autisticforestgremlin

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Autistic life pro tip: call after business hours and leave a message for them to call/email you back to make an appointment

and minimize anxiety about & time spent on bs social chatter!

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I have autism, which means that I am a bit particular about what I eat, and I also forget what I like to eat on the regular, so I made a list for reference in my bullet journal!

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April is Autism Acceptance month! You want to be accepting? You want to be supportive? Be accommodating.

People will say they accept autism, and then berate us for being autistic. Don’t tell us you accept us when you regularly punish us for being ourselves.

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There are no "laws" in witchcraft - everything that I say, and everything that every other witch/magician/sorcerer says (even if they claim you HAVE TO DO IT!!!!1111!!!!) is merely a suggestion.

Your magic should fit you - your belief system. Your strengths. Your lifestyle.

Nobody knows what that can mean except for you. You have to make all of the difficult decisions.

I personally find this to be incredibly terrifying (at first) but also freeing.

This isn't grade school anymore - there isn't only one way to think or act. You can choose to work with deities, or not. You can choose to be a mostly ascetic witch. You can cast a spell once a year or every day (though every day is probs exhausting). You can primarily use affirmations or only work with herbs. You can create long-drawn-out ceremonies or yell emphatically at your cup of coffee in the morning.

You can tell the gods "No". (I promise - I've done it)

If it works, it works.

Magic is a completely personal thing.

If you are the kind of person who tends to believe everything that you read, stay aware. Don't absorb other people's thoughts/beliefs if they don't work for you. Don't let somebody else talk you out of the magic that works for you.

There's no boogeyman coming to get you if you do it wrong. That also doesn't mean that there aren't consequences, but that's a different discussion for another day.

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I have waited ALL FUCKING YEAR TO POST THIS

Santa is coming tonight.

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Listen. Listen. No one is ever going to be a better Bob Cratchit than Kermit the Frog.

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Posted @withregram • @autisticnotweird Sadly, autistic social struggles (and other people’s struggles with misinterpreting us) extend to Christmas traditions as well. I’m very grateful to my parents in particular for being the ones to know the difference between my visible reactions and my emotional reactions.

Relevant article: “An autistic person’s guide to an autism-friendly Christmas”. http://autisticnotweird.com/christmas/

#autism #autistic #actuallyautistic #autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismcommunity #autisticnotweird #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #disability #disabilityawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CX2L8ULpZnKRhMn0AndOcy2Tp8BOyvVzCiwGrI0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I moved. I changed pharmacies. I acquired new meds.

I now gag every time I take my meds because the damn things taste different. Not in the way that uncoated pills taste awful when left on your tongue too long. In the "this capsule tastes ever so slightly of sulfur and I hate it with every fiber of my being" way.

And you thought I wasn't autistic.

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spenelope having a little tea party

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Me towards everything when I’m overstimulated

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Source ~ I CAN Network

Alexithymia

What?

"Without words for feelings"

Personality construct coined by Peter Sifneos (a psychiatrist)

Difficulties

Identifying feelings

Describing feelings

Verbally expressing feelings

Telling the difference between bodily sensations and emotions

Autism and Alexithymia

Very common in autism

Speech, Language, Communication

Difficulties communicating pain, talking about feelings, interpreting other's emotions

Fewer emotional words

Language processing deficits

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Apparently 2am is when I feel comfortable enough to stim these days. ☹ I'm masking *so much* every day, it's like a bad habit I've fallen back into and can't break out of.

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Endeavour, S01E02: Fugue

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Me, seeing anything that could possibly be used as a stim toy:

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Oh so he’s doing eugenics now