Mastodawn

Seriously thinking again about splitting from C.
Reasons:
* She shouts at me and puts me down. She says it’s just her bluntness due to her #autism but they feel like very personal attacks.
* She regularly loses it & shouts at our 5 kids including our 1yr old baby.
* I don’t think I love her anymore - I can’t cope with her needs and behaviours.
* She’s dragging me back down into anxiety and depression.
* I can’t rely on her - when I needed to work she vindictively refused to care for the baby.

Gato Negro 1h ago

@autistics
@autism101

What's it like to be bipolar type 1 + 2, autistic, and gifted?...

Well, today, trying to understand myself (I have a lot of alexithymia), I managed to write this to explain to my wife and daughter what happens to me with people in general and why am I often bitter and unpleasant to people...

Well...

I know very well that many people dislike me; they perceive me as unpleasant. Almost certainly nine out of ten find me unpleasant, but I don't think they understand why.

It's because I behave unpleasantly towards them. And why is that? Because I dislike them. In other words, if you dislike me and find me unpleasant, it's because I dislike you, and I don't do anything to hide it; in fact, I'll let you know with my shitty behavior.

If you think that's wrong, inconsiderate, and lacking in empathy, let me tell you that's the most compassionate thing I can offer. All other possible reactions are much worse, and most would land me in jail, or at the very least in a police station with black ink on my fingers.
😒😒😒

#bipolardisorder #autism #giftedness #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic

PatternChaser 2h ago

"A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analysed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that popular approaches like probiotics, acupuncture, or music therapy truly work. Alarmingly, safety was often ignored, with many treatments never properly evaluated for side effects."

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227082722.htm

A massive scientific review put alternative autism therapies to the test

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that popular approaches like probiotics, acupuncture, or music therapy truly work. Alarmingly, safety was often ignored, with many treatments never properly evaluated for side effects. The researchers stress that looking at the full body of evidence matters far more than trusting a single hopeful study.

ScienceDaily

Amedee 2h ago

Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder (NTSD)

Proposed diagnostic construct. Not recognized by any legitimate diagnostic body, though widely reinforced by social institutions. Diagnostic Criteria A. Persistent pattern of cognitive, emotional, and social functioning characterized by a strong preference for normative coherence, rapid closure of uncertainty, and limited tolerance for sustained depth—intellectual, experiential, or emotional—beginning in early socialization and present across multiple contexts (e.g. interpersonal […]

https://amedee.be/neurotypical-spectrum-disorder-ntsd/

Dan Ingvarsson 2h ago

Last day of 2025. I do NOT like New Year's eve. It's the neurotypical seventh level of Hell, an extroverted, loud cacophony of mingel, shallow pleasentries and loud bangs that nearly send my autistic ass into cardiac arrest. Tonight hoards of drunk people will roam the streets throwing ordnance drunk to high heavens. Festive, n'est-ce pas? Well, well..

New year also makes me sad. I'll be 64 in July, and realistically; there's not a lot to look foward to....

- One of the yellow 18'th century buildings surrounding the citadel reflecting in the moat.
- A gaggle of cryptids hiding under a tree.
- A cold and lonely bench.
- One of the allotment cottages waiting for summer.

#landskrona #newyear #autistic #autism #audhd #neurotypical

Hiisikoloart 5h ago

I saw a video about neurodivergent burnout and the part where she said "any task that takes desicion making, or any kind of labor is not rest" kind of hit hard.

That is why watching show you have already seen, reading book you've read, and doing task that requires zero thinking or you can do without getting stuck in the beginning IS rest.

And not everyone has the time to do full reset so these things keep many of us afloat.

#ADHD #autism #neurodivergence #burnout #neurodivergent

jbz 11h ago

Forced RTO? ADHD & Autism Legal Rights Guide (2026)

https://blog.drjoshcsimmons.com/p/forced-rto-adhd-and-autism-legal

#rto #autism #adhd #legaladvice

Forced RTO? ADHD & Autism Legal Rights Guide (2026)

Seven strategies for using ADA protections to maintain remote work arrangements when companies mandate RTO, covering documentation requirements, the interactive process, and escalation paths through EEOC.

Dr. Josh C. Simmons

fennesz12 14h ago

"So anyway, there is this thing called competitive duck herding..."

https://feddit.dk/post/18427430

Brett 18h ago

I think maybe the hardest thing for me about dealing with autism at this point in life is knowing I could make my life easier by going back to a higher level of masking but not being able to physically tank the exhaustion of doing that anymore.

Like I can see the script rolling on the teleprompter in my head of how to guide an interaction to a better place but I can't make myself read the lines anymore.

#autism

Christian Gajewski 20h ago

For an autistic brain, the world is never white noise. It’s a symphony of patterns, symmetries, and fractals.
What happens when we perceive the underlying structures of reality that others simply filter out? And what is the price of this sensory overload?
My latest article:
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/autistic-pattern-perception-between-the-true-structures-of-reality-and-sensory-overload-a4f544ba6525

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #PatternPerception #Autism #SensoryOverload

Autistic Pattern Perception: Between the True Structures of Reality and Sensory Overload

Why some minds grasp connections and symmetries that neurotypicals filter out, revealing hidden fractals while paying a high cognitive…

Medium