noun, them who rants

| They/it | Autistic | Very bad hyperfixations | Banner and pfp by hoberman i believe

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Call me whatever, truthfully I'd rather you didn't but alas, things need names to be recognized.

They/it

Possibly autistic

I like to yap, my inbox is always open

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Anyone else on the spectrum simply didn't (or doesn't) know what they liked because there weren't any rules for it like "if the thought of losing it makes you wanna cry then it means you like it"? So when someone asked you if you liked something it always seemed kind of half hearted unless it was a hyperfixation or smth?

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Life in an Autism World

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

I don’t get the anti self diagnosis thing. Part of getting a diagnosis IS basically self diagnosing yourself. If that makes any sense.

Do you support self diagnosing? Why or why not?

[the-moth-from-elsewhere]

My personal take on selfdiag is that it’s generally okay if you’ve done absolutely extensive research, but I’m heavily skeptical of any self diagnosed condition.

this is mainly because I’ve seen people FALSELY self diagnose, either for belonging or personal gain (think tics-n-roses)

mental illness is serious, and so the process of self diagnosing mental illness should be equally serious.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

I couldn’t agree more!

[arcshade083]

I think for me it depends on how the self-diagnosis is being used.

If someone is self-diagnosing because they relate to a lot of stuff around that diagnosis and they're looking for skills that actually help ameliorate symptoms they have, I'm totally fine with self diagnosing, especially given the barriers to professional diagnosis.

I'm not going to tell a random stranger who's struggling and just needs help that they have to have a formal diagnosis (unless they want/need governmental help or academic accommodations, in which case, where I am, they do need one).

If someone is self-diagnosing to peddle a "cure" or get money out of people who actually have that diagnosis, then absolutely not. If somebody is using their self-diagnosis as an excuse for acting in ways that would otherwise be considered socially inappropriate, or to get out of the consequences of their behavior not because they're actually struggling but because they use a diagnosis as a get out of jail free card - no.

Can I tell the difference between the two? Often no, not at first, so I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Thank you for sharing. :)

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It's too late for me to think about why I agree with self diagnosing but I can relate my own experience with it, as someone with no formal diagnosis at the moment:

I struggled a LOT. Emotionally. I was tired every single day and didn't know why, had aggression issues and moments where I couldn't control myself at all and that scared me. I even got very strong sui ideations at some point. (autistic burnout)

I think what kinda validated my self diagnosis was that (after some veeeery extensive research. 10 months) is that all the symptoms actually didn't go away as soon as I started implementing the tips and tricks I'd learned but the changes were VERY clear over time.

Now I still deal with some mental stuff and still need to get a proper diagnosis but I wanna live. I wanna see what this world has to offer in the short amount of time we get to experience it even if it still scares the shit out of me.

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Yall don't know how happy I am

PLANS

THAT I LIKE

AND THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO ORGANIZE

I hear platonic wedding bells already

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I met my first aroace person ever in my life at pride today and I didn't know what to fucking sayyyy

Should I have asked for their instagram or smth???

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Found their insta

Texted them yesterday

They never replied

Fml

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UPDATE

THEY REPLIED AND WE'VE BEEN TEXTING

THEY ASKED TO HANG OUT SOMETIME

AHHHHH

FRIENDS

FRIENDSHIP

On another note ppl asked me if it was a date bc of how happy I was

Veronica, I just don't have friends

I didn't feel like explaining aromanticism again

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Oughhh my friend hasn't replied to the group chat in twooo whole weeks and keeps hanging up when I call themmm

They even left the group chat today and I went and added them back in what do I do

[rantinger]

I met my first aroace person ever in my life at pride today and I didn't know what to fucking sayyyy

Should I have asked for their instagram or smth???

[rantinger]

Found their insta

Texted them yesterday

They never replied

Fml

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I met my first aroace person ever in my life at pride today and I didn't know what to fucking sayyyy

Should I have asked for their instagram or smth???

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I know this is a bot but what in the aroace made you think I'd be interested in that?

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I met my first aroace person ever in my life at pride today and I didn't know what to fucking sayyyy

Should I have asked for their instagram or smth???

[crowsontheloose]

Never thought I'd see the day where my knees hurt and I automatically start asking myself whether I slept enough or not

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I freaking love hips

Not in a sexual way or anything I just love them

They're so aesthetically pleasing to me

My heart gets filled with joy when I see hips

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Most of the time I hate artists in fandoms it's a mix of their art style and consistently drawing my fav character pregnant but there is one exception of an artist that has drawn Leo pregnant with like 10 different kids and I'm just like "man... why do you have to draw so well tho..."

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Stopped watching smiling friends after finishing the first season

But I forgot why I was watching it for starters

Allan

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Flatpak my beloved

Git my beloved

Pipx my beloved

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Aughhh, why is everyone so sad about me not going out with them because of some mistakes on everyone's partttt

I am not sad about thisss

Stop pitying meeeee

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Had a fun chat with some old ladies in the elevator and when their floor came they said bye with "bye darling"s and "see ya sweetheart"s

Best moment of my life