𝔑ℭ𝔎𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱Jun 30, 2024

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic I am officially done. I don’t know how people actually enjoy summer, ESPECIALLY with no AC. “85°F is such a nice temp,” just say you enjoy suffering 😭

But no, if I as much as utter a peep about how I’m miserable and overstimulated, suddenly I’m whining, complaining, a primadonna, and “oh so sensitive” about the heat that everyone is SUDDENLY suffering from at the same level as me.

Still can’t ever win.

Show threadJanisJun 30, 2024

@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic 70 as a /heat-index/ is as warm as /most/ people can comfortably be at night. that makes it easier to handle heat during the day.

I hope you have a chance to cool off, and that you're able to lay out a future that holds that as a priority.

Show thread𝔑ℭ𝔎𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱

@janisf @actuallyautistic It’s easier for me to cope with it at home, because we have AC and I can blast my ceiling fan and other fans to control the temperature in my bedroom.

70° is usually the threshold temp for me before I start to get too hot, and I think it’s interesting that it’s also the general cutoff temp for sleeping comfortably. I am very interested in studies on heat tolerance in general, and what other people consider “comfortable” compared to autistics.

Jun 30, 2024 at 8:32pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadJanisJun 30, 2024

@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic I'm autistic, and I tend to perceive things as cooler than most. From hot flashes to old ladies cranking their heat to 90°, I'm not sure you can take a whole slice, like NT vs. ND, & nail anything down in regard to heat perception. The way I see it, our (Autist's) LED's are brighter, telling in the dark.

In the mean time, I put 70% hand-sanitizer ethyl alcohol in a spray/mist bottle and peg my ankles with it above 84-5°. That fast evaporation does wonders.

Show thread𝔑ℭ𝔎𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱Jun 30, 2024
@janisf @actuallyautistic I think that’s a valid point, and one big reason why I might be perceived as “whiny and complaining”. I’m not super good at hiding my heat intolerance, so maybe it gives the appearance that I’m making a mountain out of a molehill even though I think my behavior matches my internal feelings…idk. Need to do more research on this lol.
Show threadJanisJun 30, 2024

@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic You are not making a mountain out of a molehill. Your scale is more fine-tuned. It's your mountain.

Honestly, I think it's going to be just a little more up to us "sensitive" ND's to figure out the nuances of human adaptation climate change. Stay out in front :)

Show thread𝔑ℭ𝔎𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱Jul 1, 2024
@janisf @actuallyautistic I've noticed my heat intolerance get worse as I've gotten older. Not sure if I could deal with it better as a child because I hadn't hit the "you sweat with the smallest amount of effort" part of puberty yet, or because I didn't have extra demands in my life.
Show threadJanisJul 1, 2024
@chevalier26
I've heard that happens, and that it's not just perceptual. /That's/ something worth looking into.
@actuallyautistic
Show threadthe Amygdalai LamaJun 30, 2024
@chevalier26 @janisf @actuallyautistic
.
I spent Saturdays for so long acting like that, minimizing, playing golf in the summer, and half the time, the fairways and greens were moving and breathing like the damned ocean, and that's pretty much heatstroke.
.
I think most people don't have that all summer. 😇
Show threadJanisJun 30, 2024

@punishmenthurts @chevalier26 @actuallyautistic Conversely, I was out sticking Dominoes coupons in people's newspaper boxes (mailboxes weren't legal) at 105° (real, not index, eons ago) in my navy long pants, as if anyone was going to be buying enough pizza to pay me for that time.

We gotta stop doin' stupid shit.

Show threadthe Amygdalai LamaJun 30, 2024
@janisf @chevalier26 @actuallyautistic
.
I mean, I have thyroid issues and maybe other things, but yeah. I think most people don't complain like some of us do until above 90 at least. I was sort of happy the first few days at 100 because finally other people were getting a taste of what 75 feels like to me. I don't feel all that much worse at a 100 than I do at 75.
.
I mean, I know it's more dangerous.