the hot weather
i just can't deal with the hot weather. it's 23°C and i'm feeling sick, sweating a lot (i live in a tropical country, 23° is like nothing). and then, i've discovered that it's probably related to autism. damn!

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the hot weather
i just can't deal with the hot weather. it's 23°C and i'm feeling sick, sweating a lot (i live in a tropical country, 23° is like nothing). and then, i've discovered that it's probably related to autism. damn!
“acho que sou autista.” o que fazer agora?
primeiramente, vou explicar o que eu fiz para buscar o meu diagnóstico. será um relato da minha experiência pessoal.
convido a outras pessoas autistas, que se sentirem confortáveis, para contar como foi o processo delas também.
eu tive uma crise de ansiedade, em 2023, no meu ambiente de trabalho e a partir disso resolvi buscar ajuda.
pelo site psymeet, encontrei uma psicóloga, com a qual me consulto hoje em dia. busquei uma profissional que trabalhasse com questões de ansiedade, mas também autismo.
isso, foi porque eu já estava com uma grande suspeita dessa possibilidade há alguns anos, desde 2020, para ser mais exata. já tinha conversado até mesmo com minha mãe e com alguns poucos amigos sobre a minha identificação com alguns traços do autismo.
com algumas sessões de terapia, ela me indicou uma neuropsicóloga que fazia avaliação neuropsicológica, mas, na época, eu não conseguia me comprometer com o valor. em média, uma avaliação custa entre 1800 a 4000 reais (lembrando que são muitas sessões).
então, o tempo se passou, eu consegui ser contratada no meu emprego (era estagiária), e novamente falamos sobre tentar o diagnóstico. dessa vez, ela me indicou um neurologista, pelo valor ser mais “acessível” (relativo, ok?). 350 reais a sessão.
bem, o neurologista podia fazer a anamnese comigo (vou explicar depois sobre), mas ele mesmo informou que era muito mais básico do que uma avaliação neuropsicológica, e me deixou escolher o que eu preferiria fazer.
optei pela avaliação neuropsicológica, por ser completa.
conversei com diversos profissionais, verificando os valores que caberiam no meu bolso, até que achei uma neuropsicóloga da minha cidade, que fazia a avaliação por 1800, mas, se dividido, ficava com os juros da maquininha. quase 2200, em 10x.
fiz várias sessões, nas quais vários testes foram aplicados. mas a parte principal da avaliação é a anamnese, que consiste em várias “entrevistas” para ser percebido os traços do autismo na vida da pessoa desde a primeira infância. e é por isso que as entrevistas também são feitas com familiares que estiveram presentes no desenvolvimento, dependendo do profissional, relatos de amigos e professores também são ouvidos.
no meu caso, minha mãe foi a pessoa entrevistada e foram algumas sessões de quase 1 hora cada com ela, em que várias perguntas foram feitas, sobre principalmente as minhas interações sociais, déficits e sobre como eu era na minha infância. o autismo é um transtorno do neurodesenvolvimento, então os traços precisam existir desde a infância (mesmo que fossem “sutis”).
devo relatar que é muito cansativo todo esse momento da avaliação, extremamente desgastante, mas é muito importante. porém, sim, os profissionais tomam conta para não ultrapassar os limites do paciente, porque são muitos estímulos, muitos testes, muitas conversas.
o laudo da avaliação neuropsicológica saiu com o resultado de que eu sou autista.
a partir disso, retornei ao neurologista, conversamos e peguei o laudo + cid. com ele, além da medicação (lembrando que autismo não tem cura e a medicação é para ajudar com algumas dificuldades).
então, o meu caminho foi:
terapia > neurologista > neuropsicóloga que faz avaliação neuropsicológica > retorno ao neurologista.
mas pode ser simplificado em:
neuropsicólogo que faz avaliação neuropsicológica > neurologista (que vai recomendar terapia etc.
enfim, essa foi minha caminhada na busca do diagnóstico. depois posso fazer uma postagem sobre o porquê de eu ter escolhido o particular ao público, já que todos esses profissionais existem no público.
ah, como sou adulta e com duas faculdades, não seria possível chamar algum professor da minha educação básica, pois nem sei mais quem são eles. e sobre amigos, apesar de eu ter um bom número, pela minha dificuldade de interagir e tudo mais, também não foram opções.
