I shouldn’t have to explain my mental disability but here we are.
The path to the gate is confusing, and reflective. My brain has trouble processing that visually, because although it is pretty, it is overstimulating. Especially when the special weather effect is up. I get confused, and sometimes have trouble finding the entrance.
Flying would simplify this, and make it easier. It’s not a bad thing to request, it’s not bad to admit I’m not neurotypical, but it is bad to slander me, and put me down as if I’m doing something wrong. It’s really sad that in the world you can just casually mention it being overwhelming, or that you have a mental disability, and suddenly everyone is angry at you.
“How dare you bring that up as an excuse.”
“You just want attention.”
“Haha, they are probably just trolling”
“This is probably bait” etc.
I’ve heard it all. Why can’t people just admit something as normal as a difficulty with something, and just be acknowledged. It feels like when you talk about these things you have a gun to your head unless you explain it perfectly. I don’t usually say things perfectly. I am often unstable, and will need extra time to correct myself, which I wouldn’t mind if people weren’t so hostile.
This is why people say the world doesn't work for people who aren’t neurotypical. We literally try to be clear, but people laugh and point us ino silence. I won’t be silent. The pathway bothers me, and gives me a headache trying to navigate it. Sometimes I feel motion sickness. Should it be removed entirely? No. Should it be changed. No. Should the weather effect be removed? No, I just want an alternative. It literally doesn’t do any harm to anyone for suggesting.
I do not represent anyone with a disability, or who is challenged but myself unless other people with mental disabilities choose to take my opinions as their own. Please don’t tell me I’m an embarrassment, or using a card. I just want to say how I feel about this, and be heard as a person, because I am one. I should never have had to go into greater detail.