Dr. Rug Pull · @dr_rug_pull
32 followers · 98 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

@Claire Hello and welcome! I've found mastodon to be lovely, and especially as a late-comer to it's been foundational to understanding myself and my past better.

#adhd #actuallyautisic #AuDHD

Last updated 1 year ago

AuDHD Alex · @alex
36 followers · 106 posts · Server digressive.me

Every couple of days I have a random and unexpected "holy fucktwigglets I'm autistic!" moment.

#actuallyautisic #autistic

Last updated 1 year ago

Alex C · @neuralex
55 followers · 210 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

@chin @actuallyautistic

I don’t know of a paper or article off the top of my head but I bet someone else on this thread can find one… It’s a common enough talking point in the community and my personal experience and conversations back it

(ftr i really appreciate you taking the time to question the assumption that autistics have low empathy/perspective and I’m not at all bothered that you expressed it - good allying 👍 😌)

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 1 year ago

frrms :audhd: · @Ind3fatigable
271 followers · 2906 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

I need to shower; This is not my shower.

I don't have my meds, and haven't had them for 2 days. I'm on empty.

So idk. I really don't know.

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 1 year ago

Alex C · @neuralex
17 followers · 54 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autisticadvocacy

entryways like airlocks:

instead of everyone barging into the house and starting to talk while they’re still standing around and putting their jackets in a pile on the chair or table or couch and more guests are still clustered clucking at the doorway, all talking over and physically blocking each other

my ideal autistic house needs some sort of medium-sized mudroom/cloakroom with clear affordances (hooks, benches, mats)

so each visitor/resident can come in, remove their coats and shoes, come further in, sit or step aside, and only then commence the (still too loud! but now manageable) chaotic greeting ritual

#accessibility #a11y #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

👆But it made me think about what I'm not doing with myself. I'm 40yo and I've developed a very strong mask. I really don't know how I am without it, how I am autistically. And that is so exhausting... I guess that's what I've been going through these past weeks, and now as well. I feel like I need to cry like my student did, I need to be accepted as I am, but I don't know who I am at all.

Do I make any sense at all?

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

frrms :audhd: · @Ind3fatigable
151 followers · 1621 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

Nobody is worth stressing out over, especially some NT or general asshole who's dedicated to misunderstanding you.

Delete, unfollow, and block to keep your own sanity intact. RSD doesn't mean you keep subjecting yourself to painful shocks. It means sometimes you do have to count your losses. Not everyone is worth debating, either.

#blackandautistic #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Book_Gnome (She/They) · @Book_gnome
151 followers · 164 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

Real question: for fellow folks raised as girls/women, what temperature do you like your showers?

There is a stereotype that women like super hot showers.

I cannot stand a hot shower, I need my showers to be exactly warm, not too cold not too hot. I have spent way too much time while a guest somewhere trying to figure out how to get other people's faucets to not be too hot or too cold.

I mean yes I'm also non-binary and ADHD, but I feel like those aren't the main reasons for this. (Not diagnosed until adult, self diagnosed aut)

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Kristen A. · @estellechauvelin
15 followers · 202 posts · Server masto.ai

It's another one of those days when I like that we host big community events but I hate our acoustics.

#saturdaylibrarian #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Kristen A. · @estellechauvelin
31 followers · 398 posts · Server masto.ai

It's another one of those days when I like that we host big community events but I hate our acoustics.

#saturdaylibrarian #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Dr. Figuring-things-aut · @AutisticDoctorStruggles
323 followers · 752 posts · Server mas.to

I just referred to my post-shower skin and hair routine as "body maintenance" and this perfectly sums up my relationship with my body that I sometimes feel disconnected from and things surrounding it can feel like a chore.
Wonder if it's an thing cos I feel the same way about my brain..

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

frrms :audhd: · @Ind3fatigable
59 followers · 508 posts · Server neurodifferent.me
Big Nasty Goblin · @buggoblin
4 followers · 41 posts · Server geekdom.social

@Chromino let’s see…





(not as much recently, but I still like it)


And of course a lot of most likely

#ttrpg #writing #scifi #gamedev #videogames #anime #actuallyautisic #lgbt #programmer #shitposts

Last updated 2 years ago

John Phillips · @johnphillips
8 followers · 1 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

Wow! Here I am unmasking since May last year. Discovering my true self at 61 years young. Doing lots of work. It feels like a ride down a river on a rickety raft. Mostly good feelings. Oooh some little rapids coming up. Hurrah!

#IntroductoryPost #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

GaelicGrime · @GaelicGrime
4 followers · 54 posts · Server stranger.social

@frank @vlrny Being a lefty has always felt the same to me as when I found out at 40 something I am , and again at 58 finding out that I'm

#actuallyautisic #neuroqueer

Last updated 2 years ago

Kit 🎧 :ir: · @Kit
39 followers · 25 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

Has anyone told their employer they have without a formal ?

#autism #diagnosis #actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Kit 🎧 :ir: · @Kit
15 followers · 11 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

IRL before

Me: I think I'm on the spectrum

Response: everybody is on the spectrum

Me: Nevermind.

I'm so glad to have found the tools to self-diagnose online. Probably the first time the internet has *improved* my mental health.

Also glad that organizations like autismbc.ca recognize self-diagnoses.

If only I could make people IRL understand.

I've gotten so good at masking - for as long as I can remember - that I'm sure no one will believe me without a formal diagnosis.

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago

Alexa Wilson · @al3xawilson
347 followers · 314 posts · Server mas.to

Sinking into my again. New year, new inability to express the overwhelm. Imagined scenes from a movie about loss and emptiness. 🥀 made using

#actuallyautisic #midjourney #alexithymia

Last updated 2 years ago

darrellpf · @darrellpf
5 followers · 21 posts · Server mas.to

Peregrine falcon on the roof of my building this morning.

#actuallyautisic #PeregrineFalcon #birdwatching #birds #yyj

Last updated 2 years ago

@emilyladau
I like it but I am still bumbling around. There again I was always bumbling around on Twitter too. Its SOCIAL media so I guess that is not surprising. I'm bumbling around at best in social settings.

#actuallyautisic

Last updated 2 years ago