Slightly Shattered Psyche

A newly acknowledged system

[the-hello-system]

[thebeesystemandmemes]

That’s so us

[autisticstuffs]

I’ve had to do years of training myself how to rephrase things. Sometimes I am close to melting and can only repeat things.

[adhd-alien]

[the-unlucky-thirteen]

Have I already told the person this thing? Have I only thought about telling them? Have I only dreamt about telling them? Or am I going to tell them and find out I already told them 3 times before?

[reprssed]

[system-of-a-feather]

Just because you “function” doesn’t mean you don’t deserve help.

[hope4gem]

You were enough yesterday.

You are enough today.

You will be enough tomorrow.

[slightlyshatteredpsyche]

Good news: we have the draft of a new song

Bad news: we have the draft of a new song because weve been dealing with bad memories for most of the day

Good news: I remembered some more of my childhood

Bad news: I remembered some more of my childhood

[bluesroom]

hi hey hello this post has been made before but please try not to make fun of people for their autistic traits such as

• telling the same joke/ wanting to have the same conversation over and over again

• not having much coordination and having a tough time doing “easy” things like tying shoelaces

• having trouble understanding what you mean and needing lots of clarification

• needing things to be broken down into little steps

• having extremely high or extremely low empathy

• getting very attached to things like inanimate objects

there are a lot more but these are just ones i haven’t seen mentioned before!! feel free to add on if u think of anything else

[nyarmand]

difficulty with emotional regulation

difficulty with facial expressions and body language(both their own and others’)

trouble with volume control

stimming(which could be ANYTHING from listening to music to playing with hair to chewing on things and more. if it stimulates the senses then it can be a stim!)

having a forcibly limited palate due to hypersensitivity(for god’s sake stop with the ‘picky eater’ jokes it was never funny)

hypersensitivity issues in general

talking a lot about special interests(if you need to take a break it’s okay to take a break, but it is NOT okay to belittle or make fun of us when chances are we’re just trying to share something we love with someone we love! too much of that and we’ll shut down and not speak to you about our interests ever again.)

not understanding jokes/sarcasm

having an ‘unusual’ speaking style

‘quoting’ things(communication is HARD! sometimes we need to take shortcuts and use someone else’s words)

trouble with making eye contact or appearing to engage with you(we listen. we really do. it just doesn’t always look the way you expect it to.)

having trouble with sudden changes

meltdowns(it is way worse for us than it is for you)

overthinking things

what IS okay: to set boundaries! you deserve to feel safe and comfortable too

what is NOT okay: to make autistic people feel uncomfortable, unsafe, or hated. no mean jokes(even if we joke about ourselves). no insults. no ‘why are you like this?!’ because we can’t fucking help it, thanks ever so much

[barbienefertiti]

[thesoutherness]

Again and again and again

[maemaybe]

“Why are you always starting shit?” 

Because I am unlearning this trauma response, my friend. 

[nova-system-deactivated20210625]

“sure, maybe you’re a functioning human being, but do you have such a high capacity for dissociation that your brain created several separate alternate states of consciousness in order to cope with extreme repeated abuse and trauma in childhood? who’s winning now bitch?”

— mia

[clever-and-unique-name]

me, talking about my trauma: haha yeah it was no big deal tho i don’t really care it’s whatever honestly

somebody: validates my trauma and says i shouldn’t have had to go through that

me, suddenly crying: huh. weird

[shesmorethanfibro]

[liam-ainthome]

[slightlyshatteredpsyche]

[thebeesystemandmemes]