May your road lead you to warm sands

Peri || Artist || Sonic nerd || 28 || She/Her/They Username elsewhere is Periwinkleclouds

[kymsys]

what if painting this water killed me..

[labmousegirl]

one of the things that makes autism a disability (and why some of us choose to label it as such rather than an “alternate neurotype”) is the stress. 

part of autism is just being incredibly stressed. overstimulation? stress. holding a conversation? stress. something happening to our schedule? stress. people talk about how often autism is recognized and diagnosed via our stress responses (like meltdowns) because it is just so common to see autistic people stressed because of lack of accommodations to how our brains work.

and this matters because stress kills. stress causes a lot of health issues, or it can trigger pre-existing ones by making certain chronic conditions flare up. i once had a psychiatrist very unhelpfully tell me i “just need to manage my stress” when the stress i was describing was things i could not avoid in neurotypical society and can’t “just get over”. i can do “self care” all i like but i cannot at the very base level change the way my brain inputs information and reacts accordingly.

[roach-works]

i only learned this year that loud noises aren’t physically painful for other people. i have lived 34 years in a world in which my friends and family regularly physically hurt me at random just by shouting, and i thought everyone else just thought i was kind of a wimp for not dealing with the pain as well as they did.

like. loud noises physically hurt. it’s like a static shock from my ears to my spine that doesn’t stop until the volume goes back down. i thought we all agreed that ‘that’s too loud!’ and covering our ears meant ‘ouch!’. turns out i’ve been dealing with a stressor almost no one else has, my whole life, alone.

autistic people have to keep functioning through debilitating levels of stress that no one else in their life acknowledges or helps them with. it’s no wonder that their most visible ‘tells’ are breakdowns. 

[kosmogrl]

[barakock]

guys night

[toddycats]

My hope for whoever is reading this is that your life starts making sense and coming together. I hope the good days are right around the corner for you.

[kosmogrl]

[leidensygdom]

I know tumblr is not big on portfolio day, but I figured out I could still give it a go! Here's a collection of art I'm proud of from the last 3 years~

[tfw-adhd]

[meet-again]

This is weird bevause ive had this exact thought before

[wordsaremylife]

Actually it really does help to paint the picture

[slightlyrebelliouswriter23]

"why don't you set an alarm to remind yourself to put your marbles in your bag?" i will fill your shoes with goo

[danaiyu]

silver/Apple - The best couple🍎

[cicirca]

Chao !

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

i was such a weird lonely little girl and maybe i grew to be a weird lonely woman but idc i built this life for myself and maybe it doesn’t always make sense to others and maybe isn’t always easy or beautiful but it is mine and i cherish it

[cicirca]

Silver with his very distinguished companion !!

[crunchbuttsteak]

[imnotrevealingmyname]

You can only reblog this on the 3st of January

[official-lucifers-child]

the 3st huh?

[transgirlsgetswords-deactivated]

the 3st.

[kosmogrl]

[manwhorewednesdays]

This is actually such a crucial part of healing from neglect and abuse and I have to add to this.

Because indeed, people who like you will not roll their eyes and sigh at the idea of accommodating your needs, they will value your voice and be upset with you about injustice done to you, not at you for "being difficult". They will be happy when you find a way to live a better life, and help you to get there. If you are struggling, someone who loves you wants to see you smile, not tell you to smile because "you have it so good".

[marbled-toffee]

I’m trying to work on drawing nicer food

[taylortut]

i CANNOT express how much more lovable my friends are to me at their most annoying. i'd rather hear the same story 3 times than not at all. i'd rather read a 22 message text rant about something totally inconsequential than not hear from you all day. i'd rather you tag me in the stupidest post i've ever seen than not know that it made you think of a conversation we had a month ago. BE ANNOYING AT ME. I LOVE YOU

[ramen-n00bles]

“i’ll meet your eyes, i mean this forever”