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A bit old and messy but it’s iidamei so it’s okay
currently so so obsessed with "You Didn't Know" from the new Hazbin Hotel ep, praying to the spotify gods to pls release the track I need it
i absolutely love looking at stimboards bc it's like a sweet treat for my eyes
oh tenya iida plushie you are so dear to me... ALSO MY BESTIE WESTIE @ferocioustrout GAVE ME HIM AND A FEW OTHER THINGS
yall my vocal stims want me jumped... I cannot help but go "FEIN" with an Elvis Presley impression like a popular tiktok audio.. It's sooo bad I say it in silent rooms and people side eye me.. I can't help the fact I listen to Elvis AND find a small portion of the fein jokes funny 😖 anyways the autism is too much bc anytime someone says "I'm here" the words "Okay All Might" fall out of my mouth.
I AM HERE‼️ WITH A NEW HYPERFIXATION
why are they the same..
but how will she see………..
im gonna lose it chat mha has overrun my mind. TENYA IIDA..
hey so 21-92% of autistic people who menstruate also have pmdd, and I think more people need to know of that (coming from an autistic transguy who also has pmdd, and had no idea of this until their then undiagnosed pmdd drove them to a breaking point)
filling out these because my sensory issues are not letting me sleep. ignore that im late and doing 14 days in one post
below read more bc long
April 1st: Do you have trouble recognizing emotions in either yourself or other people? Do you ever find it hard to tell how you're feeling or even to describe how you're feeling to other people? Have you ever had trouble properly expressing your feelings? Do you have trouble recognizing what other people are feeling? How does this make life difficult for you, if it does?
I can't really differentiate emotions besides them being positive and negative. Like I know when im upset and I know when im happy and that's about it. Others are similar, I can tell when they're upset and when they're happy but I can't make out specifics in emotions. I don't understand emotions either, I've never been able to "put myself in someone else's shoes." I try my best to comfort people, but it makes it very difficult, because I can't empathize in a typical way. Describing emotions I'm alright at according to my therapist, but that's really only after lots of psychology research and being a writer since I was four.
April 2nd: Dependence. How independent are you? Are you able to live alone? Have a caretaker? Live with a relative? Is there anything you need help with in your daily life? If you live alone, does being autistic make anything about it more difficult? Do you wish you lived with someone?
Okay, so im a teenager, so, by default I can't live alone. I'm somewhat dependent. I can do all bADLS, but it takes a lot of reminders as I often forget to do them. I struggle heavily or am unable to do iADLS but I blame that on me not being taught how to do them. I think I could be independent if I was given the right tools to be independent.
April 3rd: Talk about family. How are your relationships with your family members? Are they generally supportive of you as an autistic person? Are they accommodating to your needs? Does being autistic affect your familial relationships in any meaningful way?
I have a bad relationship with my mom but it's unrelated to my autism. My mom, my dad, and my brother are mostly understanding and supportive. My mom is also autistic so that helps me. My needs are not accommodated by them exactly, as my mom doesn't really let me advocate for myself, but my dad tries his best to get my mom to get me have a say in things.
April 4th: What are your current special interests if you have any? What are some positive ways having special interests have affected your life? What are some negative ways that they have affected your life? How long do they tend to last for you? You could even talk about past special interests if you want.
Writing, humans, computer science, natural disasters, healthcare, musical theatre, birds, alien stage, psychological horror, and anime.
April 5th: What are some ways that the neurotypical people in your life can help you specifically with the challenges you face as an autistic person? Ways they can accommodate you? How can neurotypical people help the autistic community as a whole?
Just be patient with me, please. I don't like it when im unable to talk either, I don't like it when I yell either, I don't like it when I'm accidentally rude either. People getting upset at me when my autism causes me to be in distress makes the distress worse, so please, just be patient. My individual needs are too large for me to list here, and ngl I don't feel comfortable putting that online, and no way in hell im gonna speak for the whole autistic community. I'm a low support needs afab white teenager, I can't understand what it's like to have any other kind of autism then my own.
April 6th: Talk about miscommunication. As autistic people communicating is something that is harder for us than neurotypical people, in what ways is communicating generally hard for you? Talk about how being autistic has led to an instance of miscommunication in the past. Talk about social blunders that you've made due to autism. Perhaps a situation where you misinterpreted something or where you said the wrong/insensitive thing.
