So applicable for #adhd folks too

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

Notice what's going on when you feel your best. This is info you can use later:

What's the sensory environment?
Who are you with/not with?
What are you thinking/not?
What did you do/not recently?
Where are emotions coming from?

#AutisticTwitter #AutisticBurnout #NDPositiveLife

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1605280625078030345

RT @AutisticCoach_@twitter.com

Come meet fellow #ActuallyAutistic comrades this coming Monday at my weekly discussion & affirmation circle. This week’s topic will be the trauma resulting from growing up #autistic in a NT world.

#autistictwitter #AutisticThoughts

https://www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discussion-affirmation-circles

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AutisticCoach_/status/1603829868147376135

How do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades feel about large extended family dinners? Do you enjoy them? Do you feel under or over stimulated? Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!

#AskingAutistics #AutisticThoughts #AutisticTwitter

Come meet fellow #ActuallyAutistic comrades this coming Monday at my weekly discussion & affirmation circle. This week’s topic will be the trauma resulting from growing up #autistic in a NT world.

#autistictwitter #AutisticThoughts

https://www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discussion-affirmation-circles

Reminds me of last time I spoke to psychiatrist about gender dysphoria and he said "but you're dressed normally"

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

You might be #HighMasking if you go to the doctor or dentist and force yourself to dress and talk and act "normal" in hopes they'll take you seriously.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #ADHDTwitter #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #AutisticBurnout

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1598521897783803905

So important to say over and over again. Thank you @hmm_cook@twitter.com

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

FYI, being productive is not the same as...
being a good person.
being worthwhile.
being useful.
making a difference.
having a good day.

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD #AutisticBurnout #unmasking

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1598141835192434688

Where are my #ActuallyAutistic followers in Europe, the Middle East & Africa? Where are you? Say hello! Greetings from a wintery Paris!

#AutisticAdults #Autistic #AskingAutistics #AutisticTwitter

@homelessjun 💗 That is so kind of you!
If you’ve always been told you’re either ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’ you lose sight of what actually is ‘too much’!?
I treasure this #AutisticCommunity and want to be careful how I tread. Although, I have never found such acceptance of who I am, anywhere else, ever.
When I first joined #AutisticTwitter I was steeling myself for someone to tell me I didn’t belong, to leave, but it never happened! I’m still here, so I guess I belong! It’s wonderful!🌈♾

How do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades handle a sudden stressor? What's in your tool box? Do you feel you're better at it today than say 10 years ago?

#AskingAutistics #AutisticTwitter #Autism #AutisticAdults #Autistic

@dalias a common use in #AutisticTwitter is the "branching infodump". I might want to reply to some part of your thread with *a thread of my own* inspired by it, without derailing the conversation for those currently participating in it. Many of us are sensitive to abrupt shifts in context, and also carry trauma from being rejected or criticized for "taking over" and infodumping when not wanted. QTs accomplish this easily, in a way that supports these conflicting needs elegantly.

Love this intentional check-in list:

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

🧵4 interoception questions below. Want to play?

#askingautistics #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #interoception

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1596575517670805505

This

RT @juliaisautistic@twitter.com

#autistictwitter if you share your reality and someone else finds it triggering, you are not responsible for their emotional response. Autistic peoples realities are to often silenced because people find listening to us uncomfortable.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/juliaisautistic/status/1596366885574299648

RT @ND_Emabler@twitter.com

Since I released this free resource last week, it has been downloaded nearly 8,000 times (by people from more than 20 countries). Thank you to those who have read and shared it!

#adhdtwitter #autistictwitter #Neurodiversity https://twitter.com/ND_Emabler/status/1594462708321001472

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ND_Emabler/status/1595302193510244352

Looking to find the community from #AutisticTwitter! Let me know if that’s you so I can give you a follow.

My new theory is that the Princess from the Princess & the Pea wasn't a princess at all, just an autistic girl who couldn't sleep with even the slightest irregularity in her mattress...
#ActuallyAutistic #autistictwitter

But I will spend days, or weeks, or months, or even years ruminating over it, trying to understand what happened & all the ways I could have/should have prevented it or stood up for myself... it's painful & exhausting 🥴
#ActuallyAutistic #autistictwitter
#NeuroTwitter

I feel so called out. Ouch.

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

You might be #HighMasking if someone asks you what you need/want and you genuinely have no idea.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #ADHDTwitter #AuDHD #Neurodiversity

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1590892065029689344

This #AutisticElder just voted... #AUTISTIC .

#DisabilityRights #AutisticRights #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #ADHD #AuDHD

https://youtube.com/shorts/ikgU86scOD8

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

🧵Common warning signs of autistic burnout:

Either that it is coming soon, or that you’re in it.

Any individual may experience some of these, but probably never all of them.

In no particular order.

#AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1578818818386063361

RT @hmm_cook@twitter.com

🧵Common warning signs of autistic burnout:

Either that it is coming soon, or that you’re in it.

Any individual may experience some of these, but probably never all of them.

In no particular order.

#AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hmm_cook/status/1578818818386063361