For those that can’t stand this time of the year, my misery seeks company. What does it for you?

For me: aside from the usual family stuff:

I worked front-end in a post office back when that meant a line-up before I opened the doors to the end of the day when I had to inform the line-up that was still out the door that, yes, I was going to close on time. (Some didn’t take that well. For me it was just another Tuesday…)

It meant a lot of work with little thanks and I had to listen to the same shitty Xmas playlist over and over all day.

Edit/PS: The quick downvote sells it. Perfection. chefs kiss

  • Strider@lemmy.world
    63·
    24 days ago

    I really don’t like getting presents in company. I’m an Autist and don’t react as people would expect, so masking sets in which is very stressful.

    • Dalacos@lemmy.worldOP
      25·
      24 days ago

      so masking sets in which is very stressful.

      Pretending to be happy sucks. (…the energy right out of me.)

        • Dalacos@lemmy.worldOP
          11·
          24 days ago

          “Say cheese!”

          “Why?”

          “Because it makes you look like you’re smiling.”

          “Oh…”

          • Strider@lemmy.world
            2·
            24 days ago

            Yeah that’s where the misunderstanding starts. Meta style!

            Not every Autist is identical (or rather everyone is wildly different) . I mostly have no issues understanding things like that and I can be a master of sarcasm. However this makes it all the worse when it hits and flies over my head with random other stuff: but that was so obvious. Sigh.

    • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
      18·
      24 days ago

      I’m (probably) not an autist, but same all around. Hate watching people open my gifts as well because I feel like I’m pressuring them to act a certain way. Exchanging gifts is miserable.

      • Strider@lemmy.world
        2·
        24 days ago

        Now take that discomfort and dial it up a few hundred percent, maybe throw some resulting body issues in there and being ill a week thereafter.

        The point I am often trying to make is: the separate issues are sometimes easy to understand (and that’s good) but the resulting issues are underestimated because of this.

        Please do not take this as a aggression to your valid post, but I often feel this needs to be added.

        • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          23 days ago

          Me sharing my discomfort was not intended to discount yours. But in the same vain, don’t discount my feelings either.