Autistic people are often criticised for “reading too much into things” and “assuming” the worst, but usually what we deduce is highly accurate, thanks to our pattern-spotting and dot-connecting abilities. I think the real issue is we typically unearth truths others want hidden.
sometimes my brain decides that really gross words are on mental repeat all day and i hate it so much
i don't mind if it's a song lyric or nice word/phrase but sometimes it's like "autoc*nnibalism" and I'm just like why where did I even hear that word recently
I don't have a full-day routine, but I do:
-have to wash myself in the same order in the shower
-bedtime & morning routine/rituals
-have to prep/eat meals in the "right" order (includes making coffee, sandwiches, & breakfast especially)
I didn't know for sure I was autistic until a few months after I graduated from the second degree, but I still knew my needs in a lot of ways like this.
instead of double-majoring, I did the 2 degrees separately
first took the "normal" amount of time, the second took one extra semester
I absolutely could not have handled both at the same time, it would have taken as long as doing both separately anyway which is why I split them
a lot of living with my partner after being long-distance for three years, is just him realizing how blind I am without my glasses when he shows me something from across the room
PSA:
ADHD kids grow up to be ADHD adults.
Autistic kids grow up to be autistic adults.
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We don't just disappear on our 18th birthday, so let's stop acting like kids are the only ones dealing with neurodiversity.
I haven’t had a single client who hasn’t expressed grief over what purity culture took from them. It's true, you'll never know what your sexuality would have been like otherwise. It's important to acknowledge this grief and let yourself feel it rather than pretend it's not there.