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samantha, 4 days ago to random

Mastodon is a bad influence on me... I’m getting mild wish to learn not just French, but even German* too, so I can more easily understand people’s post :-)

• I had 5 years of German in school. I was not a fan… :-) (my brain is not easily compatible with German grammar)

Uair, 5 days ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic

Random. Just a cool animal. I knew people who would catch and eat them; they'll take off a finger if you don't know how to handle one.

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

arcadetoken, 5 days ago to random

Time blindness: Oh look you've spent the whole day doing next to nothing and it felt like only an hour
Also time blindness: You just looked at the clock 1 hour ago but it's only actually moved 3 minutes

#ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAuDHD

JeremyMallin, 6 days ago to fediverse

Mastodon (or at least the apps for it) should make threading posts easier to do.

Being able to thread and post multiple short posts at once would be handy too.
#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

ideogram, 7 days ago to Autism

One kid had a party this morning and the other wanted to go to ikea to look at desks for their computer.

Once we were all together again I mentioned that we were probably all overwhelmed and needed quiet time and they agreed. We are all on devices in separate bedrooms being silent.

Is this what a functional neurodivergent family looks like?

#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse #lgbtqi #ActuallyAutistic

Cassandra, 7 days ago to random

It never ceases to amaze me how consistently allistic people fail to hear clear spoken words in favour of secret subtext.

#ActuallyAutistic

Cassandra, 11 days ago to random

Sometimes I’m amazed by how slow I am now.

How much time it takes me to do so little.

I try to remember that I'm recovering from burnout, and my previous pace was unsustainable and should not be the baseline.

And it's hard to find motivation in a world so bleak.

But still.

S

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JeremyMallin, 11 days ago to actuallyautistic

I'm sitting in the dark, with the window blinds closed, because I feel like I just need it that way right now for no discernable reason. This is probably what my therapist means by nervous system regulation and emotional regulation. 🤔

I really like sensory deprivation—sometimes even more than others.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

arcadetoken, 11 days ago to ADHD

Slightly bugged dwelling on #ADHD vs. #AuDHD, particularly with my experiences. I feel like a lot of non-medical #Autism resources lump ADHD symptoms and expereinces in with Autism ones, for good reason as a majority of Autis have ADHD, but now my impostor syndrome has gone "Oh I may be Autistic only" to "Oh I may be AuDHD" to "Oh I may be ADHD only" and it's really confusing!

1/?

arcadetoken, 11 days ago to random

TIL that zoning out is an ADHD thing - which feels good to learn about because I did it a freaking ton when I was a kid and it's reassuring for it to be "normal" for the neurotype and not entirely problematic. It's weirdly like a mental comfort thing for me (frequently did this after school) and maybe I'll embrace that more. #ActuallyADHD

arcadetoken, 16 days ago to random

Mom: Don't be weird
Dad: Don't be weird
Classmates: LOL YOU'RE WEIRD
Church: We don't associate with people that are weird, also a bunch of them are in sin
Work: Weird is unprofessional
People: JuSt bE YoUrsElf

#GetWeird, none of it matters as much as you're surviving, life's too short to keep the heavy mask welded on your face
And if you can't, you can't, but I see you and you're cool in my book

dabertime, 18 days ago to random

On the days you only have 40% and you give 40%,

You gave 100%.

heafnerj, 17 days ago to random

I don’t like cooking, but I need to remind myself that every time I cook at home I save about twenty bucks.

meganL, 17 days ago to cycling

I often see abled urbanists leaping on the words of any disabled person who says that they can get along without a car, but not being as eager to boost efforts of disabled people pointing out inaccessible infrastructure that often prevents them from dumping cars.

Don't be that person - be as willing to boost (and work for) calls for accessibility as you are to boost disabled people who happen to cycle.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyPf-0Cc69I

#Cycling #Urbanism

arcadetoken, 17 days ago to coffee

Me on coffee: LET'S GOOOOO
Me when the coffee wears off: o_o ......
Me after another coffee: LET'S GOOOOO

#ActuallyADHD #InattentiveADHD #UnmedicatedADHD #Coffee

Tevis, 17 days ago to Rabbits

Sometimes, when Deke gets comfy, he lets a foot or two hang off the windowsill.

#bunny #bunnies #rabbits #rabbit #rabbitsofmastodon #bunniesofmastodon #flop

The same brown rabbit with its right rear foot stretching off the windowsill.
The same brown rabbit, left rear foot pointed off the sill. The white soles of its feet are visible.

jeffowski, 17 days ago to random

arcadetoken, 17 days ago to random

#AuDHD: Happy when I'm not around others because I can think clearly, but then my executive function tanks because it's understimulating and I can't get my non-urgent tasks done

#AuDHD: Happy when I'm with others because socialization is a healthy thing and there is stimuli, but then I'm a nervous wreck because I don't know how to have a normal conversation with them and they''re overstimulating me

#ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAuDHD

Uniflame, 18 days ago to art

New work in progress, still in the “ugly stage”. #Art #MastoArt

alexpsmith, 18 days ago to random

I think one of the reasons privileged people can be such jerks is because people are generally unable to perceive that which lies outside of their own experiences. So when they see someone who's really suffering, they just assume they're weak. "I don't suffer, so why should THEY?"

That's why people tend to despise those of us living with depression. They see us as weak because, in their minds, they believe everyone around them is as privileged as they are. They actually cannot see other people's experiences, ony a mirror reflecting their own experiences back at them.

catnip, 19 days ago to workersrights

Does anybody have any tips on what employers can do to help neurodivergent employees at work?

Boosts welcome.

#neurodivergence #nd #work #employment

Uair, 19 days ago to movies

#movies

I'm looking for the title of a movie. Any help is appreciated.

It wasn't in English (Spanish?) and was a vignette film with six(?) storytellers' takes on a machine that generates any possible image, such as the pages of an unwritten play by Shakespeare, and the resulting apocalypse.

I'm 99% sure I saw it on netflix about two years ago.

adelinej, 19 days ago to ADHD

“AuDHD represents a blend of ADHD and autistic traits, leading to unique experiences and challenges. When the underlying needs of ADHD and autism interact, it can feel like a tug of war for the AuDHDer - Do I need routine or spontaneity? Newness or familiarity? Busyness or a steady pace? Though these examples are quite simplistic, they illustrate the internal confusion of the AuDHDer attempting to address their needs.”

https://www.relationalpsych.group/articles/understanding-audhd-the-co-occurence-of-autism-and-adhd

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD

JeremyMallin, 19 days ago to random

I kinda think AskFedi should be called Fediversity. 🎓
#RandomThoughts

Cassandra, 19 days ago to random

Mood: seeing a video of a bear righting an orange traffic cone and, instead of being amused by how human the action is, being depressed by what our presence has done to wildlife and the barren landscape in which the bear walks.