Hey Arwyn...

Thank you for writing this post, because honestly, this has called me out in a good way as a reminder and as something to understand and accept (focusing on accepting things that I don't feel comfortable changing because why should I? Aren't I fine the way I am?) that I am one person who is impressionable, because I sometimes have a hard time on making up my own mind on how I feel and who I am in general.

There's times where I feel extremely hurt based on what others have said to me (when I think about them) about me being focused on one special interest (SpIn) that they even tell me that there's "more" to my personality (which is kinda fucked up of someone (my neurotypical family), not going to lie) one time when I went camping, along with their own harmful opinions of me, such as me not "knowing" myself (which is also another fucked up thing to tell someone when they're still building themself, not this "know yourself" bullshit often preached by this NT society), and me "playing the victim" while being a "genuine asshole".

As for the opinions of others influencing me... I deeply relate because a member of my NT family accuses me of not thinking critically (even though they told me that I have a good brain, along with another one telling me to use mine sometimes) to understand their opinion, yet wants me to accept theirs (hell, I'm no better either).

As for perfectionism, I legit relate to this because it's still something that I have to keep living with for the rest of my life, and it's something that one subjectively can or cannot focus on. However, I'm steadily, but slowly am being completely okay with thanking others for calling me out for my mistakes, in hopes that I can do the best I can to be a bit better next time. I can't always "brush it off" (as a teacher assistant told me in my late elementary school years) when it pertains to shit that others have said about me or who said what.

For decision-making, however, I have a difficult time deciding on something or on what I should do in a situation because it feels like you're frozen by ice or by anything that's hindering you from making a firm decision.

Overall, fucking thank you for writing this article!!!!!!!!

You have no idea how many emotional and mental spoons you're helping others save with this article, because it feels like they aren't alone and are doing the best they can to put some areas of their impressionality as areas of personal focus, while also accepting it at the same time, so thank you!

~Raven (They/He/Xe/Xyr/Hy/Ro/Wolf/Moon)