You don’t understand why you don’t fit in, you try hard to twist yourself into the right shape that is acceptable, then, if you’re lucky, you realise you can stop breaking your bones and find the people and the environments that welcome the shape of who you are - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

robinince.bsky.social • 40 days ago

You don’t understand why you don’t fit in, you try hard to twist yourself into the right shape that is acceptable, then, if you’re lucky, you realise you can stop breaking your bones and find the people and the environments that welcome the shape of who you are

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leftpeggers.bsky.social•40 days ago

Best device I ever heard was, find your tribe.

carlyriley.bsky.social•40 days ago

I teach within earth science and a mum recently told me at parents evening that her son (with ASD) is so happy now as he has "found his tribe". I'm not ashamed to admit that I nearly cried.

leftpeggers.bsky.social•40 days ago

Bless

amandadudman.bsky.social•40 days ago

The right there is our superpower. ❤️

ch-light-vessel.bsky.social•40 days ago

I finally worked out I have ADHD last year. It explains almost everything about the previous 47 years. Now I realise most of my colleagues are also a bit spectral. If they weren't, I wouldn't be there. Safety in numbers.

wonkish.bsky.social•40 days ago

If you've not seen @thedailytism.bsky.social yet, you'll probably like it.

nativenebraskan.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes.

carlyriley.bsky.social•40 days ago

I feel I have been so lucky in my life that I don't have to "hide" myself, possibly because I work within Science so a lot of people are like minded

robinince.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hurray

zigstamonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

Still working on it

ess-ay-oh.bsky.social•40 days ago

There’s always the lingering worry that I’ll be burnt as a witch at some point.

wmnew61.bsky.social•40 days ago

If you don’t fit the mold by the contents in your wallet, you don’t have a chance

nocontextcolouring.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this 🥰

mpl28.bsky.social•39 days ago

What if your tribe is a bunch of misanthropes?

robinince.bsky.social•39 days ago

If that is the tribe you want and fit with that is your tribe - become a newspaper columnist

sadlerwells.bsky.social•40 days ago

So true …

oldandcrippled.bsky.social•40 days ago

So true!

oldmanstan.bsky.social•40 days ago

The best people make room for each other, even if the only thing you have in common is the oddness of your shapes.

rankersbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

If you're lucky...

rock-rex.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hmmm... I'll need to find a large lumpy environment, then.

munkc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you for saying this!!

rnzz99.bsky.social•39 days ago

Haven’t got that lucky yet and still twisting. 😢

wolf2point0.bsky.social•40 days ago

I don’t want to fit in. I don’t need to impress. I don’t need anyone’s approval.

I only have one life and it’ll be lived on my terms.

jetinski.bsky.social•40 days ago

Instead of "bloom where you are planted," you should plant yourself where you can bloom.

lolooo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Found this in my friends. Never found it at work unfortunately.

therealsaiph.bsky.social•40 days ago

I think I need a set of lockpicks to get in somewhere comfortable! 😉😄
(Hmm, maybe that's why I enjoy "The Lockpicking Lawyer" on YouTube so much? 😉)

djmarkymarc.bsky.social•39 days ago

Very nicely put. That is the lesson of life. I just wish I understood that in my twenties.