I'm gonna steal the term my (also autistic) theatre teacher used, "Resting autism tone." I have resting autism tone so I seem rude a lot when im trying to be nice, because I am insanely monotone. I also have situational mutism and a stutter, so talking sucks sometimes. I use TTS at times and that helps me a lot. But even when typing, it's hard. I rely heavily on tone tags. I don't understand social cues at all so that causes a lot of miscommunications too.
April 7th: Have you had people treat you differently after you told them you were autistic? In what ways? How did you feel about it and what did you do?
Yeah. Sometimes it's infantilization and/or weird looks, but sometimes it's a "that makes sense" and then they treat me differently to accommodate me. That one's nice. The infantilization sucks. I'm not a little kid, me being autistic and a minor does not make me incapable, stop treating me like I am.
April 8th: Are you a creative person? What are the types of things you create? Do you think being autistic has any influence over the types of things you create or your creativity in general?
I'm an artist and a writer, and have been my entire life. It's helped me work through a lot of my problems caused by being autistic, because I don't understand my own problems, but I understand the ones of my characters. My autism influences my art and writing in so many ways because it's integral to who I am and I put a bit of myself in every single character I create. Also I have comorbid dyspraxia, so that affects my art.
April 9th: Do you struggle with mental health? Does being autistic affect your struggle with mental health? Do you have depression or anxiety and is it influenced by being autistic?
Yeah, I've got a lot of mental health issues. Depression, anxiety, addiction, ocd, pmdd, and ptsd. I may also have BPD but too young to say for sure. I won't get into the details of my mental health issues as it could be triggering, and also it's not something i want the whole world to know, but it's severe. You can blame autism comorbidities and a bad homelife for that. My therapist says that's the cause at least.
April 10th: Do you struggle with keeping up with physical health? Does being autistic affect it?
Yep. Literally procrastinating on getting medicine right now because I'm nervous about accidentally waking someone. I have a hard time with bADLS without reminders, as priorly mentioned. I have heart issues caused by dehydration because of it. PDA and comorbid OCD w/ an avoidance compulsion is a shit combo.
April 11th: What are some things that might come easy to neurotypical people, but which you either can't do or need help to do?
Cooking, cleaning, laundry, all sorts of chores, managing money, remembering basic self care, taking medications, tying my shoes, crochet, any sort of fine motor task tbh
April 12th: What are some social rules that you don't understand? Talk about it.
GENDER. My dad has explained to me why we have the social rule of gender like multiple times and I still hate it. WHY?? WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE IN A GENDER BOX?? Also why is me using a lot of punctuation considered rude. It adds whimsy. Let me live.
April 13th: Are you able to pick up when someone is flirting with you or alternatively when someone is flirting with someone else? Do you know how to flirt?
Yeah. I mean I have a BF, and I can tell when he flirts with me. I can flirt well but usually don't. I should flirt with my BF more-
April 14th: What are some of the most difficult aspects of being autistic to you? What makes it difficult? Talk about it.
Sensory issues. I hate constantly being overwhelmed by the smallest abnormality in senses. Actually, no, the worst part is the meltdowns. I have autistic meltdowns where I scream and cry and flail around and throw things and have no control over my actions, and it's scary. My mind is there, I know what I'm doing, but my body and mouth move on it's own. I hate it so much. Also the not being able to fit in like ever sucks.
Alright, that's all, I think. I'm gonna go take some medication for this fever I'm probably running then try to sleep. Thanks for reading :)
the elvis blog is getting to me. I was stimming a lot earlier (because I was excited about tomodachi life 2) and I was running in circles while repeating "woah mama" a bunch. it's a vocal stim now help
I got a new canopy :) this totally isn't an excuse to show off my favorite stuffed animals that I keep close to me when I sleep bc one of my special interests is plushies haha what. (Also musicals is one for me too and playbill blanket.) Shoutout to my lovely husband for crocheting me the bee that's pictured :]
doing all my homework in a few hour period that I was supposed to be working on over the past 3 weeks then letting myself engage in my hyperfixation as a little treat
One of my stims is spinning and I stimmed so hard I fell down and sprained my ankle. Why am I like this 💔
any other neurodivergent (mainly autism and/or adhd) people unable to consume content normally.
