Every Woman is Laura Palmer

Or How Autistic Men Can Protect Themselves from Female Manipulation INTRDUCTIONAnyone who has been reading my entries for a while may have noticed that I have a framed photo of Laura Palmer on my desk. No, it’s not because I have a thing for Ms. Palmer. It’s there as a casual Easter egg of sorts.

Finding the Positive Within the Negative, Reacting, and Responding

In school, you are first taught a lesson and then tested. But in life, you are tested first, and THEN taught a lesson. INTRODUCTIONI have read that it takes FIVE positive thoughts or incidents to offset only ONE that is negative. Our brains have a bias toward the negative. I don’t know why, but suspect

How to Spot a Real Friend

INTRODUCTIONI have written many times about the topic of friends. I have at least one piece on friends from the old days who turned out to not really be my friends at all. As I said about that, I could have gone to my grave believing that these people were once my friends. Thanks, Facebook!

Positivity vs. Honesty

ME: We’re fucked.THEM: You should try being more positive.ME: Okay. I am positive that we are fucked. As an Autistic person, I’ve always struggled with the concept of positivity, when faced with a negative reality that forces honesty. This is difficult to describe, so I’ll give you two examples. 1 OF 2: AN ADULT WHO

Wellbutrin Writings

It’s a relatively cool Sunday morning in Oregon. The sun is up, Tibo Bat is on the patio with the birds, and I’m thinking about how Wellbutrin has impacted my life over the past two months. CONCERNS ABOUT PSYCHIATRIC MEDSThere is a great deal of stigma attached to taking these types of medications, which is

I Could Have Become An Incel

If you like what I write, then please consider sending a one-time donation to me via PayPal. Please use the following link and click SEND to donate, and thank you for reading! https://paypal.me/drumwild INTRODUCTIONAs I was setting up this document with cover image, tags, etc., I realized that I may be talking about something that

Are Scam Victims Stupid?

MY IGNORANT BIASWhen I was a young adult, I would read about various scams and see news stories where they interview scam victims. At the time, I had several biases and believed some strange things. One of those is the idea that people who fall for scams must be really stupid. Very, very stupid. So

Myths and Mistakes

INTRODUCTIONThere was a time in 2017 when I felt so stupid that I went and got properly tested by a professional. Long story short, I was found to have Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as Autistic Tendencies, and I was found to have an exceptional IQ. The Autism piece of this will be obvious. However,

A Tribute to Old Friends, and How to Make New Friends

It is time for me to have something positive to write about. Today, it’s about those old friends who have hung around for decades, as well as how to potentially find more of those kinds of friends. For the most part, making new friends who turn out to be good friends is a crap shoot.

Ignoring Red Flags: When Someone Doesn’t Like You

It is unreasonable to expect that everyone will like you. Show me a person, and I’ll show you someone who does not like them. Even Tom Hanks has people who do not like him. In many cases, this is obvious and the solution to this issue is to stay away from them. Easy enough. But