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Im sorry but I hate tiktok’s “everyone is autistic” vibe

Like, yes, self diagnosis is valid but PLEASE stop telling teenagers that every quirky thing they do is a symptom?

“I dislike loud noises” is different than “loud noises make me want to cry and punch myself in the head until I stop hearing” and YES it is a spectrum but it doesn’t mean everyone is a part of it

If you think you are autistic PLEASE look up the symptoms on reliable sources, find actually autistic people who can really help you out, because thing is, if everyone is “a little autistic” it makes every autistic with big struggles invisible and the help we need is harder to get

I know its hard to get professional help, I really do, it took 21 years for me to get a formal diagnosis, but even if you are looking for answers yourself you have to be responsable and research properly

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If you find autism self diagnosis so concerning, you are more than welcome to send a self diagnosed stranger $2000+ so they can seek a professional assessment.

Be the change you want to see 💖

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The really weird autistic sweet spot where you just say things you think and people find you super funny

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I have a referral to a geneticist finally!! I’m gonna be actually tested for eds!!! It’s been about two years of frustrating doctors appointments and feeling invalidated and now it feels like this is all happening so fast. I don’t really know how to feel bout any of it lol. Jumbled thoughts. But mainly it feels wonderful to be validated in my concerns finally.

To anyone who doesn’t feel validated in their health concerns right now, I’m sorry, I see you, and you are not crazy, or catastrophising, or a hypochondriac. And I truly hope someone hears you and takes you seriously some day soon. Hang in there.

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shout out to the undiagnosed black autistics this april,, ik it's especially hard for us to get diagnosed n it can be hell. youre doing great<3

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ceo of being weird by myself in my bedroom.

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i blog for girls who are plagued by loneliness despite being overall well liked

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the autism mood of never knowing when its “your turn” in a convo so you say the first word of your sentence about 5 times before you actually get to speak

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As I was undiagnosed autistic, my traits just flexed hardcore in high school. And I had only few symptoms before that. High school breaks us.

No more single classes. You're now moving about every 45 minutes. Oh, and classes change on a daily basis. Lunch and recess? Nope. This is an American school, baby: overcrowded and under resourced. You get 15 minutes in an echoing chamber to eat a grease patty on hard bread. Previously gifted? Nah, bitches.. That was those standardised tests. You're now meat for the college grinder. Friends? Nope..nononono. Since we're splitting you up constantly, you get to glimpse each other in passing on your way to class.

Oh, and all those rules you've been using for the past 13/14 years? Useless. No, we won't tell you what the new ones are.

There is a reason so many teens come forward around this time period asking if something is wrong with them. And many get told it's just hormones, or they're just "kids" acting up.

No. How about we actually listen to teens when they say "I feel like something is wrong" instead of telling them everything is fucking puberty.

How about we teach people, from a young age, that questioning yourself is safe? How about we encourage teens to research themselves, and give them a space to do so? Think it's only kids liking TicTok trends? Maybe they see something and have no space to express it.

"What if they're wrong?"

So, they're wrong. But they learnt safety and value in reaching out.

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That autistic moment when your fingernails scrape accidentally against a Bad Feeling Surface and now that Bad Feeling is stuck in your teeth.

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Hi I'm DJ, a poor black agender poet struggling to get by between jobs after a health scare and episode in the beginning of this year. I hate having to make another post after mine lost traction but I'd appreciate any support you guys could give on my p@ypal and c@shapp

I almost certainly have a job lined up and I need any help I can get to back and forth to work before my first paycheck. I also have two and soon to be three poetry collections up on my gumroad site, the two about trauma and delusions and third to be about unrequited queer love. I do so much on this blog and all for free. I'd really appreciate any support or signal boost during this tough time

Don't tag as d*nate because tungle will suppress it thanks.

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(Original artwork by @/instachaaz on Instagram. Modified version found on Imgur.)

Me right now, warm in bed, with Britney Spears Toxic playing over and over in my head.

Been laying here for over an hour.

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The neurodivergent urge to do this

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