“I’m fine, it’s just–”
“If I really needed to, I could pretend to be okay, so obviously I’m just being melodramatic and selfish by not pretending to be okay, so you should feel free to ignore me.”
*ponders* A less mean-to-self translation might also be, “Nothing is actually about to fall apart, I’m just miserable, in emotional pain, and it hurts.”
Sometimes I feel like NT/mentally healthy people don’t realize that you can be in emotional agony and still going to survive the week just fine. It doesn’t mean things are actually “okay”, but you’re … fine. You can deal. Nobody needs to start panicking or anything.
A thought, anyway. >.>
Yeah. That too.
Also “I am deeply uncomfortable with Receiving Comfort” and “If you are upset then I will have to pretend to be okay so that I can make you be not-upset so please do not worry no really.” And probably some other stuff.
Hahahahah yes fair there is also the “I am not really okay but I am also one hundred fucking percent not up to dealing with YOUR FEELINGS about me not being okay so please stop.”
Lately I’ve taken to answering “How are you” or “How’s it going” with “Well, I’m upright and moving” or “Hasn’t stopped yet.” It makes people just uncomfortable to not ask questions but it’s also joking enough that they don’t feel like they have to ask if there’s anything they can do.
Yeah often my answer when I’m badly off is “well I’m not dead yet!” in a very cheerful tone of voice. >.>
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