Saw a really scary spider marching about in the bathroom today, but didn't kill it because I'm Not Allowed To Kill Things Just Because I'm Afraid Of Them. Then it crawled into the outlet and I'm pretty sure got zapped, and I haven't seen it since.
@AutisticCallum_ I love to *look* at people's eyes/faces when they're not looking back, and I have been rigorously trained to look people in the face when they're talking. But looking someone in the eyes while I'm talking, whether unintentionally or forcefully, is immediately hell.
@thatsgrose often repeated several times
also Crunch, but it has to be a really crunchy chronch
my favorite is when i can get my loved ones to echo my vocal stims without asking, cause then i get a repetitive loop of echolalic sound
@thatsgrose honk honk beep beep quack, nyeh/ nyah/ wahhh/ uwahh/ uwu/ blep i like to use them all interchangeably the same way a villager in animal crossing uses a catchphrase
@nilanmorton yes yes yes, coming from an autistic perspective and being intimate w a number of disabled people, there is so much exclusion even in progressive spaces
@AutisticCallum_ Interesting! I say "i love you" very frequently, over the smallest of things, but I wouldn't call it casual? like, i have the capacity to love people in a billion ways, even little and silly ones, and if what they're doing/ who they are means something to me, i verbalize it.
@Theholisticpsyc Is it possible for multiple children to be a scapegoat? Coming from an unhealthy family, I feel like myself and all three of my siblings have been put in that position.
@AutisticCoach_ I (autistic) often:
-struggle to sleep even when exhausted
-sleep past my alarm
-struggle to leave my bed
-sleep 10-12 hrs
-sleep 4-6 hrs
-forget to rest
-have nightmares/stress dreams
-am very hard to wake
-wake for "no reason"
-wake feeling exhausted
-feel more tired after rest
@AutisticCallum_ Autism shows through everything for me, ADHD only peeks out about half the time. Although that may have to do with me being medicated for ADHD, I feel like they'd fight for dominance a lot more if I weren't.