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· Jul 31
Please don’t ask me what I have planned for the weekend, or if I’m going anywhere nice this summer.
I know when I’m regulated because I feel nothing, not anxiety or joy, I’m not excited for something or someone, nor frightened or upset. I just have this complete lack of any kind of emotional energy and a weird sense of connection to myself.
Is that just a me thing?
#autism #autistic
Is that just a me thing?
#autism #autistic
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
As someone who discovered they were Autistic in middle age it took me a while to really understand how autism presents for me.
I read a lot and watched hours of YouTube videos.
A side effect of this is I now see how so many people I meet show a touch of the ‘Tism themselves
#autism
I read a lot and watched hours of YouTube videos.
A side effect of this is I now see how so many people I meet show a touch of the ‘Tism themselves
#autism
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
As someone who discovered they were Autistic in middle age it took me a while to really understand how autism presents for me.
I read a lot and watched hours of YouTube videos.
A side effect of this is I now see how so many people I meet show a touch of the ‘Tism themselves
#autism
I read a lot and watched hours of YouTube videos.
A side effect of this is I now see how so many people I meet show a touch of the ‘Tism themselves
#autism
I concur.
Yes, autistic self-diagnosis is valid: "When we deny the validity of self-diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be. We effectively restrict our support to those privileged to afford a formal diagnosis." @autisticb4mmr.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/04/the-...
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/04/the-...
Autistic Self-Diagnosis Can Be Both Valid and Necessary
When we deny the validity of self-diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be, and who is being excluded.
thinkingautismguide.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I concur.
This is a very important read. I’m very black and white in my morals and thinking and often purge a special interest that no longer fits/serves the purpose of regulating me.
In which I try to put my love of alternative rock and all of the terrible people in it to some good use for community.
How can autistic people cope, when their passions or special interests become irretrievably flawed, or get canceled? Stellar advice from @fodderfigure.bsky.social, new at TPGA
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/07/when... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/07/when... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
August 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is a very important read. I’m very black and white in my morals and thinking and often purge a special interest that no longer fits/serves the purpose of regulating me.
Please don’t ask me what I have planned for the weekend, or if I’m going anywhere nice this summer.
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Please don’t ask me what I have planned for the weekend, or if I’m going anywhere nice this summer.