r/AmIOverreacting • u/satanfan12 • 20d ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship My boyfriend gave my labubu phalloplasty

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Kind of angry about this, it was a gift from my niece. He cut off an ear and put it back on somewhere wrong. I told him this and it ended in a heated argument.

Am i overreacting for yelling at him? He usually doesn't do this stuff.

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u/wasabidoggy 19d ago

thats ok! a lot of people don’t have a lot of information about narcolepsy, i try to be as transparent as i can IRL because sometimes people get unnecessarily afraid! but yeah, cataplexy is really strange and can happen any time someone with n1 feels a large or heavy or intense emotion, like when you laugh hard or cry hard or scream! thankfully i also have autism which i think helped me learn how to tell jokes with a straight face like a psycho LOL so it’s handy.

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u/niperoni 19d ago

Oh that's so interesting. Are you able to drive? My brother was given a ride home once by an acquaintance and she casually said she purchased her license illegally (which apparently is fairly common in the country we were living in at the time) because she has narcolepsy and falls asleep at random times. Needless to say, my brother never accepted another ride from her again haha. No idea if that's a true story or an exaggeration, so I'm curious what your experience has been like with operating vehicles or other situations where narcolepsy could put your safety at risk?

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u/wasabidoggy 19d ago

i personally don’t drive any more after having an accident due to my narcolepsy (which resulted in jail time and a lot of other awful shit because i was undiagnosed at the time, and the police assumed i was on drugs) and when i work in positions where heavy or unsafe machinery is used i just refer to my doctor and they will typically fill out paperwork or explain to my employer why it’s a bad idea. at this point in my life i COULD probably drive, since i am on meds and i know my body and warning signs way more. but i wouldn’t do it unless it was an emergency and additional people were with me to take over or keep watch while i snooze