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Just an introduction

netsukeinro

Hello! I was diagnosed in October after a long stint with CAHMS and several therapists. I have bad emotional dysregulation, and am terribly sensitive to noise and touch, as well as simply the presence of others in my vicinity. Since my diagnosis, I've had a bit of a journey internalising that I am in fact autistic, and it feels like a bad movie every time I have a flashback to my childhood and go 'huh, that was totally the autism!'. In some ways I feel like I have been failed by those around me - in part because of the long time it took for the suggestion of autism to even crop up, and because I can now recognise the autistic traits in my family members. But mostly, I'm excited to talk to people who I can finally relate to.  What are people's favourite songs? What movies do you like? Any interesting special interests? Any fun experiences related to autism?

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  • Hi! Good to have you here!

    I don’t have an all time favourite song, instead I’ll always listen to the most recent ones on repeat and those can be from any genre from classic over pop and rock to metal (I also play guitar and piano and sing in a choir, so those things also influence my taste in music).

    I like many movies although I’m a big fan of shows. Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter adaptations and Matrix are great and back in the days I was really obsessed with Finding Nemo, The Beauty And The Beast and Sleeping Beauty. Encanto is my favourite of the very modern Disney films. There are too many good films to name though,

    When it comes to special interests, I’ve got a pretty broad range of current and/or past special interests. Some of the most present ones include elephants, whales, many biology/chemistry-related topics in general. medicine and first aid, shows (constantly rewatching favourite shows and gathering useless trivia about them). Also fantasy books/reading (e.g. Harry Potter, Good Omens, Dune, Lord of the Rings, the Percy Jackson universe etc.).

    Weird fun fact: I used to obsessively collect erasers (funny shaped ones like in the form of animals or objects).

  • in reply to Emmalephant

    Might I recommend a book? I loved The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells - it's scifi about a human/robot construct breaking free of its code and escaping the company that manufactured it. It reads a lot like the first percy jackson books, and similarly the main character (murderbot) is totally not neurotypical. They're decently short as well.

  • in reply to netsukeinro

    Thanks! I’ll put it on my reading list!

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