#dark academia asd

[aimlesspoet]

every time I try to write using the found family trope I feel like I'm just writing desperate fanfiction about myself and I simply cannot continue

[strickenspirit]

So much love! Ahh! 🖤🩷

[avalina-music]

🌻Neurodivergent Music Artist Here!!!🌻

Hi everyone! I'm Avalina. An alt pop music artist based in London. I release a new song every first day of the month and here's the song for this month (September). It's my favourite so far, really hits close to home with impact and makes the hairs rise on your arms with the good chills. It has that grand orchestral vibe inspired by film soundtracks and artists like Florence and the Machine, Hozier, Lana del Rey and Enya.

This song is very special to me because it's about the struggles of being a neurodivergent person in a world that really wasn't made for you. Having to mask, feeling confused and overstimulated, never knowing how you come across to others and always being scared you might have said 'the wrong thing'.

While at the same time being a logician and strategist, and excelling at things neurotypical people often find difficult. It's a complex and multilayered experience, with many different expressions. Want to get to know me better? follow the links bellow (I'm most active on tiktok) My socials @avalina0_o on tiktok @avalina.music on insta patreon.com/avalinamusic

Hope you enjoy, please follow me and go listen to it on your preferred streaming platform. Thanks for supporting a neurodivergent artist<3 Here are the lyrics

Splendour (by Avalina)

When you were born the world was such a kind and loving place you'd never need to know you face from every single angle

What will it be? you have to calculate the mask you need feeling the fear of every little thing out of my control

How does it seem so simple yet it's so hard for me You just want love and splendour beauty and youth forever braced in these rules together yet you are unaware

When your bright eyes perceive me I'll never know the meaning you see in my whole being splendour is all I hope

Over and over scripts are played out over and over eyes are holdouts

It is a dance but no one ever taught me all the steps give me chance you speak in code and I act like I know it

Hearing what people would say even when you're alone

Chorus repeat

Over and over your heart beats over and over be discreet

Speak with your voice even if it wavers slightly you have the right to be who you are in peace

Chorus repeat x2

[core--dump]

I miss the safety and security in the women only spaces I had as an adolescent, like the beautician and the hair dressers

I don't feel like I have a space now and I don't know how to deal with it

[sailoropal]

My Pinned Bio / Summary

Hallo // This pinned bio makes it easier to explain myself, this blog, and what content will likely be spammed with it. As well as reaching out to other fans also thriving here, heh.

I must quickly clarify I do interact with 18+ content, so please, minors DNI and everyone else, proceed with caution; however, this post is SFW, hah!

About Me:

I go by Fae or Spec (She/They).

I am 24 years old - ENFP and queer [not a shock considering my sailor moon core]

A recent postgrad burnout woman who has resigned from the stressful 9 - 5 STEM grad job I had to now work as a disability student support worker. There's a lot more flexibility in this role that allows me to have passions and personality outside my Degrees and Academics, haha!

Regarding birth charts and for the sake of astrology I am Taurus Sun, Capricorn Moon, and Sagittarius Rising.

I have ASD - Like many women, I was late diagnosed due to many in my community dismissing my observational signs as "quirks" and "A wee bit away with the fae". I masked a lot in my life, but I realize it is essential for my mental health to unmask where possible.

My first language is Gàidhlig; later in my life, I learned English when I wanted to move from the Scottish isles, where I grew up. So, if you have a DnD/OC character influenced by Celtic Myth/Gaelic culture, I am happy to give advice and commentary.

Anime/Shows:

Attack on Titan, Avatar-The Last Airbender, Aggretsuko, Anohana, Bleach, Berserk, Chainsaw Man, Devilman Crybaby, Digimon, Dororo, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Made in Abyss, My Hero Academia, Naruto, One Piece, Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Shiki, Yu-gi-oh!, Yu Yu Hakusho, Lovely Complex, My Love Story!!, Wonder Egg Priority, Romantic Killer, Toradora, RWBY, ROTTMNT, Adventure Time, Bee and Puppycat, and a TON of K-dramas/C-dramas/J-dramas - atm I am watching a K-drama called The Glory and my most absolute fave is Strong Girl Bong-Soon.

I am starting the likes of Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and I am open to more recommendations!

Video Games:

Animal Crossing, Bloodborne, Baldur's Gate 3, Fire Emblem, Bravely Default, Cult of the Lamb, Dark Souls, Diablo, Hades, Stardew Valley, Rune Factory, Monster Hunter, Minecraft, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, The Sims, Style Savvy DS series (Dress-up Games are my weakness), Pokémon, Super Princess Peach (also looking forward to the switch release!)

Okay, I am also obsessed with Dating Horror Games:

John Doe, Something's Wrong with Sunny Day Jack, DachaBo!, Frost Bite, My Dear Hatchet Man, House Hunted.

