Originally Posted by
Cerelict
I think Anglas made a thread about it before, and I somehow got a vibe it was a subtle stab at another member he'd interacted with because of a previous conflict. (I never interacted with him.) Of course this kind of projection and misinterpretation is a common result of the disorder. But personality psych communities have plenty of reason to attract these types, hence the possibility of a saturation of them.
If you imply they're there, acquisition wasn't easy. IMO, online settings actually exacerbate the blindness to social queues but ease one's awkward outer appearance. But it's more likely Dunning-Kruger than anything. I've consciously forced myself to ignore certain finer details and compulsive adherence to routines, but it may have limited my intellectual ambition. The repetitive behaviors never completely go away no matter what you try, at least from what I've lived.
I've never been through shit like ass-bleaching or squeezes, but I was put through dieting in my earlier years. Acknowledging the possibility of placebo, some of that does seem effective and I've noticed a correlation between this and my abilities to concentrate and/or regulate emotions. Possibly bullshit, but in chemistry there's some possibility behind it and I need all the help I can get anyway. That may be another part of why my score seems balanced.