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Just a quote I wanted to share in case someone else might enjoy it, too.

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So, I can't sleep and I'm thinking about frames and paper and ink. Get up and go look around the mess that is my desk and look over and see my Chuck Close magnet. He's just staring at me reminding me to get to work. So, I think I need to go downstairs and find Chuck Close quotes (yeah, I know, not work. But I'm just too sleepy to work). And that's when I found this one that seems relevant to this forum.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. -Chuck Close

Though I might just leave out the word "capable" and say-

Never let anyone define what you using parameters that don't apply to you.

It's why I have so much trouble with psychology. Applying all those "NT" parameters to me? No, I don't really want that. Anyhoo, that's my middle of the night, I'm too wound up to sleep, thought of the week.
 
And here's one one my favourite quotes from my favourite dictator, Mao Zedong: "Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible." Like becoming a Communist dictator!
 
My life quote is from a song:" Every form of refuge has it's price"---Lyin' Eyes- The Eagles.
Think about it. :rolleyes:
 
Thankfully I've never had any real contact with the mental health system, perhaps one reason why I'm not too messed up...:)

And another quote shared a little while back in another post somewhere on here, I think my friend made it up, many years ago in an encouragement note to me...

"You are the different drummer everyone claims to dance to"
 
This was always hard to apply for me; I've never had any sort of definite self-image so I tried to "adapt" towards NT's. I tried to mimic a lot of the NT's I knew and I've been envying everyone around me. I've never really been satisfied with what I am, with the real me - and doing all this adapting stuff just made everything worse. I ended up becoming a social outcast. I kept wondering how the people around me all just magically get along with each other, and I really wanted that. With almost no social experience, this has been nothing but a dream for me to chase.

To this day I still suffer from self-hatred and always compare myself to other people, while at the same time putting myself down all the time. The few friends I have managed to make over the past couple of years have friends they've known longer than myself, and that sparks up so much envy in me, which in turn makes me act very needy, clingy and possessive. These friends still appreciate me for me, and that's what keeps me happy, what keeps me going. To this day I'm still not sure if I should be acting more NT overall, or just keep on being 100% myself.
 
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