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Struggling with communication

Anyone else who tends to leave out important pieces of information when communicating with other people? I tend to leave huge important chunks of information. Apparently I expect them to know the information.. because if I know it, then they must know it too... Not. Then they have to dig out the information,, lets just say it's a work in progress. I don't want people to misunderstand when i'm saying.

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Source ~ (Unknown. Please let me know if anyone can find the original)

[Image ID: Comparison list, comparing Allistic Burnout vs Autistic Burnout.

Lilac background with Black text highlighted in pale green in the allistic list, and dark purple for autistic.

Allistic Burnout:

Tired or drained most of the time

Feeling helpless, trapped or defeated

Self-doubt

Feeling overwhelmed

Insomnia

Feeling cynical

Considered to be an 'occupational phenomena

Autistic Burnout:

Chronic exhaustion & constant fatigue

Loss of skills and loss of ability to do tasks

More difficulty communicating

Increased severity and number of meltdowns

Directly related to masking

Caused by a mismatch between Autistic needs & the world's expectations

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Note: I don't agree that burnout is only directly linked to masking, as it can also come from constant sensory input, routine changes etc even for non-masking Autistics.

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I always feel like i don't belong anywhere when it comes to big social groups. I have a really hard time starting conversations and keeping them going (plus keeping them interesting).

- i always end up being the one without someone to talk to. And it makes me very depressed not gonna Lie. I often end up blaming myself bc of it and Even hating myself. Sometimes I just leave bc I feel sadder by the minute being with these people.

I'm afraid I wont be getting Any friends in my new university (I attend university in Denmark). I just don't know how to connect with people.

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a composite list of the best stims of all time:

fingertips

touching wool

touching fur

running warm water under fingernails

poking face with nails

plucking guitar strings

clicking pens

snapping

"finger crickets" rubbing fingertips fast together in a snapping motion, using all fingers (helps me think quickly and task switch, VERY EFFECTIVE)

tapping rough surfaces

dipping fingertips/palms in water

scratching denim

creasing paper against fingertips/palms

wrists

shaking wrists up and down

wringing hands

"lightbulb-ing" shaking wrists side to side (also helps with task switching)

opening hands wide and squeezing tight

cracking both wrists with open fingers

punching pillows/blankets

punching the air

throwing stuff

ankles

popping and cracking ankle bones

"floppy feet" sitting on chair, loosening ankles, and wobbling feet in the air without ankle support

tip toeing everywhere

bumping ankles against chairs/tables

lifting leg up in bed and throwing it back down on the bed

standing in sand

two pairs of socks before shoes

neck/back/waist

straightening posture and taking deep breaths

expanding muscles in back while taking a breath and holding it before releasing

cracking neck several times in a row

cracking back

cracking lower waist

cracking shoulders

face

"gremlin face" hard brows, pout, wrinkled nose

"sturgeon face" ☹️

hard quick blinks

tapping, pulling, poking lips

pulling off eyelashes

"sharky mouth" no lips all teeth all fury

verbals

singing

mimicking, copying, repeating music and people for fun/accuracy

repeating phrases and words until satisfied with how the word FEELS

onomatopoeias, making sounds that aren't words and repeating them

saying nice things to people/animals (this is my favorite its almost an emotional stim, being randomly kind as a reflex)

aural

loud music

repeating same songs over and over

background tv

cat purring

noise cancelling headphones

whole body

shrugging

airplane arms

rocking back and forth

dancing/grooving/waving

jumping up and down (esp if nonverbal)

spinning in spinny chairs

walking long distances

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anybody else going through life feeling like a dog that wasn't socialized enough as a puppy

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I struggled with math so much, that i developed a burning hatred of math that'll last centuries only to figure out i had dyscalculia as a tween.. It all starts to make sense now, my crying at the dinner with my dad, my avoidance of anything math related in school, my bullshitting through math work, and of course the complete hatred of math. It also explained why i still counted on my fingers in grade eight and why i never could memorize the digits table, as well as explaining why i had to use calculator for every single math problem. It made sense and i could understand why i used to always be pulled from math lessons and brought to the PST room to learn math with my old EA along some other kids in my class. And, guess what y'all? This was started off with me researching dyscalculia on every social media platform and searching it up on the internet. I'm not defending social media research on these disabilities, but i'm very glad this happened.

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#adhd #Adhd in girls

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Allistic people about autistic people

At 5 years old

Boy : Autistic Girl : Shy

At 15 years old

Male Teen : Autistic Female Teen : bipolar

At 20 years old

Male Adult : Autistic Female Adult : Borderline Personality Disorder

At 25-30 years old

Male adult: Autistic Female adult: finally got their diagnosis, but everybody think they are "probably misdiagnosed because it's just an online trend and they want attention"

(disclaimer under the cut)

(note, when i say "boy/girl", "male/female" i am mostly referring to the high amount of non-diagnosed autistic AFAB kids that passed under the radar simply because 99% of the study was done on boys, therefore nobody thinks/knows about how it presents in young afab girls and adult/afab adult (also funny note: i was talking with an amab friend about autism and she was going through thinking she was autistic and turns out that despite very much being quote unquote "raised like a boy", without knowing she was trans until way later in life, we noticed that her autistic traits, even in childhood, were much more like the ones noted from girls, so whatever i mentioned earlier can also be taken with a grain of salt)