(I know Your Boyfriend is a popular one - the game is fun, but I am not a fan of the creator.)

I intend to play the likes of Touch Starved, Courtin' Cowboys, Snaggemon, Trapped with Jester, and more, heh. :^

Books:

I read a lot of Fanfiction alongside actual works by Elizabeth Lim, Sue Lynn Tan, Sarah J Maas, Judy Lin - Anything that is literally Chinese Mythic Based Plot, and Fae Smut, if I gotta be honest with you PFFT. I am on Booktok a ton, so recommendations are appreciated while I organise my Kindle.

Roleplay/Writing:

I have been roleplaying/writing since about 15/16, so I have a few years of writing experience creating OCs and writing out RP Ideas. I went on an extended hiatus as I finished university and took time off to deal with my mental health as I settled into a new routine. I am currently not outright seeking RP partners as I slowly find the time to write again, but I am open to people reaching out to discuss their OCs and RP ideas!

I am such a recluse who will binge fanart, headcanons, and fanfics - I love listening to people talk about their OCs, Fanfics, AUs, and the works. If you share my hyperfixations, don't hesitate to infodump! I might get distracted and forget to respond- but I WILL respond.

[gkbc-is-starting-a-studyblr]

Hey there Studyblr-ers!

I’m Cor (any pronouns). I found the studyblr community here really helpful over the past couple years and I’ve decided to start my own blog too!

I’m a Junior attending high school in Oregon. The subjects I’m interested in are coding, physics, chemistry, psychology and Spanish (I’ll probably mostly be posting about physics and psychology for the time being because they’re my AP classes at the moment). I plan to major in computer science when I go on to college. I expect the blog will contain a lot of songs I like for studying and just general fall/ dark(ish) academia aesthetic as well.

Not 100% sure yet but I suspect I probably have ADHD and/or ASD and I’m currently in the process of getting a diagnosis. I do know though that so many of the tips for studying with neurodivergencies (and just in general) that y’all have posted on here have helped me SO MUCH over the last couple years as I started dealing with burnout and re-learning how to study after being labeled a “gifted kid” throughout lower school levels. Thank you all for helping save a few ounces of my sanity (and grade). 

I’m hoping that starting this studyblr will help to give me a bit more accountability and motivation to do homework. That being said I’m really bad with routines so I’m not sure how well I’ll keep up with it but it’s worth a try! 

Shoutout to @giftedkidburnout-culture-is - I love your blog!

(Also just wanted make clear that this is a separate blog, not run by the same people; if it gets too confusing or anything, I’m willing to change the name.)

[candlelight-writings]

So, since a couple of my posts exploded and now I have a lot of new followers, I’ll make an intro post…

Hello! My name is Devon, I’m 26.

Main blog: @corrodedcoffeen

I speak English, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Ever since I was a kid, I liked antique stores, marble statues, chaotic and saturated book shelves, reading and writing. Instrumental music, journaling and lighting candles. Staring at the moon for a little too long at night, and while I wasn’t very fond of studying, the aesthetic of it all was always pleasant. My favorite classes in school were English, Spanish, History, Philosophy and Literature. I have ASD comorbid with ADHD (what a combo huh?), I don’t care for pronouns in the slightest, I’m NB. People call me Dev.

It wasn’t until I was 22-ish I learned that all these things I liked were named: the Dark Academia Aesthetic. And while I never actively worked for the aesthetic, I always surrounded myself with it. At least until I graduated college and started working (from home, might I add, graduating during the pandemic was the cherry on top of everything) that I realized how much I missed the whole academical aspect of my life. And I started this side blog.

Ever since graduating I’ve been actively trying to do things to keep feeling the Dark Academia vibes because I didn’t realize how much I immersed myself in it while I was still in school.

You can find the couple of posts I’ve reblogged about Dark Academia things to do, book recs, and everything to achieve the aesthetic here.

My hobbies include: reading, writing, drawing, spacing out, playing video games (my fav ones are BOTW and FETH), walking my dog, drinking coffee or tea, sneaking into abandoned buildings, photography, going camping.

My favorite books are: Just Kids by Patti Smith, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Owell.

[kain-achilles]

Ohayo!

✿.｡.:* ☆::. 𝓐𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓜𝓮 .::.☆*.:｡.✿

🌸 Name: Kim/Kain/Achilles

🌸 Big Age: 19

🌸 Little Age: 2-5

🌸 Pronouns: He/They

ASD (Autistic)

Pansexual, Achillean

Transgender FtM

INFP-T

Anxiety

Sensory issues

Like/Love

🌙 Video Games

🌙 DC

🌙 Marvel

🌙 Anime & Manga

🌙 Classical, Rock, Metal and Kpop

🌙 Familiar and certain smells

🌙 Gentle/Pastel Colors and Lights

🌙 Soft Touches

🌙 Plants and Flowers

🌙 Animals (Cats and Foxes)

