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neuroticboyfriend · 1 year

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one of my autistic/adhd quirks is that i'll repeat the same information over and over. and i don't mean in a infodump way (although that happens too). i mean if i have an appointment at 12pm on a tuesday, i'll say that like 3 times to the same person before the appointment happens. or i'll tell people who aren't close to me (yet) the same few things about myself, or my family, or the town i live in, etc. i always feel like i annoy the shit out of people by it, but if you don't make it 100% clear to me that you a) received the message and b) retained the information, then my brain goes "oh, what if they don't know this? i need to tell them." and it doesn't stop.

#softspoonie #ok to rb #autistic #autistic experiences #audhd #adhd experiences #actually autistic #autistic community #autistic spectrum #adhd things #autistic things #adhd and autism #autism spectrum

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purpurrock · 4 months

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I'm at Panera and they gave me a spoon. To eat with my mac n cheese. That's a fork food :((

#actually autistic #actually adhd #audhd #actually audhd #autistic #autistic experiences #adhd #adhd struggles #adhd experiences #autistic experience #audh experience #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent

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annoyedmothf4iry · 2 years

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*not my photo*

#autism #adhd #meme #autistic positivity #adhd positivity #autistic experiences #autistic problems #adhd problems #adhd experiences #the lack of empathy is for everyone <3 #autistic people #people who have adhd

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rubinaitoart · 2 years

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I vocal stim with pretty much my whole family to the point I forget that it isn’t normal outside of the house. When I was taking classes I’d occasionally squawk and beep around people and get weird looks. (Alternatively, someone I ended up being friends with called my beeping “cute” and I was very pleased with myself.)

#autistic experiences #adhd experiences #vocal stimming #questioning if I’m autistic #diagnosed with adhd #actually adhd #neurodivergent #rubin rambles

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jesstrixblue00 · 2 years

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I've tried to learn how to snap my fingers for years and kept failling. But because of a stim that I've started doing in the last few months -tapping one of my fingers at once against my thumb, mostly my index and middle finger- which made me accidentally snap my fingers a couple times. Decided to practice it afterwards and now can snap my fingers without any problems......

So that's the story of how I accidently learned how to snap my fingers because of one of my ADHD stims.

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solidwater05 · 5 months

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Apparently this needs to be said so

Forgetting things is morally neutral! Memory issues are morally neutral!

You're not a bad person if you...

forget things quickly

forget people

can't remember entire stages of your life

can't remember important things

can remember some things very well and forget other things all the time

can't remember things (or anything!) about your interests

forget to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc

forget to reply to texts

remember things and immediately forget them again

can't remember birthdays, events, etc

frequently answer 'I forgot' to questions

can't retain new information

forget things you used to know

only remember things when it's too late

have vague, distorted and/or unreliable memories

depend on others to know how an event you were in played out

have other symptoms that are worsened by memory issues and vice versa

... and anything else I might have missed!

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flamboyantinsomniac · 9 months

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Weighted blankets aren't enough I need to be crushed in a hydraulic press

#actually autistic #adhd #audhd #autistic community #autistic spectrum #neurodiverse stuff #neurospicy #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #sensory issues #autistic feels #autistic experiences #autism #autistic things

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risesthenight · 6 months

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neurotypicals will SWEAR they support you but the second you unmask they stare at you weirdly and question why you’re acting differently

thanks for supporting me! i feel so seen right now!! let me just put this back on…

#neurodivergent #autism #autistic experiences #autistic things #being autistic #adhd problems #neurodiverse stuff #neurodiversity #masking #social issues

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thatadhdmood · 1 year

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an eloquent take down of the "people are self diagnosing autism to be trendy and for attention" take that morons have been echoing on tiktok

[video description is the reblogs, its very long]

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my-autism-adhd-blog · 23 days

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Why self-diagnosed autistics are valid

medical diagnosis can be expensive

humans are the experts on their own minds

family may prevent assessment

diagnosis criteria is a poor checklist of stereotypes

diagnosis criteria ignores gender, race, sexuality, culture & more

medical diagnosis confirms autism, but doesn't create it

discrimination within the medical profession may prevent diagnosis.

