Uncanny Valley

I can relate to this. Perhaps it is because my neurodivergance has caused me to look at my life and ask myself what I really want it to look like vs. The idea I had of what it would be when I was growing up. (That relationships would be easy, I would move out in early 20s, have a job that made enough money to be independent, children/house/partner/white picket fence.)

I don't know if you've ever read A Wrinkle in Time, but there is a scene on a planet where all the children are playing outside their houses and they are jumping rope and bouncing balls in unison, and then their mothers all step outside and call them in in unison. It's a very eerie scene and fits well with the Uncanny Valley. I relate this to the feeling I get when I look at some of my peers and they seem to fit the status quo SO EASILY, and somehow that path for them is simple and not filled with endless questioning.

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