Somewhat Summers

Tumblr novice and cat and film lover with ASD, years of trauma, OCD, and possible ADD; laughing through the pain and distracting myself from the voices in my head; I have been writing a book since 2011 that may or may not ever be finished. Disqus Film and Short Story site on Weebly: TundraBon Letterboxd YouTube

[dualvoidanima]

‘surface’

[dualvoidanima]

‘clarity’

[danbydraws]

Points of View

[baoaday]

Baobasaur, I choose you!!

[tundrableacher]

Hi, Tumblr.  It’s been a while.  I go through periods where I don’t want to socialize, or at least not on certain sites.  At the moment I don’t know what to do here.

[tundrableacher]

Hey look! Moses! ...On my way in to see Robin Hood, at theatre #1. (at Grand 15 Theatres) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bri3IiJFGvq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l894js8w9k2a

[tundrableacher]

Got a phone! (at Verizon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brbege2ly7Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e7zvk57tro0y

[autistic-culture-is]

autistic culture is needing your glasses to be a supernatural level of clean

[living-with-autism]

Spoon theory

Is the spoon theory for people with mental disabilities as well? Because I feel like it is but I don’t want to use it and offend anyone

[tania-grey]

Excellent and surprisingly true. I never made the connection EFD before.

[abraneveah]

I have physical and mental issues, and encourage people to use it for both. Personally, I tend to call my mental ones brain spoons, and I’ll have totally different body spoon amounts vs brain spoon amounts. But the term is for use wherever helpful; I think the person who coined the term would say its okay to use for mental health.

[living-with-autism]

I like that! BRAIN SPOONS

[living-with-autism]

Endorphins

Is it an autism thing to not get those endorphins when you excercise? I know we don’t get the same rush when we socialize but I was wondering if excercise endorphins are affected as well. Does anyone else feel this way?

[living-with-autism]

Spoon theory

Is the spoon theory for people with mental disabilities as well? Because I feel like it is but I don’t want to use it and offend anyone

[awesomlyautistic]

Relating more to people younger or older than you rather than to your own peers.

[autistickeely]

Doing things is just hard.

[awildmikeyappears-blog]

Shout out to the all the neurotypical people who are supportive, don’t judge those of us who are neurodivergent and love us for who we are. I love you!

[sweetandsavageautistic]

This makes me so happy, to be honest. The woman who played the character herself acknowledging it’s okay for us to relate to Luna, especially if it helps us feel at peace with our oddness, gives me hope.

Ableists, DO NOT TOUCH THIS POST.

[tundrableacher]

So THAT’S why I loved her character so much.

[autismrelatabites]

So I just got told I’m asperger’s but I feel like I’m faking??? Cause like, I’m socially awkward and I have breakdowns over routine sometimes, I get really obsessed with things (like special interests) I have trouble with eye contact with people I don’t know... but then I’m kinda sociable when I want to be and when I’m in a safe spaces like my family, but I can’t handle an extended family reunion cause I get really anxious and overwhelmed... am I asperger’s or did they get the diagnosis wrong?

This is a common misconception that I will be glad to clear up.

People with autism/AS are not always completely socially-inept 

Some people are, of course, the spectrum is so large that everyone can be different to some degree. But people with autism and AS CAN be social, we CAN form close relationships, we CAN touch people and hug people, we CAN spend time and love people like neurotypicals. 

We just can’t do it for everyone. Or even for extended periods of time.

For example. I often use the metaphor of a “battery” for this type of thing. With normal people and strangers, my “social battery” decreases and I’m left tired quickly. With family, it still decreases, but a lot slower, and it’s only typically when we stop talking, that I realise that the socialisation even wore me out at all. With my best friend, who is also my autistic Special Person, my battery doesn’t decrease at all until she leaves, and in fact, she’s capable of energising me.

Everyone’s “battery” will be different, everyone will have different thresholds. This is important. Not every person with autism has a “battery” that will (instantly) decrease just from spending time with people.

Thank you for your question ^^

[living-with-autism]

Food aversion

Some days I feel like I can eat everything and anything but others even the thought of food makes me want to be sick anyone else have this problem?

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