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Do you revert to childishness when someone annoys you?

Marianne72

This is the first time I've confessed, so I'm hoping to read your own ways of dealing with excruciating behaviour! You might remember my problems with a new neighbour. One of her 'naughties' was siting planters on my property then complaining when I moved them. After a few days of provocation, I threw her largest planter on her lawn. Next day, I received a police visit (she'd complained  without revealing her provocation). There were other incidents I won't bore you with. Now, when she bangs my wall in the early hours [not often since her police warning about provoking me!], I do an 'air gun' mime - pointing my fingers like a gun towards her wall with appropriate sound effects, but not so loud she'll hear. I vary this with a Gatling gun 'attack' with appropriate sound effects. Occasionally I do air tomahawks or a bit of mooning [and I have a large 'moon']. It relieves stress and makes me smile, but would surprise ex-colleagues with whom I was always formal.

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  • Oh I’m probably the opposite. I fawn effect (freeze up) to literally everything: Provocation, nuisances, questions I don’t know the answer to, you name it. I just shut down. I’ve blamed it on a combo of Autism and depression, because whenever people annoy me I have to question whether I’m the problem for some reason. 

  • in reply to profdanger

    I've found asking myself that question to often has led me to being in some bad situations, it's like I'm to fair and reasonable to others and not enough to myself. I think this is a problem with something like autism, we know we have problems and often forget others can have them to, sometimes worse ones than we have.

    I think we all need to stand up and claim our place in the world

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  • in reply to profdanger

    I've found asking myself that question to often has led me to being in some bad situations, it's like I'm to fair and reasonable to others and not enough to myself. I think this is a problem with something like autism, we know we have problems and often forget others can have them to, sometimes worse ones than we have.

    I think we all need to stand up and claim our place in the world

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