#autisticproblems

[she-waves-at-cats]

Guide for the keeper of me

Given that I'm normal now and normal health interventions work on me, I've decided to write myself a handy dandy list of reasons i might be feeling bad.

Because I'm really normal (autistically) about not knowing why I'm stressed out and just assuming existence is torture and people are out to get me, and why don't I just curl up in a hole in the ground.

I'm glad I wrote my own rather than adapt something I found. It's arranged in order of how badly things throw me off balance. I'm seriously happy that my personal needs include researching stuff and social needs are reduced to a 30-second hug. Like, yep, that's my list. It was made for me. *crawls into the list and emerges on the other side as a twisted noodle creature*

OK, WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE SHIT?

what hurts?

have you slept? can you sleep now?

food?

drink?

did you get startled / stressed?

need to move / go out?

do you need to research something?

hug?

bad texture / smell / light / dirty feeling?

period about to start?

[sushiandmilkshakes]

i'm a romantic, and i post about love constantly, but i'm genuinely terrified that being autistic makes me unlovable. it feels like it's only a matter of time before my girlfriend finds someone who she can be with without having to take care of them. i'm afraid of being a burden on anyone who i'm with. it's been a problem in both of my relationships already.

my dreams for the future are really simple ones, i just want to get married and be a mom, but what if i'm never married? what if no one will marry me? i know i'm a ton of work to be around and i need a lot of accommodations and that's a lot of work so i genuinely believe people would never pick me over someone who takes less energy to be with.

[autisticquestions]

Autistic problem:

When your hair is being washed at the hair salon. Here's why:

You feel the water touching your ears.

Uncomfortable position thanks to the weird angle of that chair.

You have to deal with the lights while they wash your hair.

When they apply shampoo and it hurts because they pull your hair like it's a wig.

When the water is touching your clothes.

When they are cutting your hair and it adheres to your skin, causing itching.

That horrible noise caused by the hair dryer.

[casnonotbcofspn]

I'm not rude, I'm autistic.

@ everyone at my school

[perasperaadaspie]

I'd love to relax by listening to ASMR but i can't stand hearing anything cause I'm sensory overloaded

[janelleirl-blog]

#tfw you get on the J train in the wrong direction, and you think you're gonna be late, but your brain actually tricked you into leaving an hour early so you're fine. #AutisticProblems (at Bushwick)

[autisticquestions]

That Autism Moment™ when

you try to socialize but it's kinda like:

Me: Hey, umm... do you... do you like *special interest*?

He/She: Nope.

Me:

[autisticquestions]

Things we hate

when people say:

—Are you sure you're autistic? You don't look autistic.

Should I look in some specific way to be autistic? Ugh.