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The factors that gave me an edge:
- Parent abandoned me 3 years in (was mentally ill, violent, etc.)
- Other parent was autistic (literally)
- Only sibling was bipolar (literally. violent, lying, manipulative)
- Poor
To navigate this, I developed a hypersensitivity
- Parent abandoned me 3 years in (was mentally ill, violent, etc.)
- Other parent was autistic (literally)
- Only sibling was bipolar (literally. violent, lying, manipulative)
- Poor
To navigate this, I developed a hypersensitivity
That hypersensitivity sought patterns it could predict, which is pivotal living with an autistic parent, and an unpredictably violent older sibling.
I had to react the moment my sibling (>me in size, strength, age) snapped.
Day or night. 24/7. Wasn't ever safe.
I had to react the moment my sibling (>me in size, strength, age) snapped.
Day or night. 24/7. Wasn't ever safe.
Being chronically broke taught me to be resourceful.
I'm happy when a string breaks on my guitar. I'll make music with just 1 or 2.
I don't play with a pick either, but I shred with my fingers. It cost too much in gas to get to the guitar store for one.
I'm happy when a string breaks on my guitar. I'll make music with just 1 or 2.
I don't play with a pick either, but I shred with my fingers. It cost too much in gas to get to the guitar store for one.
The parent who stayed was always too exhausted from working and dealing with my sibling to take care of me.
So I learned to make meals with canned beans, seasoning packets, and anything I could scavenge in the sparse cabinets and fridge.
So I learned to make meals with canned beans, seasoning packets, and anything I could scavenge in the sparse cabinets and fridge.
I was just surviving.
But it turns out I built an efficient machine inside myself.
Without the dangers of my childhood present, these parts have picked new targets: the markets, business, politics.
It turns out you get an edge in those things.
But it turns out I built an efficient machine inside myself.
Without the dangers of my childhood present, these parts have picked new targets: the markets, business, politics.
It turns out you get an edge in those things.
It also turns out you're scarred for life. Random insomnia, sudden panic, depression, lingering anxieties that never fade.
But you pull off great trades. lol.
Fair deal? No. But I don't think they accept returns.
But you pull off great trades. lol.
Fair deal? No. But I don't think they accept returns.
