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Autistic joy

Orangegnome

I would really like to start a thread on autistic joy and what that means to different people. I am only at the beginning of my autism journey and learning everything about other people’s experience of life as an autistic human bean is interesting to me. I think I have felt autistic joy through specific sensory things I like to do. I love a particular fluffy texture and it really makes me calm but incredibly happy inside. Anyone else got such an experience? 

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  • I like the usual stuff like furry textures, I have a furry cat a soft furry throw that I get lots of joy from.

    I do have another level of joy though that might be classed as autistic joy.

    My most recent hand flapping, fit to bursting moments have been..

    Visiting Sheffield Cathedral...just the vastness..the architecture...the stained glass.

    Also in Sheffield...there was a taxidermy snow hare in a museum.

    I'd never seen one before.

    It just felt real to me and it flipped a switch into excitement and happiness throughout my body.

    Pretty cool really.

    Thanks for this post BTW...

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  • I like the usual stuff like furry textures, I have a furry cat a soft furry throw that I get lots of joy from.

    I do have another level of joy though that might be classed as autistic joy.

    My most recent hand flapping, fit to bursting moments have been..

    Visiting Sheffield Cathedral...just the vastness..the architecture...the stained glass.

    Also in Sheffield...there was a taxidermy snow hare in a museum.

    I'd never seen one before.

    It just felt real to me and it flipped a switch into excitement and happiness throughout my body.

    Pretty cool really.

    Thanks for this post BTW...

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