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Mux

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Alien robot from the future. I come to spread love and music.

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chevalier26 , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic Do any of y'all have EXTREME heat intolerance? It's like the older I get the more I can't put up with hot weather. I've always been very "hot-natured," prefer winter over summer, etc. but this year I think my intolerance has been the worst yet. Friends are telling me how it's peak summer weather (90 degrees is comfortable?!?) meanwhile I start sweating when it's 70+ degrees Fahrenheit outside. What gives?

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@aevole
I start to suffer at 18°C, start going non-verbal at 23°C and completely dissociate at 26°C. At 30°C I might as well pass out.
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olena , to actuallyautistic
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Speaking of joking.
When I was young, pretty often when I wanted to make a joke, I was too embarrassed to do that personally, so instead of joking directly, I’d add “as one of my friends says…”, or “as I’ve read recently…”(obviously, there were no friend and no book, it was just some snarky comment I came up with and desperately wanted to drop). I didn’t do that with serious things, it was just a way to slip in a joke - because doing it openly felt too daring for some reason.
When I got older, I used to do it less and less often, and now (almost?) don’t do that (probably?), but I still don’t quite understand why I was: what it was actually for, why did I need, what it was supposed to solve.
Is this also some thing? Something related to RSD? Part of autistic masking? Or just my own weird thing?
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@Autisticaurochs
I used to say "do you know this old joke about the..." before telling jokes too. Phrased as a question it felt much less intrusive.
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olena , to actuallyautistic
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Everytime I stand in front of the door and frantically search for the keys in my bag, all that makes me panic, pushes me to the verge of tears - even though it is not such a big deal because I’m not in a hurry and if anything, the concierge has a spare pair.
So, naturally, my brain tries to compensate for a possible fail - and every time I walk home, I feel almost unbeatable urge to get my keys out of my bag to my hand when I am still like 200 meters from home.
I suppose, it’s the same overcompensation mechanism that makes me come to airport at least two hours before the departure and to a train station at least an hour before, buy spares of essentials each time a bottle starts feeling not full, or always have a stocked pantry(though there may be multiple of ones and none of others as I always forget to check what I have before going to the store)

Is this exaggerated(to the point of creating problems) ‘better safe than sorry’ something people are more prone to? Do you guys also do that?
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@olena
Yes. So much yes.
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dyani , to actuallyautistic
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Any other autistic kin struggle with speech and articulation when they were little?

I'm recording an instructional voice-over today and my mom just told me I used to have a lisp when I was little. That's news to me!

I definitely notice sludgy articulation around L and S sound as an adult. Outside of voice over recording, I could not care less about my articulation. But it is interesting!

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@dyani
As someone who invested a lot of time in improving their enunciation when singing, I think that's a human universal, rather than an autistic thing.

I also have a lisp, and that's probably the 'tism, but proper singing enunciation is taught in every singing or vocal class and is usually only improved with lots of practice.
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Uair , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

Does this resonate with anyone?

I'm distractable and indecisive and hardly ever get a damn thing done. However, if I decide something's important, I single focus on it and persevere far past the point a normal person would have given up.

Once I decide something's important, I'm infinitely brave. Even if my rational mind knows it's not worth dying over, I will risk my life over stupid shit simply because I never checked my head and changed course when it was appropriate.

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@Uair
I think most autists would resonate with that. It maybe just the AuDHDers. But yeah. Hyper-focus can be a trip.
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NPR , to random
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Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder

A therapy that restores brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder may offer a strategy for treating conditions like autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/30/1247900797/timothy-syndrome-genetic-disorder-brain-cells-restored?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

Mux ,
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@Dremmwel
What are you trying to get rid of exactly? Is it some side-effect or co-morbidity of autism (say, the need to stim)? Sure. That helps and all autists should have access to such treatments.

If the thing you're trying to get rid of is autism, I don't think there's a way to do that without getting rid of autists, but even if there were, it would leave us different people. We would not exist.

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@Dremmwel
Then you two are talking at cross purposes. Nobody was saying autists shouldn't have access to the best medicine available to help with their lives (true for all people, btw, NT too).

It did sound, for a moment, like you were saying we should treat autism itself. Treating a thing means making it go away.
@pa @PatternChaser @actuallyautistic

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@Dremmwel
I understand, but don't forget there's a lot of money, institutional power, and media invested in the narrative of "curing" and "treating" autism itself.

In order to not get mixed up in that eugenicist language, we usually don't talk about 'treating' neurodiversity, but instead on supporting disabled people no matter where their disability comes from.

There's plenty of ablist jerks out there. Best we don't use their language.
@pa @PatternChaser @actuallyautistic

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@Dremmwel
I think we're in agreement on the basics.

I was just trying to explain why your statements were misconstrued. The "treatment" language, in regards to autism, is too often a eugenicist dog whistle, so one should take special care using it.
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@Dremmwel
I didn't say you misconstrued, Rather that you were misconstrued.

I'm just saying, in the future, a nice disambiguation note could save everyone some trouble.
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Mux ,
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@PatternChaser
Just saying, if I could relieve the same stress without driving my wife mad, I'd take it.
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sebwhatever , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic tell me you are without telling me you are autistic.

Mux ,
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@DziadekMick
Also that's quite ambiguous and nonsensical. Can you be more explicit and straightforward?
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sebwhatever , to actuallyautistic
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Tell me how you really feel.

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@sebwhatever
I just woke up from a nap, so I'm a bit bleary-eyed. Well rested though.

You?
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dyani , to actuallyautistic
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How can you tell you are actually recovered from burnout? What are the signs? How does it feel different from recovery itself?

I'm trying to teach my mom that you can't just rest for a couple days and expect to be recovered from burnout. You have to reconfigure your life to be less taxing.

She's struggling with this concept and asked me how you know when your energy is actually back for good, and it's not just the pre-recovery small burst of energy which is a false alarm.

@actuallyautistic

Mux ,
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@dyani
I don't think you really can. I was feeling finally over it a couple of weeks back, but then shit hit the fan and I'm struggling again.

I don't think there's a point in time where you're not struggling anymore. You just acquire more and more tools to handle the stress.
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autism101 , to actuallyautistic
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Anxiety is common amongst autistic people. It can build up over time and lead to a meltdown or shutdown.

Do you deal with anxiety? Share any helpful tips that work for you.

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Currently at 4 😪
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