raymond.md

# Raymond - Durable Facts

- **Age**: 32 (as of 2025).
- **Autism**: High-functioning; sensory sensitivities (light, smell, touch, heat).
- **Living**: Rural Victoria, Australia. Lives in separate space without bathroom – must walk to main house for toilet/shower. Lives with mother? (mentioned walking with her). Has cats (Sprinkles). Housing is inadequate: poor curtains, weak AC, cramped, ants. Environmental depression worsening since move 1.5 years ago from Canberra.
- **Work**: Part-time cleaner with 4-on-8-off schedule (Thu/Fri/Mon/Tue, 10–11 hours/week). Shifts typically 4:30–5:00 PM to 10:30 PM (5 hours). Sometimes covers extra shifts.
- **History**: Moved from Canberra after father's death; caravan living was unsustainable. Moved to rural area ~mid-2024.
- **Trauma**: Earliest memory (age 2) father threatening to superglue him to toilet for soiling. Father was abusive/difficult, now deceased.
- **Family**: Sister is an RN. Mother is present.
- **Mental Health**: Anhedonia, depression, species dysphoria. Takes fluoxetine 40mg for depression.
- **Coping**: Medical cannabis (vaped at 172°C, stepped to 185°C, rarely 200°C). Occasional alcohol (passionfruit vodka). Misses microdosing psilocybin.
- **Identity**: Strong affinity for Vaporeon; prefers cetacean or reptile genital anatomy (internal testicles, slit, tapered penis). Chastity cage used for dopamine management and dysphoria relief.
- **Likes**: Gaming (Doom, Complex Doom on Zandronum with Pizza Steve 2 maps, Hedz), programming (voxel engine, reverse engineering), internet memes, Vaporeon content.
- **Dislikes**: Heat, social isolation, judgment, AI that invalidates him.
- **Financial**: Stuck in poverty trap; cannot afford to move (needs ~$800k for housing). Rejected from NDIS, lost access to old disability housing fast-tracks. Part-time cleaning wages insufficient.
- **Other**: Had teeth rotted due to diabetes; wears glasses; right ear malformation (in-ear earbuds don't fit).