I had a random thought about my artwork. I’m super proud of how I draw jawlines. No idea why but I absolutely love how I draw them. What thing you super proud of does nobody ever mention?
Honestly, successfully getting through IRL social.interactions. Normal for most people, not quite as easy for me. And when I'm around people I've known for a while, I may manage to appear fine, but there is a lot of internal stuff going on.
It's getting better though. Still a long, long way, buuuuut it's getting better.
And shoutout to you internet people. Online interactions make me feel a lot more like I can be myself.
Honestly, successfully getting through IRL social.interactions. Normal for most people, not quite as easy for me. And when I'm around people I've known for a while, I may manage to appear fine, but there is a lot of internal stuff going on.
It's getting better though. Still a long, long way, buuuuut it's getting better.
And shoutout to you internet people. Online interactions make me feel a lot more like I can be myself.
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Functioning like a somewhat regular human being?
I'm somehow a high functioning ball of anxiety, stress, and mental problems. Personality disorder? Check. Anxiety? Check. Scared of people? Check. Hates going outside? Check.
And yet somehow I maintain a job, and a new apartment just fine.
I wish more people were as impressed by this as I am. Because seriously, I do not know how it works, and I'm AMAZED by it.
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Functioning like a somewhat regular human being?
I'm somehow a high functioning ball of anxiety, stress, and mental problems. Personality disorder? Check. Anxiety? Check. Scared of people? Check. Hates going outside? Check.
And yet somehow I maintain a job, and a new apartment just fine.
I wish more people were as impressed by this as I am. Because seriously, I do not know how it works, and I'm AMAZED by it.
My french horn playing. Since I'm still in school, everyone remembers me as "the smart one", but I'm quite proud of my improvement over the past year.
My french horn playing. Since I'm still in school, everyone remembers me as "the smart one", but I'm quite proud of my improvement over the past year.
That I'm good at playing video games. People will mention that I play them, but it's usually just that.
I've only had like one friend outright just tell others that I'm pretty hefty in some games. But other than that, not really. I'm always winning PVP battles, on top of leaderboards, the MVP of matches, winning objectives, heck I even got so good at some games I can successfully predict where a person is or is coming from without even knowing or seeing them!, but I'm just never recognized any of my skill or improvement.
Friends would invite me to games, or if they need help because maybe someone is just wiping the floor with them, but like... a little acknowledgement would be nice. Like I feel like they know that I'm pretty good, but they just don't mention it, but then that makes me feel like I'm actually not, despite everything else.
Maybe being good at video games is still one of those "get a life" kind of things.
Also... This one actually hurts and just killed me for like a whole year, but in my senior year of High School they had a class award assembly for each subject and outstanding achievements, and everything. Well, it was kind of cool because in school it seemed like everyone knew me as the person who drew wolves. People would comment on how great my drawings were, my teachers liked my drive and liked that I was focused on improving, and each art-related class, I was certain to always have 100% in, which I did, but when it came time to announce the award for best Art student, I wasn't even a nomination. I wouldn't have cared to win the award at all, but it just hurt so much that I wasn't even considered for a nomination. It would have been so nice to be recognized, even a second for all my hard work and the subject I put my all into to succeed in, and I got nothing.
I didn't want the award, I just wanted to be acknowledge and recognized for everything I've done for my whole life up to that point and I got nothing.
That I'm good at playing video games. People will mention that I play them, but it's usually just that.
I've only had like one friend outright just tell others that I'm pretty hefty in some games. But other than that, not really. I'm always winning PVP battles, on top of leaderboards, the MVP of matches, winning objectives, heck I even got so good at some games I can successfully predict where a person is or is coming from without even knowing or seeing them!, but I'm just never recognized any of my skill or improvement.
Friends would invite me to games, or if they need help because maybe someone is just wiping the floor with them, but like... a little acknowledgement would be nice. Like I feel like they know that I'm pretty good, but they just don't mention it, but then that makes me feel like I'm actually not, despite everything else.
Maybe being good at video games is still one of those "get a life" kind of things.
Also... This one actually hurts and just killed me for like a whole year, but in my senior year of High School they had a class award assembly for each subject and outstanding achievements, and everything. Well, it was kind of cool because in school it seemed like everyone knew me as the person who drew wolves. People would comment on how great my drawings were, my teachers liked my drive and liked that I was focused on improving, and each art-related class, I was certain to always have 100% in, which I did, but when it came time to announce the award for best Art student, I wasn't even a nomination. I wouldn't have cared to win the award at all, but it just hurt so much that I wasn't even considered for a nomination. It would have been so nice to be recognized, even a second for all my hard work and the subject I put my all into to succeed in, and I got nothing.
I didn't want the award, I just wanted to be acknowledge and recognized for everything I've done for my whole life up to that point and I got nothing.
i feel the same way about my art that op does, except with teeth; i love drawing cartoony, dramatic, outlandishly pointy teeth, and i wish more people recognized my love for it
i feel the same way about my art that op does, except with teeth; i love drawing cartoony, dramatic, outlandishly pointy teeth, and i wish more people recognized my love for it
Damn if i get mentioned at all its like a miracle
Damn if i get mentioned at all its like a miracle
i like rats. it's a sub theme of mine but it doesnt get brought up much tbh
i like rats. it's a sub theme of mine but it doesnt get brought up much tbh
Oof, like a few other people here, I wish my art got more attention. I'll sometimes show stuff to my RL friends, and they'll just go, "Ooh, pretty" and that's pretty much it. ;__; I work hard on my stuff, it might not be the best, but darned if it doesn't give me joy. I get a lot of compliments on my writing; I hope it'll be the same for my art someday.
Oof, like a few other people here, I wish my art got more attention. I'll sometimes show stuff to my RL friends, and they'll just go, "Ooh, pretty" and that's pretty much it. ;__; I work hard on my stuff, it might not be the best, but darned if it doesn't give me joy. I get a lot of compliments on my writing; I hope it'll be the same for my art someday.
my ability to retain information most people would think to be 'useless'
like
you tell me to give you the plot to any Mario game? Done, I can do it without even thinkin about it first
want me to recite some episodes of Gravity Falls? Can do, line for line
want me to tell you about Nocturnes? Recite their piece in the game's database? Done
Want me to list every single FNaF animatronic, their first and last debut, how many games their in, mechanics, appearance, perhaps describe their voice and recite lines if they have any? can diddly-do
eh? what's that? want me to give the canonical names to all the music in Super Paper Mario or M&L Dream Team? You got it, I'll even hum along
like. I hyperfixate on stuff and retain information so well if it involves that stuff, and I'm really proud of that
my ability to retain information most people would think to be 'useless'
like
you tell me to give you the plot to any Mario game? Done, I can do it without even thinkin about it first
want me to recite some episodes of Gravity Falls? Can do, line for line
want me to tell you about Nocturnes? Recite their piece in the game's database? Done
Want me to list every single FNaF animatronic, their first and last debut, how many games their in, mechanics, appearance, perhaps describe their voice and recite lines if they have any? can diddly-do
eh? what's that? want me to give the canonical names to all the music in Super Paper Mario or M&L Dream Team? You got it, I'll even hum along
like. I hyperfixate on stuff and retain information so well if it involves that stuff, and I'm really proud of that
