"Not everything is about your autism."
Actually it is. My autism effects:
How I see the world, including light sensitivity
How I interact with the world, including difficulties with social interaction, speech difficulties and processing disorders
How I feel the world around me, including hyposensitivity or hypersensitivity to temperature, pain, or stimuli as well as proprioception which can make it difficult for me to physically navigate the world
How I feel my body, including interoception which can lead to missed meals, dehydration, and even urinary urgency (which is a problem just by itself) because I don't notice the signals my body gives
How I relate to those around me, due to my alexithymia, so often I feel nothing or can not work through the bodily sensations that indicate emotions.
How I cope with the world, including needing to stim, escape noises others may not hear, or requiring accommodations to help me survive an "average" day
How I rest after a normal day, including delayed sleep onset, reduced melatonin and increased cortisol, making getting to sleep a 2 hour long endeavour and staying asleep a task unto itself
So yes.
This is all about my autism.
James Somerton Apology 2: Electric Boogaloo summed up.
as an autistic person, can i just say that Charles Babbage aka “father of the computer” was totally one of us and also his vendetta against street music & organ grinders was VALID
Things that make me (autistic and goth) a vampire:
Sun? No, thank you. Instant kill.
Counting everything. Please don't throw rice at me.
Invite me directly. "You're always invited". No, I have to stand at your door and you have to say "Come in", else I can't physically enter.
Did someone eat garlic like 5 days ago? I can tell.
You don't want to be informed for three hours about the different sounds bats make?
Black cloths. Everything else is too overstimulating.
Very formal and rigid way of speaking and behaving, almost like a dark lord in 1894.
"I've recently started this hobby... wait, this was a decade ago?"
once again for the bargain price of $6.66 i will present to you a Top 5 Childhood Misadventures: April Fool’s Edition
they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"
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