@JayHerrans has reawakened my love for the Odyssey by mixing it with my love for music! Because of this, my partner and I had named our newest addition to the family after the star of the saga. Meet Odysseus "Ody", along with his sister Minerva "Minnie"! They make quite the pair!
@BeeweeCrover I understand this too well. My features aren't masculine enough for people to be considered a "they" in their eyes. They hear my voice or see my face and immediately assume I'm a girl even if I'm outwardly presenting as anything but. Thank you for making this. It's validating.
RIP Tik-chka, my thri-kreen monk who jumped onto a flying dragon, stunned it with stunning strike, and then proceeded to become a smear mark as the dragon landed on them.
At least they went out with style.
@AutisticCallum_ I asked my fiancé and he said a lot of it is "hook-up" culture where people don't usually want to be in a serious relationship and only want to feel wanted or special, even if it's just for a moment. There is also a chance that they are also ND and don't know how to respond.
@AutisticCallum_ My special interest as a kid was pokemon, but it was seen as a normal thing that kids were into - and I was raised to be more boyish so my parents never thought of it as weird.
Anyone else's dog stop everything they're doing to watch the live action Lady and the Tramp? My dog, Minnie, loves Tramp and will pay even closer attention to when he's on screen. Makes me wanna get a similar schnauzer mix just to see how she reacts!
@AutisticCallum_ About 2 years ago I realized that I'm genderfluid - in recent months genderfaun (which is genderfluid without feeling feminine). After contemplating it for a bit, I know my autism had a part in it. Here I am, a proud autigender genderfaun demisexual, the happiest I've ever been.
Watching "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" and I'm completely ecstatic about the portrayal of the autistic protagonist. It makes me feel represented in a good light instead of an infantilized one. I'm glad to know that they did their research.
#ActuallyAutistic#autismacceptance
Being autistic means that I’m always either: incredibly suspicious and able to spot any potential danger or problem, or so naive that I practically run into red flags with open arms, as my brain hasn’t registered them. There’s no in between for me.
Part of my autistic and ADHD experience is emotional extremes. For example, I either feel: euphoric or completely flat, ecstatic or incredibly down, livid or not bothered, hurt or completely over it, terrified or fearless, etc. Moderate emotions are not common for me.
An autistic person’s weekend plans may *sound* uneventful, but many of us get joy from things that are less “showy” (like our special interests), and need our weekends to be calm so we can recover all the additional energy we give to our weekdays and give it all again next week.
As an autistic ADHD’er, to be my most productive, I *need* moments when I can just stare into space, close my eyes, go for a run or play video games. These moments are part of the process - my greatest breakthroughs come when I’m doing: a) nothing; or b) something mindlessly fun.
@Brink_Thinker Everyone is over here doing multiplication, and here I am doing subtraction like the overthinker that I am. Still got 12, though, so that's kinda cool.
90 - (9x2) = 72 - (8x2) = 56 - (7x2) = 42 - (6x2) = 30 - (5x2) = 20 - (4x2) = 12
My autistic, ADHD brain only registers what people say if it’s clear and specific. It does not know what to do with phrases such as “over there”, “some point soon”, or anything that isn’t exact. Anything unspecific is deleted upon first hearing, never to be thought about again.