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@astra_underscore@wetdry.world

2026-07-29 12:22 UTC

Having BPD is like if your emotions were gears on a manual transmission car and your brain kept money-shifting between them on a whim. Have you ever driven manual? Ever shifted gears from 4th to 2nd and the transmission started making *EXPENSIVE SOUNDS*? Yeah, it's that, but it's your brain instead :blobcatnotlikethis:

Replies (3)

  • @astra_underscore@wetdry.world I caretake for a disabled person with intense BPD and alcoholism, and almost every sentence pivots from happy reminiscing to crying or anger. It's wild. I can't imagine having 1% of that level of emotional instability.

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  • @akirebubar@toot.cat 2026-07-29 18:47

    @astra_underscore@wetdry.world THIS. OMG this. yes.

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  • @dpnash@c.im 2026-10-29 15:53

    @astra_underscore@wetdry.world > Have you ever driven manual? Ever shifted gears from 4th to 2nd and the transmission started making *EXPENSIVE SOUNDS* Worst experience driving manual (and sincerely hoping nobody’s brain ever feels like this): On freeway, slowing down, need to downshift from third to second Get fourth instead The transmission simultaneously makes an *EXPENSIVE SOUND*, namely the linkage between the shifter and the actual gears going “spoing”. The car is stuck in fourth, having slowed down to first-gear speed. By dint of having slightly better low RPM torque than most cars, the world’s slowest 0 to (about) 60 mph since the 1890s, and a fortunate absence of red lights after the freeway exit, manage to get the car to a place where it can be towed safely.

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