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Neurodivergent Love Languages

Ausomely Autistic

Hello fellow autistic people! In case you didn’t know neurodivergent love languages are a popular and well known aspect of autistic culture on social media. I particularly love info dumping and deep pressure, parallel play. 

The 5 languages are:

  1. Info dumping- we do a lot of info dumping here.
  2. Parallel play/Body Doubling - sharing space together whilst doing different activities 
  3. Spoon Sharing/Support Swapping- sharing our energy 
  4. Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body (deep pressure)
  5. Penguin Pebbling - sharing small gifts or memes with neurodivergent friends/family (usually related to dedicated interests)

I particularly like penguin pebbling with my autistic friend. I like to send them memes related to their dedicated interests.

Which language do you relate to most?

Here is an article that explains the languages in more depth:

https://stimpunks.org/2022/01/22/the-five-neurodivergent-love-languages-2/

I love this aspect of our autistic culture, I hope you find it interesting too!

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  • Ahhhhh! This explains everythingggggggg! Joy

    My main ones are:

    • Info dumping - on every and anything I learn! People often think I'm super chatty because of this (then get confused when I don't talk for ages or go silent).. but I have an intense need to share the information that I think is super important
    • Penguin Pebbling -  sharing memes specifically and if I see something related to what a friend or family member said they like.. I'll buy it as a gift. (I prefer gifting people this way than for Christmas and birthdays as it feels so forced
    • Parallel play/Body Doubling - sharing space together whilst doing different activities - as I'm writing this.. my partner is gaming and I'm just on my laptop.. we don't have to talk.. just the company is nice
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    Char said:
    Ahhhhh! This explains everythingggggggg! 

    A moment of realisation, I am glad you can relate to these love languages, they are a huge part of our autistic culture.

    Char said:
    Info dumping - on every and anything I learn! People often think I'm super chatty because of this (then get confused when I don't talk for ages or go silent).. but I have an intense need to share the information that I think is super important

    I love info dumping too! What is your favourite topic to info dump about? I can be super chatty and animated when talking about my passions too, when I am not talking about my passions sometimes people perceive me as quite quiet. Your enthusiasm for your interests is great, of course you would want to share information, it’s only natural. It makes you happy and you can spread passion and knowledge. If only NTs could share the same level of urgency for our passions as we do.

    Char said:
    Penguin Pebbling -  sharing memes specifically and if I see something related to what a friend or family member said they like.. I'll buy it as a gift. (I prefer gifting people this way than for Christmas and birthdays as it feels so forced

    I agree Christmas and birthday gift giving is forced and part of a social convention, whereas penguin pebbling is unprompted and spontaneous with no expectations around reciprocity. Do you have a favourite meme?

    Char said:
    Parallel play/Body Doubling - sharing space together whilst doing different activities - as I'm writing this.. my partner is gaming and I'm just on my laptop.. we don't have to talk.. just the company is nice

    Exactly! I like peace and quiet but I also like company.

    Thanks for responding, it’s great to understand what these autistic love languages mean for you!

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  • in reply to Char
    Char said:
    Ahhhhh! This explains everythingggggggg! 

    A moment of realisation, I am glad you can relate to these love languages, they are a huge part of our autistic culture.

    Char said:
    Info dumping - on every and anything I learn! People often think I'm super chatty because of this (then get confused when I don't talk for ages or go silent).. but I have an intense need to share the information that I think is super important

    I love info dumping too! What is your favourite topic to info dump about? I can be super chatty and animated when talking about my passions too, when I am not talking about my passions sometimes people perceive me as quite quiet. Your enthusiasm for your interests is great, of course you would want to share information, it’s only natural. It makes you happy and you can spread passion and knowledge. If only NTs could share the same level of urgency for our passions as we do.

    Char said:
    Penguin Pebbling -  sharing memes specifically and if I see something related to what a friend or family member said they like.. I'll buy it as a gift. (I prefer gifting people this way than for Christmas and birthdays as it feels so forced

    I agree Christmas and birthday gift giving is forced and part of a social convention, whereas penguin pebbling is unprompted and spontaneous with no expectations around reciprocity. Do you have a favourite meme?

    Char said:
    Parallel play/Body Doubling - sharing space together whilst doing different activities - as I'm writing this.. my partner is gaming and I'm just on my laptop.. we don't have to talk.. just the company is nice

    Exactly! I like peace and quiet but I also like company.

    Thanks for responding, it’s great to understand what these autistic love languages mean for you!

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