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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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  • Now it’s kind of a memory, or I am trying to make what I feel or is on my mind more visible or physical. Mostly because I can struggle to remember things ot sometimes do things in one go so I leave them out as a reminder. I used to make a lot of art it’s become harder because o don’t process things as quickly, I used to draw and paint almost without thinking (.I was thinking but things seemed to flow more easily). Now it’s like I have to take everything in steps or I’m a bit more hesitant which feels very different and things look different when I make them. I would be so happy if I could paint like I used to, but I’m really happy now if I can just find a few hours where things flow and I’m lost in it totally. The main thing I know is it’s not the same or won’t feel the same as the first time, it’s a mistake to try to get that feeling back (first love/Birthday) but that is were selective memories are great. Sometimes I feel things too deeply like I am affected by characters in a movie or the music that’s playing that overwhelm os also joy for me it’s just very hard to keep it balanced. 

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  • Now it’s kind of a memory, or I am trying to make what I feel or is on my mind more visible or physical. Mostly because I can struggle to remember things ot sometimes do things in one go so I leave them out as a reminder. I used to make a lot of art it’s become harder because o don’t process things as quickly, I used to draw and paint almost without thinking (.I was thinking but things seemed to flow more easily). Now it’s like I have to take everything in steps or I’m a bit more hesitant which feels very different and things look different when I make them. I would be so happy if I could paint like I used to, but I’m really happy now if I can just find a few hours where things flow and I’m lost in it totally. The main thing I know is it’s not the same or won’t feel the same as the first time, it’s a mistake to try to get that feeling back (first love/Birthday) but that is were selective memories are great. Sometimes I feel things too deeply like I am affected by characters in a movie or the music that’s playing that overwhelm os also joy for me it’s just very hard to keep it balanced. 

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