Re: Drama in the blind comunity, why does it happen?
I wear sunglasses when I'm in public. I've been told it gives sighted people something to focus on that doesn't move around too much, something they can hold eye-contact with that isn't creepy as fuck. My pair broak a few days ago, and I'm getting new ones tomorrow, but it's gotten to a point where any social interaction I have with a sighted person feels way too awquard for me. I just don't know enough to figure out how other people are taking this. I can't read people purely on their tone of voice. it's gotten a tiny bit better over the last few years but it doesn't stop me from acting like a fool in a lot of situations. Until recently I thought I was about two years behind what is usual for my age when it comes to social development, but now I just can't say anymore. I try to learn from the past concerning these matters but I seem incapable of acting better in similar situations whenever they come up. And it pisses me off because if things continue like they are, I'll never find anything like a sighted peer circle. Covid is also a factor here. I moved to a larger city this year precisely to be more able to attend events, go out, etc. Without having to rely on car transport, and now Covid's destroyed everything because nothing's allowed to open. Give it a few more years and I'll have turned into the very thing I've been wanting to avoid ever since I became aware of the rift between sighted, integrated blind, and blinky blind. And in the end, I may end up having nothing. No communities in the fully sighted, no freak tt blindy communities
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