"I’ve stopped saying I ‘have Autism’ – being autistic is brilliant, not a burden"

To be totally honest, I don’t like it. The cons have outweighed the pros and I have suffered a lot. I can get fleeting moments of pleasure related to it. But I know it’s all just bs. I resent this existence and I resent the set of requirements that society heavily implies I must meet in order to be ‘happy/satisfied/productive’. Especially now in this covid age, where I’m just supposed to accept the added risk of mixing because either 1) I’m supposed to be gormless and lax enough to just assume that no restrictions = it’s safe now, 2) ‘we’ have to live with it = ‘“la la la not listening, I cannot survive without my regular fomo bs gourmet burger, craft beer and bs smalltalk with fairweather friends’, and/or 3) “my work is not feasible unless I am present in person, so la la la, not listening!” People are s***. I’m out.

Your last line is so true, (and in "Casa Spergola" here, we say an even ruder version all the time) but never forget the unfortunate fact that the Venn diagram of "people" also includes YOU and ME. 

That being said, your line of thinking parallels my own, and I have to report that as I get older, I am getting happier as I solve the unique problems caused by my Autism, and can start to enjoy the increased sensitivity, abillity to communicate with animals etc.

The healthy (literally) reaction to covid, is to get away from the mainstream and go look at flccc website and take their advice. I was not offered a vaccination, and chose not to volunteer, for technical based personal reasons but I also did not want to get Covid, and for some reason all the joined up media seemed to suppress any useful prophylaxis or treatments in favour of a single apparently experimental novel injection.

I know it's tempting fate, but by simply increasing my vitamin d intake (daily oral spray, no nasty tablet) and improving my basic microbiological awareness and hygiene I've literally become the least "sickly" person I know!!

The vitamin D spray has transformed my oral health I haven;t had a spot or an infected cut or a cold etc for nearly three years now! It's a BIG change for me, and I like it very much. 

A contributory factor is that I no longer socialise unless I want to, and it turns out that I don't really want to meet new people that much. Although there's a few on this forum I would like to meet (or have had the ability to meet). 

Sperg I hope it isn't too inapropriate to ask, and I really hope you don't take it as an affront in anyway (since aspergers used to serve as a useful delineation term and hasn't been replaced by an appropriate substitute yet) but I have wondered how do you you feel about the term Aspergers since it has come to light about Hans Asperger's involvement with nazi ideology? (I must stress this isn't a trick question in anyway) I simply note that it must still prove a useful (even if perhaps not perfect?) term to you.

You only needed to ask...

And "test" because I never know where an answer will appear on this ruddy forum!

I will say as

🐝 Bees 🐝 (they/them) Autism resources in bio #stoptheshock #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs said:

This is a genuine question on a personal level.

I wish this could be a DM. but sadly we are not yet friends here on the forums in order to DM. so sorry this must be a public message.

I will say as

🐝 Bees 🐝 (they/them) Autism resources in bio #stoptheshock #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs said:

This is a genuine question on a personal level.

I wish this could be a DM. but sadly we are not yet friends here on the forums in order to DM. so sorry this must be a public message.

You only needed to ask...

And "test" because I never know where an answer will appear on this ruddy forum!