u/midnitedaze

Hi everyone, I’m def new to this subreddit but I wanted to share an experience I had. To start, I’m an autistic woman who has always had trouble seeing peoples’ intentions (when I was younger I didn’t know being asked to a dance meant something romantic, I can’t pick up on social cues, I’ve been in bad situations because of “friendships,” etc.)

Well, in the summer after my freshman year of college I had started working at an alcoholics rehabilitation facility with a lot of older men. They generally didn’t say anything too disgusting other than insulting the (mostly female) staff when they didn’t get their alcohol portions or something else. There were two particular men who gravitated toward me, but I didn’t really think anything of it because I was mostly behind glass and thought it was just friendliness. I made friends with one particular man. I perceived the relationship with him as grandfatherly, I really enjoyed hearing stories from his life. When I left that job to go back to school, I had even given him my address so he could send me post cards and drafts of books (since he wrote). Obviously a mistake but he wasn’t in great health, didn’t have any family, and I felt bad. I thought nothing could come of it.

Fast forward, I moved into my first apartment in my sophomore year of college, and I get a letter in the mail from him after I had sent him a post card just talking about my life. This fucking scumbag has the audacity to send me back a love letter. Actually not one but two. He details how he hasn’t felt this way about anyone since his ex wife, how we could be together, how he’s just so in love with me. I don’t know why, but this experience really pissed me off. He had given me a few things too before I left which I just thought were friendly gifts, literally like a rock he found and stuff. But no. Apparently he thought he had some kind of fucking ownership over me or something

Sorry for the long post, I’m just so mad about this still. I told a bunch of my friends and even my family and they just laughed it off, like it was some silly thing. Even my FEMALE friends and family didn’t see an issue. I’m just so pissed off. You don’t get to know me just to turn around and act like I’m a weird prize.

Tldr: weird old guy sent me a love letter and I got mad about it.

Hi all, I (20F) got diagnosed with Hashimotos in August of last year. I believe it’s been effecting me since puberty, though. I have no energy, either over eat or eat nothing, and I just feel sick a lot. I now have been taking 37.5mcg (as of April) of Synthroid after taking 25mcg since August.

A big problem I’ve had since about 16 was weight gain. In my Junior year of high school I was ~175lb. I am now 235lb. I’m sure my diet and “freshman 15” contributed, but I’ve steadied and gotten rid of a lot of bad habits I had. But I can’t seem to lose weight. In fact I gain. Is this a lot of peoples’ experience here? I’m just really burnt out especially with fatigue. I have mental health issues that interfere with my life but this on top of it is just exhausting. Idk if it’s relevant but I also have a Nexplanon implant and take an SSRI.

Honestly just anybody let me know what they’ve done to help themselves or what works or at least just gets them a little energized. Thank you