🌙 Fishing on the lake

🌙 Naps

🌙 Stimming

🌙 The Walten Files

🌙 The Mandela Catalogue

🌙 FNAF

🌙 Drawing and Writing

🌙 Learning new and interesting stuffs

🌙 Hugs with people I love/trust

🌙 Tea (comfort drink)

🌙 Manhwa and Manhua

🌙 Kdrama and Cdrama

🌙 Virtual huggies ❤️

Dislike

🥀 Loud noises

🥀 Eyes contact with strangers or people I don't like/trust

🥀 Spiders

🥀 Dishonesty

🥀 Being forced to talk

🥀 Getting bored

🥀 Feeling of loneliness

Hyperfixations

🌙 Batfamily (Batman in particular)

🌙 Dark Academia

🌙 Justice League

🌙 Books

🌙 Greek Mythology

🌙 Astronomy

🌙 Basically everything related to space (including Astrophysics)

🌙 Pirates

🌙 Fishes

🌙 Poetry

🌙 MHA (Dadzawa in particular)

🌙 Angels

🌙 Seas and Oceans

🌙 My OCs

DNI

Crosstags

TERFS/SWERFS, Queerphobic, Homophobic, Transphobic etc.

Alt-rights, Trump supporter, N*zis, Racists etc.

NSFW, MIK, MAPS etc.

DDLG and any variants.

Anti-agere and Anti-petre

AI arts

Basically, don't be a bastard.

🌌 Feel free to message me, just be aware that I often reply very late due to work and personal life. Also, if you have any questions, I'll try my best to help :3. Have a nice day! 🌌

[speromelior]

Dark Academia and Neurodivergency

my request is to read all of this before commenting, this is my experience

Dear friend, I want to discuss something that has been on my mind for quite a while. I know that this may be very specific and may not be relatable at all.

As someone who is autistic, I must say I find it difficult to adhere to the full dark academia aesthetic. This mostly relates to the romanticisation of certain types of food and drinks. The aesthetic makes me feel odd about what I consume. For example, coke zero is a most definite stim for me. Its intense bubbles just stimulate my brain so extremely. I feel weird when I do consume it when relating it to the dark academia aesthetic. This happens also with some of the food stuff, often pastries are shown or just "coffee and cigs for breakfast". As someone who struggles with eating, it sends mixed messages.

Importantly, I want to point out with this that to my experience, my autism makes me want to do all or nothing when it comes to almost anything. This includes the aesthetic. This post is not to critique the aesthetic, it is just to point out that if you do not adhere to the aesthetic completely and that if that makes you feel anxious or like an impostor or anything such as it, that you are not alone. The all or nothing mentality, black and white thinking, is common to neurodivergent people. Sometimes speaking something like this out allows for a more nuanced view of the situation at hand to my experience. It for example allowed me to stim in certain, very much non-dark academic ways without the extreme anxiety.

I hope this is a helpful realisation for other neurodivergent people in any aesthetic, that the black and white thinking can be nuanced through perhaps writing it out.

Eventually, I hope I can find the courage to have a can of coke rather than a fabricated scene of a teacup on my blog without feeling like I am not adhering to the aesthetic and getting anxious about such a thing.

Thank you for reading!

[mikrhsnobara]

When all the tests places you in autism spectrum, the traits at this point is just a bucket list and you feel as if someone actually makes sense, but at the last 18 years of your life you were the perfect gifted child and there's no way you are actually autistic and you feel like a fraud and you are afraid of an actual diagnosis because you fake it and you just find excuses for your behaviour.

[sjukvarld]

Vampirism Traits in Relation to Autistic Identity

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[oxford-outis]

Me: I’ve got loads of work to do but I’m really not in the mood to do it

Me: *reads exactly one chapter of a dark academia novel*

My ADHD, autistic dumb brain: ah yes, perfect. Romanticism plus guilt tripping = motivation

[gaybystarlight]

No. 1 adavantage of taking a gap year so far: I can spent hours and days just immerzing into my special interests and hyperfixations and it is sooo good for my mental health <3

[persephonipepperoni]

the subjects of my top posts are now:

autistic people

vampire nights

gay day

[hauntedeyes]

dude,... depression is so stupid, like i want to photograph things with my analog camera and paint the sky when the suns going down and be okay with it not looking perfect and drawing beautiful people without hating myself when its not aesthetically pleasing enough and i want to continue writing my story everyday and write poetry about the beauty in the world and the pain and suffering in my heart and read books that could change my life and i want to meet people and kiss strangers and hold hands with new friends and sit on a girls lap with my face in her hair and hold a boy tightly in the dark and sing loudly and laugh obnoxiously and dance and find new enlightening music but i.. cant? and thats so dumb bc my soul aches for these things but it feels like whatever i do there is a wall between me and happiness and the sun is on the other side and im just left in the darkness and it.. hurts