EXISTENTIAL #23 (OCTOBER 8, 2024)

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"Would you want to read minds if you could?"

On the one hand, I think I'd be too overwhelmed by everyone's opinions of me and it would make me hyper-vigilant, especially as an autistic person who already knows people see me as weird and I get looks whenever I just talk normally. On the other hand, maybe I would hear praise from people that I normally wouldn't hear, either because they don't tell me at all or say a watered down version of their true thoughts ("You're so good at this" versus "Oh my god, Anjo is the best I've ever seen! Who knew she had this talent!"). Maybe I could instantly tell when someone has bad intentions around me. Maybe I could tell when someone misunderstands me or they mean something that they are not literally saying to me. Maybe I could tell when my mom or anyone else lies to me.

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