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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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  • Great post- i'll have a think. Thank you for starting this thread.

  • in reply to JennyB

    Apologies I havent replied to this yet and i suppose its hard for me to choose - there are many - small and bigger! Its wonderful to be invited to consider the joyful aspects when its easy to focus on the challenges - of course its important to share these too in other threads. Ive really enjoyed seeing the notification pop up in my emails for this post this week with the subject 'autistic joy' - especially when im having some challenges here and there. Thank you everyone who has shared, its a joy to read. Im realising there are some real pleasures and gifts in life that are linked with the way I think as an autistic individual. Lately ive more consciously realised i can visualise music and wonder if i have a touch of synesthesia in this way, its a joy to discover and ive been having a little fun creatively with it.Theres something about hearing violin playing for me that makes my heart and stomach leap and enlivens every cell, makes me feel alive. I love folk fiddle and classical - especially when its played largo or lento (slowly / broad). I love baroque style too sometimes - full of passion. I find joy staring at flames dancing in a fire-pit or a wood burning stove and currently Ive been lucky enough to have a fire to watch through this winter most evenings - i much prefer it to telly - pure bliss.

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  • in reply to JennyB

    Apologies I havent replied to this yet and i suppose its hard for me to choose - there are many - small and bigger! Its wonderful to be invited to consider the joyful aspects when its easy to focus on the challenges - of course its important to share these too in other threads. Ive really enjoyed seeing the notification pop up in my emails for this post this week with the subject 'autistic joy' - especially when im having some challenges here and there. Thank you everyone who has shared, its a joy to read. Im realising there are some real pleasures and gifts in life that are linked with the way I think as an autistic individual. Lately ive more consciously realised i can visualise music and wonder if i have a touch of synesthesia in this way, its a joy to discover and ive been having a little fun creatively with it.Theres something about hearing violin playing for me that makes my heart and stomach leap and enlivens every cell, makes me feel alive. I love folk fiddle and classical - especially when its played largo or lento (slowly / broad). I love baroque style too sometimes - full of passion. I find joy staring at flames dancing in a fire-pit or a wood burning stove and currently Ive been lucky enough to have a fire to watch through this winter most evenings - i much prefer it to telly - pure bliss.

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