I'm trying a dating app again and I'm going insane. I keep day dreaming of who ever the last one I found interesting was, without even having a reply yet.
I know it's pointless and even destructive and completely detached from reality... still my brain keeps spinning up right away and I can't even distract myself from it.
How do I make it stop?! Aaarrgghh
Gonna take a break for a few days. 😓 Hope my brain just learns...
so i switched from vaping to nicotine chewing gums cuz of 💸 . its not easy but i'm gonna push through. i just need to distract me a lot. #fidgettoys #actuallyautistic #nicotineaddiction #face #notsmiling #helpful #blue #doodle
An autistic woman’s one-step skincare routine is reportedly better than a no-step skincare routine – probably. 37-year-old Emma Bernard used to make the effort to cleanse, tone and moisturise twice a day – but then they changed what you’re supposed to do to include all...
I am either unable to maintain concentration on any given task or I become so zoned in that everything else gets blocked out. There's no middle ground.
Over the past few weeks, I have perhaps been too focused on completing a certain task, to the extent that it is all I think about from the moment I wake to the time I go to bed. It's something that needs to be done, but this high-stakes situation involves a level of "adulting", such as liaising with people over the telephone, that I am unaccustomed to.
This has taken its toll on me, as I have felt tired and unwell, and I have neglected the hobbies and interests that I enjoy. At least it has forced me to take a step back, slow things down and recuperate (at least for one weekend) 💚
#goodmorning ! slept only a few hours, but ok. #sleeping #needoh #stimtoys #fidgettoys #actuallyautistic #face #smile #doodle
@VulcanTourist @ideogram @actuallyautistic It never occurred to me until we had our son assessed. Turns out he, my daughter and myself are #actuallyautistic. My poor partner is not, though she's said knowing that I am now has made certain things "easier" for her.
For the month of June (Pride) this independent, disabled artist is having a sale on my "The Reclamation of Terra" artworks. A massive discount of 25% off means you'll be grabbing art with a heart for a bargain. Sale price has already been applied so all you have to do is buy it.
Why buy my wares? This series revolves around the rainbow community and the solid work we do when we unite. Each canvas features one of my landscape images and a representation of a particular pride flag. Each canvas represents a colour of the progressive pride flag.
Each image is also available for purchase (also 25% off), so why not buy a companion piece with your canvas of choice. Hurry, there's very limited stock!
Art is my work, so buying from me means you're supporting a queer trans artist directly which is a great way to support the community this Pride Month.
https://tlwvision.au/store/terra/terra-series
Thanks to Tom Noble for the piccy of me with a few of the paintings taken at my Gala exhibition opening.
#art #sale #photography #artistWithADisability #disabledArtist #actuallyAutistic #LGBT #LGBTQIASBplus #queer #trans #PrideMonth
Filthsnipe, v: to be distracted from a task by the need to clean, either because the task can't be done without a clean area or because you can't concentrate until things are clean. Especially when a sequence of such distractions occurs.
"I went to make a cup of tea and got filthsniped into cleaning the whole kitchen"
(You don't need to be neurodivergent to do this but it helps)
#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #NDGang
What do Autism Service dogs do? Not looking for one, just curious what they do to help those who need them.
The thing I find about *some* of The TikTokers who talk about autism is their audacity in talking about a subject without being an expert.
As has been pointed out many times before, it's astonishing how many autism TikTok creators are low support needs, middle class, young women. Hugely disproportionately so.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
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One too many variables = instant overwhelm for me, too.
Either we talk in a quiet, appropriately lit place, or shut up in a bright, noisy one.
Then again, with auditory processing disorder, I don't really have a choice as I literally can't hear someone talking directly at me if there's too much background noise.
I often fall into the trap of thinking that I don't experience burnout or struggle as much as others...then I realise that I have just shut myself off from the world for a month.
The mental fatigue of having to do some serious adulting whilst navigating my way through this neurotypical world has taken its toll. I've felt run down and disengaged. I've not been able to think about my hobbies, work or even opening this app.
Reading about incels & their understanding of sexual politics & relationships is a genuinely wild ride for me, especially their idea that women control the sexual marketplace. As a straight #ActuallyAutistic woman, there are few areas where I feel that I have as little control as in that one.
It goes beyond the usual "everyone else got a guide/rulebook except me". It's an area where I feel I never caught up even after 4 decades & half of that in a relationship.
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A song triggered a really strong and complete memory for me recently which has less to a realisation about sensory input. I am perfectly happy in a really noisy and light busy environment so long as I don’t also have to hold conversations with anyone. As soon as I add in social interaction it’s too much.
Anyone else have that?
Explains why I quite like people watching in super busy places as long as I’m alone.
to the person who showed me their guitar at the elevator the other day, I’m sorry I gasped or screamed. I’m always blown away when a solid bodied electric guitar is stained to show the wood grain like that, the beauty of it surprised me, damn, it’s beautiful. 💜
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#actuallyautistic
i fell asleep while stimming with sky but only slept an hour 🙄 #insomnia #needoh #stimtoys #fidgettoys #actuallyautistic #nicecube #face #smile #doodle
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 581 , Saturday 31/05/2025
Saturday started stupidly early, something woke me before 5am, it’s Saturday for Nuggan’s sake! So I heroically rolled over & resurfaced just after 7am.
Made breakfast & drank my coffee while catching up with my Peeps here in the Fediverse.
Did my chores then got mugged by Sophie cat for an extended brushing session!
Played an hour or so of Cyberpunk - I’m getting into the game now, I need to do a side mission to get a motorbike to help me get around town easier - I find the car I have is like driving a bus! (Also currently it’s in the shop!)
Helped Mrs S pack away the shopping when she got back & then we had sandwiches for lunch.
We spent the afternoon catching up on Mrs S’s TV shows finishing with the first ep of ‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’ a powerful drama!
We had fired chicken & chips for tea & watched the new Apple TV movie ‘The Fountain of Youth’, a fairly corny re-jigging of ‘Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade’ but watchable none the less.
Final Thoughts.
A quiet day, there were triggers, but the sun coming out later this afternoon helped to chill me out!
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves
Again, I'm #ActuallyAutistic and this thread came off as me venting and ranting about some people I know in real life who love to stalk me online, and when I meet them, they try to talk me out of my latest Mastodon post, lmao.
They may be cogs in this capitalist machine, but I stand for freedom, self-management, and the destruction of all oppressive systems.
Some people in real life can’t shut the fuck up trying to convince me that money is everything and anarchism is bullshit, but I’m done with their crap and I’m not changing for anyone.
#Anarchy #Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #ActuallyAutistic
