Moss

24, autistic, Queer, She/they

[hexjulia]

so hard not to become the most annoying person on earth if you're a little excitable and just learned a little about a topic literally no one around you has any interest in

[spongebob-autisticquestions]

[tinysweetsmoon-deactivated20240]

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autism & Overwhelm

'The same activities that can cause a meltdown one day may not have the same effect the next day, but why is this?

'Each activity we do or stimulus we come across adds to "The Bucket." Stimuli might be something as simple as bright lights or background noise. Things we enjoy can also add to the bucket.

'As each individual stimulus adds to the bucket, the water level begins to rise. Some activities that can calm us such as stimming or time alone can help empty the bucket before it overflows.

'If things are added to the bucket faster than it slowly empties, the bucket can overload, causing a meltdown.

'Meltdowns are different for everyone. Please give us space and time and don't judge us. Meltdowns are out of our control.'

I CAN Network Ltd

[autismwithoutpremium-deactivate]

👏👏👏

[existennialmemes]

I am participating in

No Normal November

I will become even more unhinged every day of November

[benevolentlibraryghost]

even with my friends i sometimes feel like conversations are exams that i need to do well on

and it is so tiring to try and be the person you think they want you to be

"be yourself, if someone doesn't like you then that is their problem" yeah but WHAT IF it is my problem?

[coloredcompulsion]

[keskaowl]

tags from coloredcompulsion:

[2urban2fantasy-deactivated20241]

“Could you be the chosen one?”

“I am very much the guy who’s here.”

[lifewithchronicpain]

[nekoning]

my autistic ass whenever i blindly believe something someone tells me despite how unlikely and questionable it is:

[laestoica]

[disabilityreminders]

The text reads: “stop gaslighting yourself into the narrative you’re lazy when you’re really burnt-out and exhausted AF from being in survival mode for so long”.

The credit goes to @drjenwolkin

[autisticdreamdrop]

autism is a disability. I'm not gonna fight over this. it is. for "us" at least. for most mid-high support autistics and even low support autistics is hard to live with. there's positives to autism, but there are plenty of negatives. you can't tell us it's just a "different understanding." the shit we go through and have to deal with on the daily, constantly. it's not that easy. it's not that simple. autism is highly complex and can be a crippling disability.

[mystiecrochets]

Being an autistic crocheter/yarncrafter is wonderful. Idk if it’s just an autism thing or if everyone does this, bus I love stimming by feeling yarn !! It’s so great to feel that texture and it’s sooooo yummy

[imakelonelinessworkforme-deacti]

Things you shouldn't feel bad about

needing accommodations

taking breaks

relying on other people

needing help

struggling with something more than others

your food

crying

panicking

going to therapy

taking medication

your sexuality/gender

taking up space

not going to every social event

The amount of friends you have (quality over quantity)

stimming

getting excited

liking "basic" things

liking "cringey" things (cringe culture is dead)

Having made / making mistakes

needing time to grow

not being able to meet all your goals imminently

feeling like you move slower than others

where you are living

not living an "aesthetic" live

struggling with social situations

AND SO MUCH MORE ILYYY

[galacticscrotum]

I didn’t fully realize the extent to which I am affected by sensory overload until I decided to accommodate myself anyway. Wearing headphones in public keeps my anxiety so much lower.

It’s kinda ironic that the reason I didn’t notice I’m autistic is because I’m autistic. My struggles with interoception made it hard for me to recognize my sensory issues.

[soft-lovely]

today’s manifestations: oversized jumpers, cat companions and cozy work spaces ✨

[aledradio]

Do you ever have moments that can be summed up by this image?

[lunarlegend]

y'know, one thing i don't see get talked about much in regards to asexuality is how it feels to never be 'sexually motivated' by anything

and not just when it comes to advertisements using 'sexy' models to try and sell you stuff, but like. in general

sex as a favor, sex as a bribe, sex in exchange for whatever

casual sex, 'friends with benefits' situations, even simple flirting

it all looks a whole lot different from the perspective of someone who's immune to manipulation via sex appeal, who has virtually no understanding as to why sex would motivate someone to cheat on their partner, etc. etc.

sex is worthless to me

i mean, it's useful as a story element in fiction, but it genuinely perplexes me that sex is such a driving force behind so many aspects of irl society & of people's individual lives, for better or for worse

and that it's so deeply ingrained into how the average person views the world & various situations, because the average person feels sexual attraction, whereas i do not

i think the barrier between aces & allos is actually even deeper than it seems on the surface at times, because it's more than just the grating expectation that everyone must want to 'settle down' and have kids, it's also the fact that the majority of the world is sort of 'in' on a joke that aces will never truly be a part of

[teaboot]

Posts that validate my identity

Sex as a form of intimacy? Understand. Intimacy as enjoyable? Understand. Intimacy as vital? Understand. Sex as vital? Does not compute