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Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIDawKhKms

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Top 20 Signs You Might Be Masking Your Autism
https://youtu.be/V432ZWNpM0E

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I choose to take care of my nervous system.

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A personal reflection on the interior process (confusion, discomfort, and transformation) of accepting my Autistic identity.

https://youtu.be/0_oXEZRU6J8

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The same outward behavior can have different internal motivations and be very different because of them.

If you do something to avoid someone else getting on your case, is it fawning?

I think it's not fawning if you're fully aware of what's going on and making a conscious choice.

I think it is fawning if you're doing it as a reflexive stress response.

There may be even further nuance. What do you think?

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You might be #AutisticMasking if you mentally explain why you're doing what you're doing as you go about your day as if you're explaining yourself to another person.

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#BurnoutRecovery is not a linear progression. You'll likely address each issue many times. This is okay. This is normal. This is recognizing that the situation/you/life is complex and layered and inter-related.

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When disclosing your autism (to someone who is surprised), there's a big difference between "Ooh! Now I can understand your reactions better," or "Ooh! Now I get you!" and "Ooh! Thaaat's what's wrong with you."

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This thread just kicked me in the last fifteen years of my life. It's me, I'm the one who's experienced all of them
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RT @hmm_cook
🧵Common warning signs of autistic burnout:

Either that it's coming soon, or that you’re in it.

People in burnout may experience some of these, but probably never all of them.

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