Published on 12, July, 2020
There's another question that sprang to mind this morning.
What defines your autism?
I have noticed that most of the posts on the forum appear to be about our vulnerabilities.
So, is our autism defined by our vulnerabilities?
Certainly the sensitivities and communication difficulties can make us more vulnerable to stress and isolation.
Any positives anyone?
I'm still thinking about that one.
There is a lot of food for thought once we have obtained recognition either personally or professionally.
Oooh I have another one, I'm automatically liberated from doing anything "popular" because that's seen as "normal"* and I already fail at being "normal" apparently. XD So I just accepted that I'm never gonna be allist and I'm free to sing songs 40 years older than me as I go shopping ect. I don't feel pressured into following mainstream sports just to fit in so I spend my free time just doing whatever I want pretty much. :)*Such a dreadful word, you'll note I used quotation marks for a reason.
Just realised another one: I mentioned earlier
π Bees π (they/them) Autism resources in bio #stoptheshock #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs said:I think it's a hyper sensitivity to the endorphin rush too because when I kiss my other half I get a tingly feeling at the back of my head, it feels like billions of shook up lemonade bubbles bouncing around under my skin, and I even go a little dizzy. We call it love drunk. XD
but also it's the inverse or opposite of alexithymia, my feelings dial is turned up to 11, if I feel an emotion then I feel it "with knobs on", you get where I'm going with this I hope... It's just sometimes the emotions are mixed together not just Joy and Sadness like in the Pixar film, but a whole kaleidoscope of interacting emotions and that's when it gets dificult to put into words (BUT I do recognise them by feeling, just not by label), even for me, which is really saying something because if I weren't so concerned with accesibility and easy reading this post would look like someone vomited several dictionaries and thersauri in here.Someone asked me if something made me sad the other day and the answer was: I feel sad like I put the last of my small change into the vending machine and the snickers bar got stuck.