Assessment waiting lists often long

medical trauma may make assessment unfeasible

Neurodiverse Journeys

#self diagnosis #why it’s valid #I find it perfectly acceptable with doing the correct research #the diagnosis process can be complicated and sometimes not a very pleasant experience #i honestly think I had ADHD too but I have no idea if I am #actually autistic #self diagnosed adhd #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to share/reblog #Neurodiverse Journeys (Facebook)#autism awareness month #autism acceptence month

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purpurrock · 4 months

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Ohmygod

Out of curiosity I decided to check and see how long I've been trying to diagnose myself with autism and ADHD. I was thinking "oh it's probably almost a year haha!"

It's. Been. Over a year. Holy shit.

The first google document I've opened about being neurodivergent was on December 20th, 2022 at 1:56pm. Thats. Oh my God. I thought it would be may 2023 or something. 2022 SEEMS SO FAR ALL A SUDDEN. FUCK.

All this time and I still haven't finished so I could tell my parents 💀💀

#self diagnosed autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #audhd #autistic #autism #autistic experiences #being autistic #adhd experiences #self diagnosed #self dx #not faking #anti fakeclaimer #actually audhd #autism adhd #self diagnosed adhd #self dx adhd #self dx autism

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evilesbiautism · 1 year

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"ok but are you diagnosed" what are you a cop.

#reminder that being diagnosed as autistic/ otherwise disabled is meant to help YOU.#if abled ppl expect u to justify every little thing u say abt ur experiences as (insert disability) they should explode #also if you dont wanna get officially diagnosed bc it will make your life harder no one will judge you. if they do theyre assholes #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #autism #autistic #autism pride #adhd #actually adhd #actuallyadhd #only tagging this as adhd and autism bc its all I am. however this can be about Literally any disability

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genderimpala · 8 months

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anyone else stay home for a while and be like "hmmmm been acting fine lately. maybe i'm not autistic." and then you have one (1) social interaction and you're like ah. the Autism strikes again.

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matcha-goblin · 9 months

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Neurodivergent people are never undiagnosed. We are misdiagnosed. Our symptoms don't go unnoticed, and people will always attribute them to some sort of cause. They'll just attribute them to personality and blame the individual for their symptoms.

For example. My autism is not undiagnosed, it's been misdiagnosed as "too sensitive," "awkward," "rude," "obsessive," and "too intense." My brother's adhd wasn't undiagnosed, it was misdiagnosed as "lazy," "impulsive," "annoying," and "can't seem to get any work done."

Growing up without a diagnosis is growing up believing that you are to blame for your differentness. Your symptoms are a personality flaw. You are diagnosed by everyone around you as "weird."

Edit: Some people have pointed out that I'm using the word misdiagnosis here rather loosely. I'm aware that it isn't quite correct definitionally, and I don't mean to say that medical misdiagnosis and the type of social misattribution I'm talking about are identical--just that they are related phenomena, and neurodivergent people are often victims of one or both. There isn't an exact term for what I'm talking about here, so I used the closest one I knew of. Terminology is important and some words need to be used with precision to retain their influence. At the same time, sometimes meanings change, and bending words to fit new circumstances is a natural way that language evolves. I'm not sure which situation this falls under, so while I don't want to change my post (not even sure what to change it to), I thought I'd edit and add clarification. Additional feedback on this is welcome.

#also i think that the self blame that usually comes with this experience is inherently traumatizing #but that's another story #anyway there's my lukewarm take of the day #autism #late diagnosed autistic #neurodivergent #adhd #actually autistic

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adhdxxsdiary · 11 months

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#yup #pretty much #adult adhd #gifted #adhd #actually audhd #autistic #actually adhd #actually autistic #neurodivergent #autistic culture #autism #adhd problems #autistic experiences

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angelboybreakdowns · 1 year

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everyones ok with autistic people having weird facial expressions until its smiling when youre sad or uncomfortable and not just flat affect…

#like im sorry im smiling! i am not happy my face just does this how is that so hard to believe #actually autistic #autism #autistic #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autism/adhd #neurodivergence #autistic experiences #autihd

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