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Originally Posted by InkyTinks
years ago I knew a young girl from South Africa..I met her in a support group for a condition I had been diagnosed with (incorrectly it seems many years later!) ..but we chatted every night..she was mostly bedbound and dependant on elderly parents... and one sibling who didn't have the same genetic condition (sadly her eldest brother also had it and was also in a wheelchair)..we had the best chats entirely by typing ..sometimes very deep and meaningful stuff you'd never talk about in 'everyday chit chat' ..I do miss her ..as sadly she passed away as their condition was progressive (her brother did too..before she did).
I've never felt that level of connection since. Everyone these days wants video chats face-to-face or phone calls and between the autism, SM and social phobia's it leaves me unable to express myself properly so no-one gets to see 'the real me' which I feel comes out better in written language as it seems to be 'my special ability' or something!
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I'm sorry for your loss, and to hear about your friend passing.
I'm glad you were able to have a close and bonding connection with her though! I think it is possible to find that again. I understand your struggles, in part, though I don't have autism.
I am isolated and don't get out much, so that is why I like Zoom. But I've not been able to Zoom because most of my older family members and some of my friends don't like it. So we text instead.
The only reason why typing is getting hard for me is because my eyes become sensitive to computer light and start blurring and tearing after a while. I'm also not in the best lighting situation in my apartment, as I use my bedroom as an office.
I need to get a bigger and better computer monitor. For right now, however, I'm just on my laptop. I can barely see the words on my cell and laptop to make it all worthwhile. That's why I think I misread some things at times, or I skim long texts, with the intention of paying closer attention to reading them later. I haven't hooked my computer monitor back up yet, so perhaps that's why I'm struggling with my eyesight more these days.
I like how you write, InkyTinks!
You have a way of being personable and drawing some great conversations out!
Thank you for sharing!
I hope that you find some close relationships online here.