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WCDT Strips 3231 - 3235 (30th May to 3rd June 2016)
freeman:
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--- Quote from: gprimr1 on 02 Jun 2016, 07:10 ---I'll be very interested in seeing how it plays out if Braun is on the spectrum or not. (I'm still working on her ethnicity, I thought she was Israeli for a second.)
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To me she looks very Persian. The few Persians I know all look like they could be related to her.
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As a completely off remark, Renee strikes out as vaguely Indian/Pakistani to me, but it has been settled by the man himself she's african-american. Just in a blog post though, so it could technically be retconned still if convenient. It would make sense that two girls with roots from the general same vicinity would end up friends in a... (how would I put this in the most tactful way?) foreign country where they don't belong? (OK, I give up.)
HauntingPoem:
--- Quote from: Welu on 02 Jun 2016, 07:51 ---Not autistic (but was screened for the possibility) but in my deep depressive phases, routine was the only thing that kept me going for a long time. Having the same checkpoints to meet made daily life smoother and helped me be aware of my physical, mental and emotional energy levels.
I often talk to myself like Brun is in today's strip. It can help calm the nerves and refocus my brain.
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I suffer from severe AvPD and chronic depression and I couldn't agree more. Sometimes the routine you have set up for yourself is the only thing that keeps you going.
Recognizing that, I hope Brun doesn't have a break from reality, as has happened several times to me when my routine got messed up.
And damn I miss this place. Yall are so therapeutic.
Y:
I'm a bit more like anti-routine. I like automating things. Doing things more than once seems redundant. The people at the autism testing center said that was a routine in itself, the routine of not having routines.
--- Quote from: gprimr1 on 02 Jun 2016, 07:10 --- but go over to Wrongplanet.net
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I actually never registered on that site or visited it much. Though I'm a regular on their irc channel. But yes it comes up sometimes.
Zastie:
Routinesception?
(Okay that was terrible I'll be going now..)
SharpCookies:
--- Quote from: Case on 01 Jun 2016, 21:02 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 01 Jun 2016, 20:05 ---Today's strip is still not proof Brun is on the autism spectrum but it does fit that idea.
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True - Though I have to admit that I am curious as to how much water the 'I have a routine'-thingy holds in reality, should the resident experts wish to share.
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Autistic person here. I don't personally have like a set routine I follow every day, but I do like to know what is happening in advance in order to mentally prepare for it, so to speak. So I have a mental layout of how my day is supposed to go in my head. When it is disrupted I can either deal with it sort of ok or be VERY upset/anxious/annoyed/etc. For example, if me and my boyfriend have a plan to go somewhere at a specific time, if we're late or he brings other people along without me knowing or anything like that it can really REALLY bother me. Flexibility is not my strong suit. So while I don't know exactly what Brun is going through, I have a general idea.
Also me and Brun are very different because while she is at least organized with a routine, I... usually am not. Disorganization has always been an issue for me no matter if I have a routine or not because executive dysfunction is a bitch.
But yeah if Brun isn't autistic I'll be very surprised. I can definitely see it.
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