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“Finished reading Upside Down Magic at last! It was so good!”
“Some parts really made me think about how society looks down on those who are unconventional and different. It makes me upset, but I know it’s just how the world works.”
“Still, I say that everyone should embrace their weirdness and live as their most authentic self whenever they can. I hate that you’re expected to blend into society. It seems so confining.”
“I hope the library has book 2!”
#jeanette miller#alvin and the chipmunks#alvinnn and the chipmunks#aatc#library#upside down magic#magic#wonky#weirdo power#weird#wonderful#embrace yourself#be unique#be neurodivergent#be authentic#book#thoughts
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I can’t recognize anything because
As well /silly
(I could definitely tell adhd tbh but I couldn’t recognize autism on my own. Now that you’ve said it I do see it tho)
The tism giveth and the tism taketh away....
But thats interesting!!! I never really think about it but i do tend to project onto characters without realizing it
#ask#dazeddoofus#i feel like no matter what#a character i write WILL#be neurodivergent#its the sad truth
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Harrison Wood Hsiang
#Hsiang.arts#hsiang art#harrison wood hsiang#deer#comic#mental illness#autism#neurodivergent#art#hsiang
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What I mean when I do not control the hyperfixation.
#adhd#undiagnosed adhd#actually adhd#undiagnosed autism#autism#auhd#neurodivergent#hyperfixation#chrambles#ms pain#ch33zart
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When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.
#textpost#text post#neurodivergent#actually autistic#autism#autistic things#autistic experiences#neurodiversity#why is there a hyperbole in the statement talking about people taking hyperboles literally
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Pros of hyperfixiation:
Happy!
Art ideas
Life is good
Cons of hyperfixiation:
I am going to blow up
All my art is of the same guy
If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent
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My doctor and therapist: now with this autism + ADHD diagnosis you need to learn to unmask because masking all the time will make you burn out again and feel like shit
Other people: well it's just interesting how after getting the diagnosis you suddenly start behaving like that I mean I'm not saying you're faking it's just funny how you suddenly cannot be normal like you were before
#late diagnosed adhd#late diagnosed autistic#actually autism#autism spectrum disorder#actually autistic#autistic adult#autism#asd#adhd things#adhd problems#adhd brain#actually adhd#adhd#actually neurodivergent#neurodivergent
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Sometimes it feels like everyone around me is speaking in a secret language and I'm the only one who doesn't know it.
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when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:
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Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.
#autism#autistic#neurodivergent#actually autistic#asd#level 2 autism#medium support needs#low support needs#high support needs#level 1 autism#level 3 autism#disability#ableism
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a bottom-tier autistic experience is being told throughout your entire childhood that you are just an overthinker when it comes to social situations and later finding out that your friends did, in fact, hate being around you and tried to communicate that through weird little hints
#my worst fears have been realized#i should trust my instincts sometimes#autism#asd#autistic#autistic community#actually autistic#autistic adult#autistic things#neurodivergent#neurodiversity
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The most terrifying part of having memory issues is when you can feel something from 5 seconds ago be thrown out the window and there's an empty hole where it once was. You remember that you forgot something.
#amnesia#adhd#memory#memory issues#memory loss#adhd problems#neurodiversity#neurodivergent#amnesiac disorder
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By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.
Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.
This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):
Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):
Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.
But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:
Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.
Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation
Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.
Meditation
Martial arts
Sports in general
Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)
Woodworking
Cooking
If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers
Things can be easier. You might always have a disability around this (I certainly always will), but it can be easier. You do not have to be this stuck forever.
#actually autistic#executive dysfunction#neurodivergent#adhd#not news#hope#at least it's been very hopeful for me
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