#gonna tag this with transautism so people who have it blacklisted don’t have to see it

[awetistic-things]

What are your initial thoughts or feelings about the concept of transautism?

hey 👋🏼

i spent the last 25 minutes searching up everything about transautism, including the infamous carrd (and i may have gotten consistent C’s in science, but i’m not sure they got the brain stuff right in the q&a section)

my first feelings were mainly that of confusion, then i got pissed off, and now i just feel pity

honestly it’s very strange because if you feel like you are autistic (regardless if you get told you’re not), then why don’t you just say you’re autistic? the implification of the “trans” (meaning transforming into being) in this specific context for “transautism” means they know they aren’t autistic on some level, yet they want to be or they feel like they should be

i’ve looked up transautism blogs on tumblr to try to get an idea for why it is they want to be autistic and the main reason keeps being something around self-exploration and celebrating “different” types of neurodiversity

but another reason, which is very, very interesting to me, is some kind of dysphoria

there’s this blog that gives out advice to any transabled individual and people often describe feeling pain either (or both) psychologically and physically because of the lack of something they feel should be there (or something that shouldn’t be there, as i’ve seen with people who identify as transamputees)

this has led me to believe that there’s definitely something wrong, probably not autism, but definitely something

i mean, the lengths some of these people go to is quite literally reducing their quality of life

and, i saw many autistic people online call out transautism blogs with heavy criticism or just insults, which is very understandable don’t get wrong, but i truly just feel so concerned

like transautism isn’t good, it isn’t healthy, at all

at first i literally thought some people had munchausen's syndrome, but then i realized that if you have munchausen's syndrome, then you aren’t supposed to know? because you just have it, not just want to have it

i genuinely want these people to get some type of help that works for them, because this is just sad

and for all the autistic people that get super angry at transautism individuals, i suggest blocking any blogs and blacklisting related terms, because even if calling them out feels good, it really doesn’t do anything other than tire you out and piss you off

#don’t bothering interacting with them #i’ve seen many people try #and even more people fail #plus you’ll just get pissed off #i am just so concerned though #i mean god #that’s just #wow #autism #autistic #actually autistic #asd #autism spectrum disorder #on the spectrum #gonna tag this with transautism so people who have it blacklisted don’t have to see it #transautism #if i can fucking spell it goddamn