like my dad will just?? watch something and be like "yeah that was good" then move on?? And then there's me, who will consume something, stare at a wall for a bit, and then rapidly try to consume any content I can find of it. Fanart, fanfiction, c.ai bots, memes, youtube videos... and if I can't find any I get upset. And I rewatch/reread/etc it over and over again and obsess over it for days. It's not even a hyperfixation rn I am just unable to consume media normally
also why am I the only posts on the raining knives tag since 2020 where is the fandom this comic deserves a fandom wtf it's so good I need content of it pls my little audhd brain cannot /silly
![[A unicorn foal lays against a patch of hay. Its horn is producing a shine. The text reads: "There was something different about me, from the moment I was born. Some thought it was a miracle; others believed nature was playing a mean old trick."] [A unicorn foal is being comforted by an adult horse. The text reads: "A few attempted to solace me, saying it was just a part of life, merely a violet in a field of daffodils. But I had never felt like one of the family."] [A pair of regular foals are being rowdy and pushing against the unicorn foal, which tries to fret away in dismay, displaying clear discomfort. The text reads: "No matter how much I tried to be brave like the others; I was fragile at my core. I didn't understand the ways of the herd; I couldn't connect with the other foals. It was hard to tell what the humans wanted from me. I had to run a strange direction to jump the hurdles. The barn's hay felt spiky and sharp on my coat. I couldn't eat the feed. I was too fidgety on the race track. I always pulled away when they tried to trim my hooves. I couldn't be out in the meadow for too long when there was sunlight. My horn got caught on ropes all the time."] [The unicorn foal is settled under the shade of a towering oak tree against a backdrop where a pair of horses are racing with humans. The text reads: "Is this a gift, or a curse? Life's gracious work of art or its experiment of patience and might? No one could decide, I certainly couldn't. When the afternoon keeps passing, the fresh breeze on the field and the dappled sunlight teasing, I try to gallop with the narrative. Maybe this is a good thing. However, most days, I cannot help but wonder what it feels like to run free without worrying about your inevitable tumble. Perhaps it is a mean old trick."]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/880ff0f80e7e38d2ee93d74f4c3aef66/994399e55eb004f4-69/s500x750/beff1cf02df9935af86f7ff27157cb4a8e746d6e.png)
equines & being neurodivergent
having an autism meltdown all by yourself handsome?
chat what level of autism is it when i use my free time to make academic level infographics about character foils for anime characters
TIL The Double Empathy Problem theory suggests social difficulties experienced by autistic people when interacting with non-autistic people are due to reciprocal differences, not an inherent deficiency, most autistic people are able to display good social reciprocity with most other autistic people
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A collection of OVERCHANGED sans sketches that I may or may not ever finish- ;)
If I ever make more sans with a scythe content, just know Maka from soul eater will be stalking me from the shadows-
Autism be damned my boy can KILL-
@overchanged-au for more!
happy autism awareness day to all the girls who had “ friends” growing up who were actually bullying them . to the girls who always sat alone in the grass and wondered why nobody wanted to talk . to the girls who spoke to animals like they were listening . to the girls who created a little world in their room . to the girls who always felt ashamed for how deeply they love things and how passionately they enjoyed media . to the girls who covered their ears when they were overwhelmed by everything . to the girls who carrying a special thing around to feel safe . to the girls who never understood what they did wrong to feel so lonely . to the girls who were diagnosed later in life because they weren’t little boys who liked trains. you are so special and beautiful and you’re not worse for it, you love deeply and that is so wonderful please never try to push that down . I LOVE YOU !!!!!
happy Autism Acceptance Month yall, let's hope we all survive April fools day so we can spend the rest of the month doing autistic stuff or whatever, I'm not really sure what Autism Acceptance Month stands for I just use it as an excuse to act as autistic as I want and if my family tells me to stop I use it as an excuse
I don't know if this is normal but because I'm trans, and have autism, adhd plus more stuff I don't wanna talk about I will literally headcanon all my favorite characters as trans and autistic I think it's because there's pretty much no representation out there for people like me so I'll just imagine all my favorite characters being like me cuz why the hell not?
I need to rip off my finger nails RIGHT NOW
just remembered I couldn’t get the freddy fazbear and uzi doorman autism meme out of my head so I literally had to make one myself to ease the urge
btw yall thx for followin me n likin mah posts n stuff
im autistic asf so i wont say it a lot but its appreciated
i am NOT about to be that one mf thats like “OMG GUYS TYSM FOR 50 REBLOGS HEEHEEHEE YEAAAAA”
WHY IS NO ONE TELLING ME THESE THINGS.
ITS AUTISM DAY TODAY AND IVE DONE NOTHING ISTFG
anyway have some pathetic last minute gifs
