Warning: Hot take: the longer I’m a parent, the more I feel that we shouldn’t be able to have children
Some background:...
Thoughts on why small talk is so uniquely painful ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
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"Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone" ( www.theguardian.com )
I came across this article from 2018 and it really spoke to me as a late-diagnosed autistic only just learning what "comfortable" feels like.
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I wish I knew, for my entire life, why people will choose to sit in any other seat before they choose to sit near me on transit. Do I exude autism?
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Telling other people Im autistic be like ( lemmy.world )
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This thing I found and thought was funny ( lemmy.world )
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Eye Contact, this is what it feels like. ( lemmy.world )
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Do you struggle with Interoception? How does it manifest in your life? ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
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autism peak ( reddthat.com )
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Me when the hyper awareness kicks in at the wrong moment ( lemmy.world )
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I feel like many autistic people fall into these two extremes ( lemmy.world )
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Take care of that safe space ( lemmy.world )
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Apparently it’s “common sense” or whatever ( lemmy.world )
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WOOOPS! ( i.redd.it )
https://www.reddit.com/r/aspiememes/comments/146v36c/every_fucking_day/
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It's the hottest/sexiest thing a partner can do ( lemmy.world )
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I'm sorry. I don't even know what I did :'( ( lemmy.world )
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Those moments when you pull it off ( lemmy.world )
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Tism ( lemmy.world )
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Can anyone else relate? Why is it so hard for them to just apologize?? ( lemmy.world )
My theory is that they are living in a world of hierarchies and apologizing is admitting a mistake, which takes them down a few levels on the hierarchy of power/popularity.
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When you're bored of the small talk or sick of not addressing the elephant in the room ( lemmy.world )
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Autistic People Can't Get Out of the Matrix Because They Won't Pick Up The Phone ( lemmy.world )
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Stages of autism realization ( lemmy.world )
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When the request is too vague ( lemmy.world )
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