é isso, pessoal. busquem o diagnóstico caso tenham se identificado com traços de transtornos. é, de certa forma, um alívio saber que suas questões tem um nome e tem um porquê.
Ah yes, the autistic experience of being more mature than your peers as a child/teen, and then less mature as an adult. The window of opportunity to relate is... not there
autism x aromanticity
hello, autistic and aromantic person, i have some genuine questions for you.
how do you know the difference?
how do i know if the discomfort i'm feeling is something related to autism or something related to the fact that i don't want/feel the need to be in a relationship?
or, whatever? it doesn't matter if it's autism or aromanticity, the important thing is that you don't want a relationship.
i'm asking because i was very afraid to say that i'm an aromantic person, since it could be something about me being autistic. but genuinely, i don't know what are the differences and if i can consider myself aromantic in any way.
You can do whatever you want forever
autism x aromanticity
hello, autistic and aromantic person, i have some genuine questions for you.
how do you know the difference?
how do i know if the discomfort i'm feeling is something related to autism or something related to the fact that i don't want/feel the need to be in a relationship?
or, whatever? it doesn't matter if it's autism or aromanticity, the important thing is that you don't want a relationship.
i'm asking because i was very afraid to say that i'm an aromantic person, since it could be something about me being autistic. but genuinely, i don't know what are the differences and if i can consider myself aromantic in any way.
I wasn’t always aromantic. I don’t think. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t, but in the past couple years, I’ve forgotten how it feels to have crushes on people. I’m autistic. Went through some shit right around the time I lost my attraction to people. Might relate to either of those things, or neither. Either way, I’m still not interested in dating. Either way, I like having a word I can use to explain that to people I know. So I call myself aromantic as a tool. Helps other people understand where I’m at.
That may change. If it does, I’ll just call myself something else.
I figure, it doesn’t matter why you’re aromantic. Could be an autism thing, but the discomfort’s still there, yeah? I dunno. Use what makes sense for you as long as it makes sense for you. There’s no harm in using a temporary label. Words are just tools anyway.
yes, you're completely right. thanks for the validation, anyhow.
i can relate to you in some aspects. when i was a kid, i had a few crushes, but during adolescence (puberty) and now as an adult, i've never experienced anything like that.
maybe i'm not aromantic, but that's what explains myself for now.
thank you!
All of these! And whenever I try to use my love languages I come across as either too much or obsessive, which is why I'm always scared to truly be myself because I have been pushed away every single time I am 🥺😓
autism x aromanticity
hello, autistic and aromantic person, i have some genuine questions for you.
how do you know the difference?
how do i know if the discomfort i'm feeling is something related to autism or something related to the fact that i don't want/feel the need to be in a relationship?
or, whatever? it doesn't matter if it's autism or aromanticity, the important thing is that you don't want a relationship.
i'm asking because i was very afraid to say that i'm an aromantic person, since it could be something about me being autistic. but genuinely, i don't know what are the differences and if i can consider myself aromantic in any way.
masking
i'm a woman and i'm 26 years old (almost 27). i was diagnosed with autism a few days ago. looking back over things, i find interesting how i spent a lot of my life worrying about doing anything that would make people think i was a "weirdo". "i can't do this, or they'll think i'm a freak", "i can't do that, or they'll think i'm a weirdo". Well, maybe i spent so much time thinking like that because there really was something i needed to hide, something atypical that would reveal me.
It's funny how it makes a lot of sense now. that i couldn't do a lot of things for fear of them finding out about me.
i really was hiding something, that i didn't even know i was hiding.
when the neurologist said that i was already an adult and didn't need to know about the diagnosis. the only thing i needed to do, according to him, was "learn how to live"...
Autistic? Me? 11 - Betrayal
this has happened so many times, i hate it
i just don't know how i feeling right now.
actually, feels like i never know it.
autism x work
so, do you guys recommend saying that i have autism in my work place?
I learned recently that you're not supposed to turn up to a party exactly on time...
lol, when my friends said that will be at 8pm, and we started at 9pm. i'd waited inside my car for one hour.
it's so fun to wait /i.