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Are you really a bad bitch who tells it like it is or are you autistic and using an edgy persona to make your inability to navigate social situations seem deliberate and cool instead of painful and isolating?

Find out tonight at 9.

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I keep thinking more and more about my psychologist telling me that I exhibit autistic traits but that he doesn’t think I’m actually autistic partially because my mannerisms seem too natural and the fact that female brains with autism tend to social systems more similar to a male brain without autism

#neurodivergent #adhd #women with autism #neurodivergent women

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women with ADHD 🤝 women with autism

not being diagnosed until adulthood because the medical field is so male-centric that people blatantly ignore any signs of neurodivergence in girls

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It’s always really wild to me that there are people out there who exist who have just never struggled with depression.

#depression #mental health

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friendly reminder that’s it’s okay to halfass shit on those days, weeks and months when you can barely get out of bed and function. if a task seems too difficult to do fully, half ass that shit.

can’t brush teeth? rinse with mouthwash or water.

diffucult to shower? baby wipes.

difficult to wash hair? dry shampoo.

difficult to make meals? cereal and ramen is just fine, it is okay to not cook vegetables, eat the ones you can raw.

eating solids is too exhausting? smoothies, milkshakes, juices, anything.

schoolwork’s kicking your ass? 20%, 40% or 50% is better than nothing.

house chores suck? do the bare minimum, just sweep the really dusty spots, just clean the dirty spots on windows or mirrors.

changing sheets is hell? just put a sheet down on the matress, you don’t have to tuck it in, you can just put a sheet between yourself and the duvet too.

it is okay to halfass everything when even breathing is exhausting.

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Sources:

The Criminal Justice System: Statistics

Sexually Assault Remains Tragically Underreported

Facts About Sexual Assault

Top 10 Reasons People Do Not Report Sexual Abuse

People will really act like there’s some epidemic of false sexual assault allegations, even against regular Joe men with no high profile status or reputation. I just had a high school classmate arrested for sexual abuse of a minor, and people are in the comments on the article saying that “a lot of women make false allegations”. Like, first of all, a minor is not a woman. A minor is a child.

Second of all, only 2.5% of sexual assault allegations are false— 8-10% even if you use the most liberal estimates. Meanwhile, 60-80% of sexual assaults go unreported, depending on where you get that statistic. And an estimated 7% of victims who choose not to report did so in order to keep the perpetrator out of trouble.

That means that for every person who makes a false allegation, there are more who choose not to report because they don’t want to (what is it y’all say?) “ruin the person’s life”.

#tw: r*pe #tw: r*pe mention #tw: child sex abuse #tw: sexual abuse mention #tw: sexual abuse

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People will really act like there’s some epidemic of false sexual assault allegations, even against regular Joe men with no high profile status or reputation. I just had a high school classmate arrested for sexual abuse of a minor, and people are in the comments on the article saying that “a lot of women make false allegations”. Like, first of all, a minor is not a woman. A minor is a child.

Second of all, only 2.5% of sexual assault allegations are false— 8-10% even if you use the most liberal estimates. Meanwhile, 60-80% of sexual assaults go unreported, depending on where you get that statistic. And an estimated 7% of victims who choose not to report did so in order to keep the perpetrator out of trouble.

That means that for every person who makes a false allegation, there are more who choose not to report because they don’t want to (what is it y’all say?) “ruin the person’s life”.

#tw: sex abuse #tw: r*pe #tw: r*pe mention #tw: sexual abuse #tw: sexual abuse mention #tw: child sex abuse

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It’s hard to remember, but depression doesn’t always mean feeling sad. I’ve been struggling through this episode of poor sleep, soreness, social avoidance, apathy, dissociation, maladaptive daydreaming, reduced appetite, etc., but I didn’t feel sad. And because I didn’t feel sad, I didn’t realize until now that I’ve been depressed.

This is especially pertinent because links have been found between depression and alexithymia. You may not always ‘feel depressed’ when you’re depressed.

#sending love #depression #alexithymia #neurodivergent #adhd #bipolar

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every fckin single time this is happening

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you know that gag where there’s a character who’s falling off a ledge to their death and they’re all teary and the music swells as their hand slips and then the shot zooms out to show they fell like. two feet. that’s what answering important emails feels like.

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Already trying to speak 3 sentences ahead while I'm still saying the first one across my mind

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Today in Neurodivergent Masking: I have a fake blank expression or “resting face” and a real one. Like, I have a facial expression that looks relaxed, but I do have to actively exert effort to maintain it. When I really do relax my face, people think I look angry or irritated (resting bitch face), and I got tired of hearing about it, so I started faking instead.

#neurodivergent

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but stop teaching your daughter that male sexual attention is a compliment.

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it's all "support autistic/neurodivergent people bc they're human too!" until we start showing traits that aren't "uwu cutesy~" . it's all "support autistic/neurodivergent people!" until we call you out on your casual ableism. it's all "support autistic/ND people!" until we need you to actually stand up for us when our rights and autonomy are violated.

don't say you support neurodivergent people if you only support us when it's convenient for you.

NTs, I encourage you to reblog.

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I’m so irritated. Sarah Delashmit did something wrong. She defrauded people and charitable organizations. But there is not some epidemic of illness-fakers out in the world. And this is so misogynistic, making it into an issue with young women. Fuck this.

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