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I’m trying to figure out right now if I can handle graduate school this year of if I need to try to defer my admission. I think deferring is an option but I feel like I’m failing or letting people down if I do.
I’m getting an award from my department at my university and, while I’m honored, it just makes me feel even more that people are expecting me to do great things immediately. I don’t want to go to graduate school and burn out.
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The Autistic Soul Bond with corners, small spaces and cubby holes.
Restaurants? Corner booth.
Someone's house? Corner seat.
Home? Corner.
Childhood memories? Probably in a corner.
See a corner? Wander towards it.
Sit in the corner? Peace obtained.
My second elementary school had one of those giant wooden play structures, with the towers and bridges and passageways. It also had spaces under the stairs. I don't think they were designed to be hidden under, but thats where i spent all my recesses.
@saydams Yes!! I got in big trouble in reception (kindergarten in the US) because I wandered away during recess and hid in the older kids play area cuz it was empty and had more nooks to hide in. I was just enjoying myself... apparently my teacher was terrified when she couldn't find me.
this just vividly reminded me of the fact that I turned the small unused pantry in my parents kitchen into my private retreat. I would spend ours in there drawing on the walls with chalk.
I got into graduate school! I’m still waiting on four schools to reply and I was rejected by another but the fact that I got an acceptance makes me so happy!
I’m also super nervous about moving onto this new level of education. If any nd folks have tips on managing graduate school I’d be so grateful!
do any other autistics find themselves feeding off of the energy and masking accordingly when in a group of drunk people?
i don’t drink a lot but, when I’m with others who are drinking/drunk, I find myself starting to act similarly and I’m wondering if that’s an ND/Autistic thing or a me thing.
does anyone else have just a really unusual special interest?
my most unusual special interest is the internet domain abbreviations for different countries! I love memorizing them and learning them.
what is your most unusual special interest?
dealt with a canceled flight and didn’t have a full meltdown!
How a meltdown feels in a nutshell:
autism and adhd don’t actually overlap as much as you think they do, you just probably have both
traveling alone in a foreign country as an autistic person is hard. it’s so much harder than I thought it would be and covid has made it even harder.
in order to fly home in two days I need to get a negative covid test the day that I leave. to do that I have to get 2.5 miles across the city. to do that I have to figure out the city bus system. add to this that, although I have been safe and have no symptoms, the fear that I’ll test positive and be unable to go home and travel is exhausting.
i love being here and i know I’m so fortunate to be able to travel. but it’s still so hard. I feel like I’ve overdosed on new situations but there are so many I have to navigate before I go home.
I’m so fortunate to travel that I feel bad complaining but I really underestimated how hard this would be for me.
it doesn’t make me stupid, worthless, or unintelligent to not be able to do the things abled neurotypicals do
Needed this today!
When people have magical powers, at first people don't believe the powers are real. Then, upon finding out that the powers are real, people expect them to be able to do literally anything.
That's how autistic people are treated. At first, we're treated like we're completely incompetent. But once we're revealed to have a single special skill, we're expected to be able to do anything.
*drinks a gallon of milk in 6 minutes in order to gain superautism*
I think my biggest gripe with cooking and a major factor as to why I can’t cook is because all the instructions are in neurotypical speak:
Ex. Beat eggs till light and frothy; I mean what does that even mean? Beat? With what?! An electric mixer? A spatula? Or a whisk? And light and frothy? I’ve never seen a light and frothy egg before!
So here’s how a neurodivergent (or at least autistic) cook book would word the directions: use whisk to stir egg until it looks like picture (insert pic of a light and frothy egg).
I’m sure if there was cook books written in a way for autistic people I’d find it more easy to cook. Instead I’ve always had to have someone help me and at that point what’s the point of me being there if the person assisting me is doing all the work :/. Anyone know any websites/cook books that are more specific like this?
That's brilliant, and we could call it
Aut-Cuisine
Let's get going people. A recipe book for neurodovergant people, with clear instructions and LOTS of illustrations. We need to put this together.
this would be so helpful! I love cooking and I cook a lot with my dad but sometimes his instructions drive me crazy.
Him: just cook it until it’s starting to get crispy
Me: cook it at what temperature?
Him: I don’t know, like 375 or 400
Me: okay but 375 or 400?
Him: 375 should be good.
Me: how long?
Him: until it’s crispy?
Me: but how crispy? What should it look like? How long does that usually take!?
I love him and he’s very patient with me but a nd focused cookbook would be so great!
I just finished booking the last portion of my first solo international trip! do any other neurodivergents have tips for traveling alone? I’ve done solo short domestic trips and I have flown internationally by myself before (to meet a friend) but this is the first time I will be navigating a new country entirely by myself!
I’ll be visiting Iceland for a little over a week! so if you have any tips for things to do around Reykjavik please let me know. I won’t have a car so it would need to be within walking distance of the bus routes or accessible by tour.
