25. Relaxing into Relationships

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “It’s hard for me to relax into love because I’ve learnt that:”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “relaxing ↓ forgetting something ↓ disaster & punishment”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: “What if I’m just bad at love?”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “My ADHD comes with real, severe consequences.”

[Panel 1] OFFSCREEN VOICE: ""Just relax""

[Panel 1] OFFSCREEN VOICE: ""You’re just cat-astrophizing""

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “I once forgot to answer my insurance so it got cancelled.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “It’s making me feel disconnected at times where I should feel attached,”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “where I should be bonding and loving.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “It makes me feel like I’m just bad at love.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “Worse, it makes me resentful.”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: ""He doesn’t have to deal with all of this!""

[Panel 1] ALIEN: ""Now I need to be loving on top of everything!""

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “And again, I’m failing at being loving.”

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[Panel 1] BOYFRIEND: “You’re worried again, hm?”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: “Yup.”

[Panel 1] BOYFRIEND: “It’s ok, let’s go through our to-dos.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “But you see me.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “Instead of demanding I function, you try to reach me where I’m at.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “You’re not trying to save me,”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “you just make an effort to see MY reality.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “I don’t have to hide myself so that I can love the way I’m “supposed to”.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “I owe it to me to allow my feelings, and to you to voice them.”

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