#you are in no way obligated to read the entirety of this 💀💀

[bella-but-not-hadid444]

my favourite way to stim is probably CLICKING MY FINGERS!!!!!! it’s sofunnnn, also flapping/waving my hands when i’m really excited, and also when i repeat this one really obscure dwampyverse song all day (it’s a busting feeding frenzy, stay out of the waterrr 😎)

i don’t really stim to songs- but when i do it’s usually Rollercoaster or Summer Belongs To You (both are p&f and they make me ssoososoososoosos happy)

i’ve never really experienced anyone ‘stimming with me’ but if i have then i probably didn’t realise it lmao

i don’t have a favourite ‘lowkey way to stim’ it’s kind of just scrunching my face up into a smile or shaking my foot or clicking/snapping my fingers hehe

my number one special interest rn is probably the dwampyverse!! (phineas and ferb, milo murphy’s law, hamster and gretel) but sometimes i completely ignore my special interest or even find it boring, i’m a fairly casual enjoyer, but i’m also obsessed in a lowkey way.

no i don’t have any additional special interests or characters, i do not have the mental capacity to obsesses over more than 1 thing at a time lmao

newest hyper fixation: idk i’ve been pretty chill lately- too chill. i haven’t been latching onto niche topic/hobbies like i used to

idk like a whole day? just non stop special interest media consumption. but if you mean the duration/lifetime of an interest then, my harry potter phase lasted at least 5 years 💀

masking comes really easily, sometimes i don’t realise i’m doing it, but it still kind of tires me out. it’s an unconscious thing, i don’t mean to mask, it’s just a defence mechanism idk. i’m working on masking less (which is working btw!!) but i’m still not comfortable with no-masking-whatsoever

im honestly not sure how i come off as when masking, i’d think, probably, very ‘serious’ or maybe just ‘reserved’ i have no sense of self so idk??

masking is definetly an unconscious action

i’m not sure tbh. it’s been okay ig??? i don’t really know how i feel about unmasking in school so ig it’s harder in that context/situation.

i struggle with sounds and touch more than the other senses. it’s completely normal for me to bring my own favourite tea towel to places and leave the room when the kettles is boiling.

i wear earplugs at school (but sometimes i go without, it depends) but i don’t wear them outside as often.

top five safe foods: 1. ‘pasta&sauce’ packets 2. rice cakes 3. chicken nuggets. idk i don’t eat much other than that lmao

my dad describes me as a ‘praying mantis’ when anyone tries to hug me 💀 i’ll just frreze up and veer away, i don’t mind GIVING hugs (willingly) but i don’t like RECEIVING them. anyone touching me or just being near me can be a bit annoying.

bold of u to assume i have friends🤨😭 no i have one (irl) friend that i haven’t talked to in 3 months, and whenever i’ve had a friend i hardly ever initiate contact. let alone going out for the day with them. i couldn’t go anywhere without the moral support of my mum 💀💀😭😭

no i don’t use alternative ways to communicate (that isn’t verbally) although once i tried this app where u type in a sentence that shows on ur screen so u can show someone that message if u don’t feel like talking in that moment (i was very talktired and decided to opt out of talking to people for the day bc i was tired and irritable lol) the app is called ‘statement’, i didn’t feel the need to download/use an AAC app, i’ve never needed to.

i don’t specifically make friends with people that have the same/similar interests as me, mainly bc i just don’t know how to make friends, plus sometimes u can’t choose who your friends are. they just happen (friendships)

like 90% introverted and 10% extroverted. mainly bc i get randomly super verbal and hyper when i’m excited and then that energy lasts for like a day or two lol.

in commemoration of the last day of autism acceptance month, here are some autistic-related questions !!! 😊 (yes ik this is 6 days late 😭)

(autistics only, thank you 🙏🏼)

stimming 👋🏼

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1) what’s your favorite way to stim?

2) what’s your favorite song to stim to?

3) do you like when others stim with you?

4) what’s your favorite low-key way to stim?

special interests 🩷

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5) what’s your number one special interest?

6) do you have more fictional special interests or non-fictional special interests?

7) what’s your newest hyper fixation?

8) what’s the longest amount of time you’ve spent with one special interest?

masking 🎭

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9) does masking come easy to you? or is it harder to do?

10) when masking, do you come off as more bubbly (happy) or cold (rude)?

11) are you able to know when you mask? or is it more of an unconscious action for you?

12) if you do mask, how hard has it been for you to unmask?

sensory 👅

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13) what sensory area do you struggle with the most? taste, sight, sound, touch, or smell?

14) do you wear headphones/ear defenders when outside?

15) what are your top five safe foods?

16) do you like physical contact? if so, what’s your favorite form of it?

socialization 🎙️

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17) do you go out of your way to talk to your friends? or do they have to be the one to initiate contact most of the time?

18) do you use other ways to communicate rather than verbally? if so, what do you use?

19) do you purposely only make friends with people who share a special interest with you?

20) are you more introverted or extroverted?