Wondering what the diagnostic tests would be like if they were written by #ActuallyAutistic us. 🤔

...

Describe how you feel in the morning towards your SO when you discover they've used your favourite knife and left it in the washing up bowl. In no more than two thousand words: ...

#ActuallyAutistic me about to eat pizza and toast for breakfast: Noooo you can't vary your routine this much.

Also #ActuallyAutistic me: ... but I can't waste that leftover pizza, it would be terrible of me.

🤷‍♂️

[Eats pizza]

Me: that was nice, I should try different things more often.

Me: What hell is this!! 😱

Neurodivergent people, what alternative ways have you found to regulate/heal your nervous system?

I'm curious about ways you don't typically find on lists (such as deep breathing, traditional meditation, traditional yoga, therapy, or social time).

For me, I've found some help with yoga nidra, looking around to tell my brain I'm safe, havening (link about that below), or humming a gentle tune.

https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/the-simplest-anxiety-soothing-technique-youve-never-heard-of/

But maybe people have discovered other techniques that help them?

Or maybe you have a particular success journey you'd like to share?

#Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AdHD #Gifted

“2026 will be my year” says autistic woman who told the same lie in 2024

#ActuallyAutistic

I realised this afternoon: 2026 will be the first calendar year I will be able to live fully as my true #ActuallyAutistic self.

Being over 55, this feels like a bit of a “thing”.

This means *not* questioning or “adjusting” how my brain processes things.

This means *not* hiding the fact that I am an autist.

This means, in a way I have *never* done before, accepting myself as myself and not feeling I need to compromise that.

For 50+ years, I have moulded myself to others’ expectations. I’m not going to claim they were all malicious in their desire to shape me to something other than I was.

But correspondingly, malice is not the only way such attempts or intentions cause damage.

I want to heal, and sometimes that will mean removing myself from relationships which have caused me damage, whether intended or not.

Viva me, I guess.

#HappyNewYear

I realised this afternoon: 2026 will be the first calendar year I will be able to live fully as my true #ActuallyAutistic self.

Being over 55, this feels like a bit of a “thing”.

This means *not* questioning or “adjusting” how my brain processes things.

This means *not* hiding the fact that I am an autist.

This means, in a way I have *never* done before, accepting myself as myself and not feeling I need to compromise that.

#HappyNewYear

I wanted to play FF14 in it's original version before playing the remake version. The former's retro feel helps lessen the sensory overload when going through the world, story and combat.
So far the game is getting good :)

#actuallyautistic #adhd #gaming

Share a strategy (any kind) you use to calm yourself down when you are catastrophizing, and why you think it works for you.

#MentalHealth #AuDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic @autistics #ChronicIllness #Disability #AskFedi #Boost4Reach #ChronicPain