Warning: Hot take: the longer I’m a parent, the more I feel that we shouldn’t be able to have children
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Thoughts on why small talk is so uniquely painful ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
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Eye Contact, this is what it feels like. ( lemmy.world )
Do you struggle with Interoception? How does it manifest in your life? ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Me when the hyper awareness kicks in at the wrong moment ( lemmy.world )
I feel like many autistic people fall into these two extremes ( lemmy.world )
Take care of that safe space ( lemmy.world )
Apparently it’s “common sense” or whatever ( lemmy.world )
WOOOPS! ( i.redd.it )
https://www.reddit.com/r/aspiememes/comments/146v36c/every_fucking_day/
It's the hottest/sexiest thing a partner can do ( lemmy.world )
I'm sorry. I don't even know what I did :'( ( lemmy.world )
Those moments when you pull it off ( lemmy.world )
Tism ( lemmy.world )
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.
When you're bored of the small talk or sick of not addressing the elephant in the room ( lemmy.world )
Autistic People Can't Get Out of the Matrix Because They Won't Pick Up The Phone ( lemmy.world )
Stages of autism realization ( lemmy.world )
Introducing /c/autism!
Welcome! I look forward to growing this community is a healthy fashion. Please review the sidebar....
Anyone else get chewed out by their boss for just not getting the hint?
Sorry if this topic is stupid, I feel very stupid right now. I got transferred to a new department and I've had 2 or 3 clashes with the new boss about me not getting the hint. He finally gave me a metric, a number to get to. He spelled it out. I can do that, but I'm just freaking out that he's gonna fire me because I couldn't...
How do you live as an autistic?
Anyone figure out what the fundamental difference between autistic and NT brains is?
We know that we behave and think differently. We generally have more difficulty with social situation and are hypersensitive to sensory input. But to me, these seem like impacts of a fundamental difference. For example, we have social difficulties in NT environments because something with our neurotype is different. What is...
Anyone else feel weirdly drawn to forests or have the desire to live near one?
April is Autism Acceptance Month!
Have you accepted the Autism?
[Video] Why do autistic people toe walk? ( youtu.be )
Painful sensitivity to touch?
Just wondering if anyone else experiences this. Things like my hair laying on the side of my head or bracelets cause a medium-intense aching pain on my head or arm. Some days, I'll have a pretty bad headache just from wearing a shirt, and I'll occasionally just have to take it off. It sounds like a milder form of allodynia,...