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Still pretty chilly this morning
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Today is my autiversary!
7 years ago, today, I got diagnosed. It was literally life changing for me.
Talk of mental health, self harm below. It does end on a more cheerful note though.
I struggled with my mental health since I was young. Decades of being on and off antidepressants (mostly on), in and out of work, and education (mostly out). Mental health crisis after mental health crisis.
I now understand that, a lot of the time, those crises were periods of autistic burnout.
I now understand that my angry self harming was me redirecting meltdowns. I never had a single job where I didn't self harm in the toilets at least once. Not one.
I now understand that a huge proportion of everything I've ever struggled with was because of my autism.
Since diagnosis, I have been able to come off antidepressants altogether, stopped struggling with insomnia, stopped grinding my teeth in my sleep, and started down a path of self acceptance and self compassion. All of which has allowed me space to deal with my trauma in therapy.
It's not all easy, of course. It didn't magically make everything OK, but it did change a lot of really important stuff for me. I still, 7 years later get light bulb moments where I realise that something in my life is the autism. Still unmasking, maybe always will be. But every time I let myself stim, or have a meltdown without cutting myself, or honour my needs as an autistic person, it gets easier. And my life gets better.
Diagnosis isn't available to everyone, it's not beneficial to everyone, but it improved my quality of life enormously. I am so grateful.
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7 years ago, today, I got diagnosed. It was literally life changing for me.
Talk of mental health, self harm below. It does end on a more cheerful note though.
I struggled with my mental health since I was young. Decades of being on and off antidepressants (mostly on), in and out of work, and education (mostly out). Mental health crisis after mental health crisis.
I now understand that, a lot of the time, those crises were periods of autistic burnout.
I now understand that my angry self harming was me redirecting meltdowns. I never had a single job where I didn't self harm in the toilets at least once. Not one.
I now understand that a huge proportion of everything I've ever struggled with was because of my autism.
Since diagnosis, I have been able to come off antidepressants altogether, stopped struggling with insomnia, stopped grinding my teeth in my sleep, and started down a path of self acceptance and self compassion. All of which has allowed me space to deal with my trauma in therapy.
It's not all easy, of course. It didn't magically make everything OK, but it did change a lot of really important stuff for me. I still, 7 years later get light bulb moments where I realise that something in my life is the autism. Still unmasking, maybe always will be. But every time I let myself stim, or have a meltdown without cutting myself, or honour my needs as an autistic person, it gets easier. And my life gets better.
Diagnosis isn't available to everyone, it's not beneficial to everyone, but it improved my quality of life enormously. I am so grateful.
#Autistic #Autism #AutisticAdult #AutisticWoman #AutisticWomen #LateDiagnosedAutistic #Autiversary
Winter is definitely here
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Neat walk in the sun set 😁😁😁
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TL;DR — Does anyone have job recommendations or advice good for autistic/ADHD/PTSD people?
Ideally, it would be something:
- Low stakes
- Task-based instead of time-based (e.g. "complete these things and go home" instead of "work for 8 hours, then go home"
- >= $16/hour
- Flexible scheduling
- Creative and/or solitary
- Queer- and neurodivergent-supporting
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I currently work at $16/hour part-time in customer service and it's driving me insane. My therapist described it as "getting traumatized every day".
It also isn't enough to pay rent and have savings. Every month I can barely cover rent while living with 3 other roommates. I'm afraid that I'm constantly failing them.
After doing some research (looking up "jobs for autistic people" and getting a lot of Reddit posts), job recommendations include:
- Medical coding (requires months of training, $500 certification test + $70 retakes)
- Morgue body removal or pet cremation (dealing with dead people or pets)
- Factory work or janitor work Already worked these jobs and it was abysmal
- Creative fields animation, music, video games, video production. These jobs are so unstable and rare I can't actually pursue these
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