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It’s kind of hard to get motivation to do anything nowadays since I have to mask almost 24/7. There’s basically zero people in my life who I be honest about who I am. It’s an uncanny feeling to be surrounded by “friends” in my cult that would dump me the moment that I told them who I really am.
I remember a classmate from high school who was a Marxist. I don’t know if it would be weird to talk to them after 3 years like “hey, I know that I used to be weirdly religious in High School and barely talked to you but I’m a Marxist now. Wanna read theory?”
Also, I’m 21. I don’t have experience with regular interactions. It’s scary.
Maybe not “want to read theory?” but “Thanks for the agitation, you are a crucial part of my material conditions even if it took a while.”
I didn’t think about this. He really did agitate me. Thanks for the suggestion.
have you found any friends with similar conditions (i forjor the word)
None. I had some friends in High School and I was always cool with them, but I drifted off. Some of them had autism or were queer, so maybe they know about masking way more than me.
Sometimes I feel bad that I missed out on making friends during my High School years due to indoctrination. I was in such a based class.
just go for it and try to reignite whatever connection there was! maybe they’ll appreciate that you think of them after all this time. (i’m autistic so i also don’t know if that’s something bad or frowned upon or whatever but i don’t think it should be, i think it should be nice.) do you have a reunion or whatever? maybe you can follow them on social media
Yeah, good idea. I’ll follow them on social media.
I also don’t know what they will think, but there’s only one way to find out.