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[ SECRET POST #6950 ]

⌈ Secret Post #6950 ⌋

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that hyperfixation and hyperfocus are different things but that some people use them interchangeably and that what I've been calling hyperfocus might actually be hyperfixation.

Share something you recently learned!

That Nika Egadze did Deadpool for his gala back in 2024. (because I am so behind my sister had to watch without me and tell me all the highlights.) IT'S AMAZING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqikDq2zYw

Are you different online than in person? Do you have an online "persona"?

I don't think so other than being less open about my fandom stuff. I'm probably more "outgoing" online with strangers.

I am maybe a bit more forward or confident online but other than that I think I'm pretty much the same. I have trouble putting thoughts into text so I basically just type what I say out loud so talking patterns are pretty much the same as typing patterns, and I don't profess to do or know or live a way that I don't. But I've only met like two people from online, so who knows. Those two both said something about being funnier or less serious than I am online, but other than that they never said anything.

Idk it's an interesting thing to think. I don't try to be someone different online but who knows what other people are taking away from my interactions.

i don't care about ya all opinions to create a persona fr.

I'm definitely different online compared to offline, but I wouldn't call it a persona. I'm more open because text means I can get all the thoughts out rather than what I'd be able to actually say.

Sure, of course. My very formal demeanor at work is not my familiar demeanor toward my parents is not my polite demeanor toward my in-laws is not my jokey demeanor toward my partner is not my cuddly babytalk demeanor toward MY TINY PUPPY BABY PUPPpyyy is not my LFG demeanor while gaming.

Anyone who has only seen one of these might look at another and be like "are you sure this is the same person?"

My online faces are just as varied as my IRL ones depending on whether I'm there as a lurker, commenter, fan creator, moderator, organizer.

This is pretty normal.

I'm nerdy online, I don't tend to show my nerd too much in RL.

I am very much different online, but it's the opposite of a persona. I'm autistic and find speaking to be extremely difficult on a number of levels, so people I can't communicate with via text never get to see my actual personality.

Anyone have those moments in your life where bad things just keep happening, you are beyond exhausted but managing, and then it is that one final tiny thing that makes you hit your limit? Not even a major thing compared to the other things, but that is the thing that just becomes too much?

Fell and broke my finger today. And I just laid on the ground for several minutes and sobbed. If I didn't have the long weekend coming up I honestly don't think I would make it. I'm just so done.

Yeah I get you. I am drinking alcohol tonight when usually I drink like once a year (generally at Christmas). There was just a stress straw that broke the back tonight and I was just done. I'll sleep and start fresh tomorrow but tonight was just oof.

*hugs* to you and the broken finger and I hope the stress gets less or you find something that lifts you up.

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philstar22 - 2026-01-16 01:49 (UTC) - Expand

I’m so sorry and hope you have a speedy recovery!

For me, I splashed a bit of my coffee on the carpet and had an absolute meltdown. I’d had a lot of really horrible things happen in the time leading up to that and I was barely hanging on. That coffee mess sent me right over the edge. And to make it extra ridiculous: it’s cheap carpet in the basement that has a billion stains and I already knew that I could get the coffee out without staining and if not it was no big deal. But apparently I had to cry and wail about it first.

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philstar22 - 2026-01-16 01:50 (UTC) - Expand

Oh yeah. I had apparently been having a shit time of it and had just tamped it all down and ignored it, and then I got the news that my blood pressure was getting too high and that tipped me into full blown psychosomatic issues. My symptoms looked like heart failure so my doctor was very diligent in looking for an answer (I got so many tests it almost completely drained my HSA ˙◠˙). We found a couple of issues incidentally that had been going untreated my whole life, so, I guess it was good in the long run?

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philstar22 - 2026-01-16 01:50 (UTC) - Expand

I'm sorry you've been having a hard time. I always love seeing you online. I hope you a speedy recovery, and for everything that has been weighing you down to resolve as best they can, as soon as they can!

Broken finger is not a small thing! Speedy recovery for you!

Once I was absolutely hysterical and crying because I lost a (relatively new) earing in a bathroom. It was during early 2020 and this earing absolutely done me in.
I've found it later in a bag of laundry detergent. I don't wear it much because I've stopped wearing earrings lol.

I don't remember what it was about, but when I was in my early 20s I just sometimes dropped into snow randomly. And just laid there for several minutes being done af.

That final straw is always such a bitch. Hope you heal up soon. Broken bones are still kind of major, even if it is a digit.

FS I'm happy you still exist and I love all the commenters that are here, named or anon, for genuine interaction and old school fandom nonsense. Thanks for existing and being you.

Goodnight.

(That's not like a suicide euphemism or something. I'm just going to bed. To sleep. Because I am old and have to get up early and it is my bedtime and I've been drinking tonight so I'm extra sappy and tired. Night y'all.)

I think I'm going to do the same. Haven't even eaten dinner, but I'm so damn tired. I just want to sleep.

Right back at ya, anon. Sweet dreams:)

I cannot wait to go to bed soon. Going to bed is one of the best parts of my day. xD

Good night! <3

Sleep well, nonny. And thank you, you are also loved and appreciated. <3

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