"wood and metal"
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My guess would be that wood and metal are a metaphor for "intransigent".
I'm only beginning to recognize a few of my states of mind as being rare for non-autistics. One of them is when I know that it will take me 3hrs to go to the store because I'm going to get lost in it. Another is the rush and near panic I sometimes feel while packing for a trip - I need to take a lot of time, make lists, etc. If I haven't done that, I often forget something important which distresses me greatly. I get a similar "overhurried" feeling just before some social events that I'm feeling so-so about attending. I feel like I have this other thing that I need to do first... but if I give in to that, then I'm either dreadfully and antisocially late, or I end up standing people up without notice, neither of which is socially acceptable.
None of those necessarily constitutes a "bad day", though, from anyone else's perspective. The worst case in those is that I appear to behave slightly erratically or flakily from their perspective. The closest I get to a "bad day" are periods when I'm not open to change, and yet change appears to be happening to and around me without my participation. In those times I can become extremely angry, exasperated, frustrated, bull headed, emphatic, and... unbending. At these times I can certainly appear argumentative.
So my guess is that "wood and metal" might refer to the experience of being unbending or resolute.
My guess would be that wood and metal are a metaphor for "intransigent".
I'm only beginning to recognize a few of my states of mind as being rare for non-autistics. One of them is when I know that it will take me 3hrs to go to the store because I'm going to get lost in it. Another is the rush and near panic I sometimes feel while packing for a trip - I need to take a lot of time, make lists, etc. If I haven't done that, I often forget something important which distresses me greatly. I get a similar "overhurried" feeling just before some social events that I'm feeling so-so about attending. I feel like I have this other thing that I need to do first... but if I give in to that, then I'm either dreadfully and antisocially late, or I end up standing people up without notice, neither of which is socially acceptable.
None of those necessarily constitutes a "bad day", though, from anyone else's perspective. The worst case in those is that I appear to behave slightly erratically or flakily from their perspective. The closest I get to a "bad day" are periods when I'm not open to change, and yet change appears to be happening to and around me without my participation. In those times I can become extremely angry, exasperated, frustrated, bull headed, emphatic, and... unbending. At these times I can certainly appear argumentative.
So my guess is that "wood and metal" might refer to the experience of being unbending or resolute.