I was diagnosed with stress induced cardiomyopathy after being put through an invasive procedure to rule out blockages in my bloodstream.
(They called it a heart attack in the hospital, and I remember how shocked they were when I told them my age.)
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Now, to be clear... I believe what they called "stress" was actually cPTSD.
In other words... my nervous system had internalized ACTUAL TRAUMA over time...
Which kept compounding and intensifying...
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs.
-Made physical media harder to buy and use.
-Removed expandable storage from phones.
-Pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
-Made always-online normal.
-Made unlimited internet necessary.
-Slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
And eventually led to a complete shut down of my nervous system... which showed up as stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
This is not just... autism caused my heart event... this is...