#I'm not formally diagnosed

[dragbunart]

Something happened? Since when have you become a Sonic fan? Do you still have no requests?

I've ALWAYS been a Sonic fan, it was one of the first games I ever played, and one of the first fandoms i made an oc for. and Yeah I currently have like this ask and one request in the ask box so....

I tend to go through phases where I'm really into one or two things for months-years at a time. it actually helps with artist block!

I'm still working on my danganronpa stuff, and you'll be seeing more since it's summer and i have more freetime!

[itsdefinitely]

changing my home/lock screen might be a small thing to you, but for me it took many years of training. what do you mean you didn't witness the montage in which i changed it but got too uncomfortable with the difference that i had to change it back? you really didn’t see me almost flinch when i saw the wallpaper for the first time? smh

[spiritrosesaga]

I didn't know that I could be Autistic and not have meltdowns. This is new to me. As someone who is self-diagnosed, this news has really helped me with imposter syndrom.

Let me explain.

As much research I have done, I never once considered that there could be a few of us who have little to no meltdowns or shutdowns. To discover this and read this bit of information has helped me much more than I thought possible.

Because so many of my Autistic and ADHD comrades share experiences when they have meltdowns/shutdowns, the imposter syndrom has been affecting me a lot more than usual and to know that I don't have to experience meltdowns or shutdowns to be autistic or adhd, this made my day!

[starzovermarz]

I need my motivation PLEASE

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

It sure is something to listen to an album that really rips you open as a chronically ill (probably) neurodivergent person in a good way and then hearing about how a Pitchfork review called it "unrelatable" and overly emotional.

Well, professional critic, you may not get it. But she's speaking to me specifically.

[carnival-stims]

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cg!slenderman/slenderdad stimboard hhooly shit was i obssessed with this concept as an undiagnosed autistic prepubescent

[unstablemotions]

people: you need to get an official diagnosis from a psychiatrist!!!

psychiatrists: *misdiagnosed me with different things like +4 times and filled me with unnecessary medicine*

[adamsvanrhijn]

the thing about that test is that everyone hates it and it makes a lot of assumptions that seem aligned with stereotypes but it is almost always clinically valid. the website itself says this when they are like "we hate this but it's right almost 100% of the time". so like it is doing what it is designed to do even if it's uncomfortable. not saying it's the Best but people in the notes whenever it goes around like "you shouldn't take it seriously because of xyz"... Well!

[lemonsknees]

Local grandpa has autism, i don't make the rules

[friendlycursedspaceotter]

honestly, dyspraxia would explain a lot. why i randomly fall and trip when there is literally nothing to fall or trip on. time blindness (that could just be the adhd, but you never know). why i hate driving with a burning passion and only do it because america is stupid about public transit. and also why autocorrect must save me and why i don't type with my thumbs and probably why my handwriting looks the way it does. and i can't catch things except when all the physics aligns and-- wait, did i have difficulty learning how to ride a bike? does this explain my dance issues?

was i just masking YET ANOTHER DISABILITY? HOW MANY DISABILITIES IN A TRENCH COAT AM I? AND HOW DID I NOT PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER UNTIL LITERALLY THIS WEEK?

and just so you don't beat me to it:

[medicinemane]

Can I just for a minute complain as someone dyslexic about how when I was young everyone would always be like "well look up the spelling in the dictionary"?

Just now, I go to type a word and I spell it something like "erevicobly", which is obviously wrong, but... no idea

Well, I throw it in the search engine* and find out it's irrevocably (didn't spell it right there either, but got it close enough spellcheck could fix it)

Now you might notice something here, which is if I'd looked it up in the dictionary, I wouldn't have found it, no matter how long and hard I searched, because I'd be looking under "er" not "ir"

So do you see why that advice made me mad as hell as a kid, and I stand by my feelings today?

*literally one of the few ways search engines are a blessing is being a really great way to find spellings

[spxnglr]

Good mornooning my beloveds, soon I'm going to have a specialist coach work w me in the office to help w the brain fog/short-term memory issues I have thanks to my Grave's!

I've been advised to tell them that I have suspected AD.HD (bc getting a formal diagnosis is taking me SO long and my workplace assessor empathised SO hard) and supposedly they'll know within a session or two if I do have it, and it can be included in their report if I do so I can receive further guidance for it.

Honestly I've had more help in the few months I've spent in my current role than in the years I ever spent in my last dept, I'm so grateful.

[honetii]

there's this 12k word long document on my phone where I catalog all my succession thoughts and at this point I am considering just making an entire side blog where I periodically post excerpts from this note bc it's getting unhinged

[peribirb]

@maevedx JKLSDHF I MEAN. HE'S CERTAINLY NOT WRONG

[cheadarchesse]

Maybe I'm autistic, but I don't understand how people can wear pants all day every day??? I can't wear leggings for work, so my options are pants or dress/skirt.

I wore pants for the last two days in a row, was planning to do it again today and felt a wave of dread. Guess I'll wear a big ol skirt so I'm not constantly aware of fabric against my legs

Yes I get misgendered this way, but I get misgendered anyway so I don't see a point in trying to fight it

[stinkrascal]

Plz tell me how you got diagnosed with autism? I defiantly have symptoms but don’t want to assume ):

i could sit here and tell you to drop thousands of dollars on a formal assessment or hundreds of dollars each on therapy sessions, but i will tell you a secret instead. u are not harming anyone at all by assuming you have autism without having a formal diagnosis. i promise it isnt as big of a deal as you think it is and anyone who tells you otherwise is uneducated