Anyone else ever had full blown meltdowns over changed plans? I had planned my entire day around plans I had this evening that were set up several days ago and at the very last second they were canceled and I just had a really bad meltdown. Is this a common experience? I was just dx about 1.5 yrs ago so still trying to meet others who are #ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic#actuallyautistic Was anyone else ever made fun of/scolded as a kid because you "were not assertive enough"? I would often get in trouble for "not saying 'no'" or other 'grievous' things growing up, and I remember being very hurt by that.
Saying "no" has always been hard for me because I've always struggled with being confident/setting boundaries. Every time I have tried to set boundaries I was perceived as rude, so I decided at some point in my childhood to stop setting them.
#ActuallyAutistic Do you know this book? The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A Practical Handbook for Autistic Teens and Tweens by Yenn Purkis and Tanya Masterman
I don’t have children but I’m wondering about it, and if I can suggest it when someone is asking a book for young people. The book is aimed to 10-14 and the author are autistic.
@actuallyautistic#actuallyautistic Have y'all noticed that most if not all of your friends throughout your life have also been autistic or at least ND? I've slowly started to figure this out about my own friends.
One of my best friends, someone I met in middle school, recently told me she thinks she could be autistic. I told her about taking the tests on the embrace autism website and she replied "Yeah I've done that" 😂
Surprising but not surprising at the same time to me.
Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 221 , Wednesday 05/06/2024
Another disturbed night last night with my foot, but still up at just gone 05:30.
The weather today has got slowly better, with the evening being sunny & mild.
Turned a corner today , my foot has only been painful while I have been walking on it. (The caveat being that I’ve also still been on a decent dose of co-codamol.)
My foot seems slightly less swollen today which is also welcome!
Tomorrow is the last day I can take the Colchicine , then I have to wait 4 days to see if I need a repeat dose, I’m not sure how long it will take for my foot to return to normal.
Final Thoughts.
Onwards towards fully functional feet (right foot take not, none of this PF nonsense !) .
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
I was curious about an actor in a show I like, so I attempted to find out if she is autistic. When asked in interviews, she skirts the question, but she wrote a whole story about an autistic heroine where she plays the staring role herself. Despite trying not to jump to conclusions, I find myself making assumptions.
What do you all think? Is that bad? Should I try to resist doing that? Is that my brain trying to categorize everything in neat boxes?
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever have a stable flow to my days, sleep especially. If it’s just me and there are no demands then whatevs. But we inhabit a world that always seems to have one #demand or another. Due dates, schedules, meetings, whatever rando decides you need to talk to them at exactly that moment.
In my perfect world there would be a #buffer… space and time. It would allow us to respond as we were ready without broadcasting the delay to outsiders.
Sometimes when I’m getting new information or if I’m learning something it feels like I need to hear it from the actual source because if I just hear from one person, I might hear something different from somebody else and it’s really hard. And that can be difficult for a lot of autistic people, we feel like we hear information from one person or group then hear something else from another person and we don’t know what is true or false. #actuallyautistic#neurodivergentmemes#neurodiversity
My social worker has just confirmed that my current landlord wishes nothing but a quick eviction for me ASAP since I am no longer welcome at all, that I'm literally a piece of shit.
Your current donations help the initial steps, but will not get me to the finish line knowing the stance that I'm officially no longer welcome.
Please, donate so I can prepare for the worst case scenario (which is more likely day by say) of needing to find a market value place last minute.
@actuallyautistic#ActuallyAutistic what are everyone’s thoughts on signing cards (birthday, etc.) at work, where you do not really know the person, but there is an implied expectation that you do so
it's Tasia's birthday! can you help me make her day special? she's been struggling securing donations for basic necessities like food and healthcare. anything helps!
Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 220 , Tuesday 04/06/2024
My Pavlovian response got me up at 06:30, so hobbled down to breakfast.
The meds the Doc gave me yesterday are doing the biz as far as reducing the pain goes, if not the swelling.
It’s so nice to be able to walk again , even if it is only a shuffling gait!
The meds are also messing with my digestive system, had an egg butty for lunch which grumbled its way thru me this afternoon. So rather than a some ham & a bit of salad for tea it was soup, again !
Oh I hope this speed of recovery is maintained!
Final Thoughts.
Every thought I have at the moment is directed at getting my foot back to normal & not looking like a prop front the Elephant Man !
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
Loneliness hit me hard today. And the big contradiction is that I also feel better alone being autistic and I know that there is no solution to this. So how do you cope with this my fellow autistic?
URGENT! please help a multiply #disabled trans dad, his #trans wife, and their 2 kids escape a dangerous housing situation. they're on the road now homeless and desperately need money for food.