@AutisticCoach_ I got called all of this (and I'm speaking only for myself)
Let them, because when all the crap was done, I stood and said "I told you so".
Let them treat us poorly, let them realise we were right.
@NoNonsenseND "oh, but you should be able to control that! What do you mean you have an issue with the noise created by people who don't even work in your office and are explicitly banned from your office, you're imagining things!"
@MattDRFCshirts Such is autism. When you've physically had enough to the point of non-function, you're told you don't matter.
When I melt down I bash my head, even then I'm told I'm the problem. The problem is not autism. The problem is lack of understanding.
@bewfart So go ask a fish to climb a tree, if you know what I mean.
Someone who is the object of a slur, shouldn't have to "expose" you to get you to stop using a shit word. Your belligerence is the same belligerence I experience on the daily. Yet you're trapped in a self absorbed fantasy
@bewfart For my lived experience, I was told I will never experience joy because I don't think like someone without autism.
I was called the R word, and for a while I believed it.
@pemilo123 Good thought!
Though, adhders can live a blessed life and still experience RSD. I guess it could be relative.
Rejection really hurts, and no matter what walk of life you have, it still really hurts, it's because we ARE emotional. We just need longer to breathe through it all.
@Autistic_Lauren I come from the tropics and now live in a temperate zone, the opposite is also true - I'm used to being sweaty, but shivering daily is too much for me.
@Autistic_Lauren My school reports all mention my ability in class, but inability to do homework. Except German, that was fun, so all the homework got handed in.
@pemilo123 Every step in a Neurodivergent's self realisation journey will be confronting to a Neurotypical. We just don't exist in such a neat way.
Your journey will confront others and cost you many friends, just keep going, the ones who leave never had your best interests at heart anyway.
@docm77 Doc, I admire what you make, but I'm unable to appreciate sport. Is there any advice you can give that might help me join the human race? I really don't get it, but I want to.
How do I open myself up to this?
@Autistic_Lauren Hard question, but I'll have to say the strange habit of asking "are you hungry?"
It's asking if you want to accompany them while they eat.
You don't actually have to eat, but they WILL ask "are you hungry?"
@Autistic_Lauren Mine are texture based.
I can't have mushrooms, the texture is awful. Anything spongey like mushrooms is a no from me.
My little sister hates onions and black pepper.
I'm a chef, and I focus on making food that doesn't mess with sensitivities.
@xisumavoid Xisuma, you're a free thinker, and you like your videos to have a personal touch. You'll find what's right for you. I'm tuning in for your content, not your thumbnails.
@Liza137823 Who hurt you?
You were once a kid who hated adults stopping you from having fun, you are that adult now. Headphones exist, they didn't have good headphones in the 90s, grow up!