(01 Sep 2021, 3:59 pm)Jimmi wrote My autism increases the level of anxiety and general feelings of uneasiness at times especially if people are loud and if anyone is speaking in a generally threatening tone even when I'm not involved, noise is a bigger trigger as highlighted in some of my cringe posts I made back in the old days of this forum which mercifully I can deal with better now although still flawed in that regard.
I have had some bad experiences in my time, I was threatened in Gateshead Interchange when attempting to board an X21 as I was having to skirt my way round those boarding the 21 that arrived in front that blocked my path, I couldn't bring myself to get on the bus with said person who threatened me so instead was left there in a state of distress, handily security nowhere to be found.
I also remember travelling on the X22 to Durham on Christmas Eve sat downstairs on an OmniDekka and two drunks kept hassling me to use my phone which I declined and this got me irrate and was threatened as a result, I had to retreat onto the top deck and ended up staying up there until I was certain they had alighted the bus in Durham although think they actually got off at Plawsworth.
I also got shoved against my local bus stop one night for no reason other than they thought it was funny.
That reminds me of the time I was on the X21 and these two drunks from Spennymoor kept pestering me to give them my cup so they could drink their bottle of Lambrini!
I refused numerous times as I still had some of my mocha in it, I can't remember whether I just gave in and let them have it once I'd finished or whether they just took it anyway, but it wasn't too long before they ended up spilling it all over the floor of the bus. I'm not really much of a drinker, especially not that shite, so had to get off a couple stops later as the smell was awful!