sort of continuity planned.

..and then they'll never trust you fully again. Ever.

This is the most shortsighted shit I've seen in a long time.

You might not have anyone close to you to talk to right now, but you did choose to post here and because of that you're not alone. I'll talk to ya for as long as you need to if you want. I don't have any experience with the trans part, but I've been homeless with absolutely nothing before - by all rights I shouldn't even be here, but I am.

Many of us have been in some variation of your situation and most of us make it back to some semblance of a normal life. It's hard to not give in to despair but it doesn't have to be impossible. I'm not going to say you're too young to give in to that despair because I know that shit doesn't help, but things do change when one gets older. The perspective can be refreshing.

I was a decently rated chess player (nationally) in my youth and I have level 5 aphantasia i.e. I see nothing at all.

While I absolutely cannot play or picture game states without a physical board in front of me like most pros can, I had no great difficulty otherwise.

I practiced with a friend at the same general skill level that was very good at playing sans voir, which incidentally is how I realized I don't have the same mental imagery as him. This was ~25 years ago, and I didn't run into the word aphantasia until around 2020.

I would have, but I didn't remember it offhand and didn't have time to check. She deserved far better than she got though, that's for sure.

Too late, as the one who broke the story got murdered years ago. She's not talked about nearly enough.

Doomguy dropped quite the gem at the end of his story.

"No."

He makes his living by fucking with people he doesn't like and he certainly got off easy compared to the damage he's caused.

The man is a swedish speaking Finn originally, it kinda comes with the territory. We might technically be a minority but we're still as Finnish as the rest of them (to a certain degree at least).

lol what? It's a fairly common name in all the Nordic countries at the very least, and fairly sure in Britain as well. The post is obviously American, but that name is not an uncommon one.

Anecdotally I know of at least three, two adults and one just starting school.

Covid with a side order of severe pancreatitis.

Almost checked out permanently just in time for Christmas.