#AuDHD
My wife & I are intending to continue streaming our multiplayer Subnautica playthrough (using the Nitrox mod) tonight from 19:30 (BST; UTC+1) on Twitch 🎮
https://www.twitch.tv/sleepycatten
We'll probably be gaming for a good few hours & you're welcome to come watch us :TransHeart:
#streaming #Twitch #queer #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #PCGaming #Subnautica
When you can’t decide what to try to help your burnout  #actuallyautistic #burnout #autisticburnout
I'm learning to place the emphasis in my life on *life,* and then work is one (important to me) element of it, rather than waking up and having work be my day and then trying to live around the constraints of work.
I’m like a vampire: not coming unless explicitly personally invited
#ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergent
EN: they/m/self ES: él\\le
MathsMysMagus in Sephardic o'Ephraim
D@o #AuDHD & NB♂️-Het
Research Programmes:
• {tisc,syad,trioLs,phd}.etud.io
• AntiHubrises; Don't Project
TireLess Saint of AutoCorrect
& Our ReConCurrent Buddha of Tides
: An Ājīvika ZoroAstrian Avatar of
The Seconds&Minutes&Hours
; Former God of "Time"
, a once-popular Sanskrit Fiction
SapioRomantic, not SapioSexual, but Demi.
Open to being Inquired Upon/Of.
Living via the NonHubrises
d'Le Jesuit Abrahamic Avatar of Breathing
I talk about creative indecisiveness and how I deal with it personally. #audhd #adhd #blog #journal #wordpress #creativity #art https://privateartzy.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/creative-indecisiveness/
EN: they/m/self ; ES: él\\le
A MathsMagus in Sephardic of Ephraim
D@o #AuDHD & NB♂️-Het
TireLess Saint of AutoCorrect
& Our ReConCurrent Buddha of Tides
: An Ājīvika ZoroAstrian Avatar of
The Seconds&Minutes&Hours
; Former God of "Time"
, a once-popular Sanskrit Fiction
Research Programmes:
• {tisc,syad,trioLs,phd}.etud.io
• AntiHubrises; Keep yours.
SapioRomantic, not SapioSexual, but Demi.
Open to being Inquired Upon/Of.
Living via the NonHubrises Of
Le Jesuit Abrahamic Avatar of Breathing
EN: they/m/self ; ES: él\\le
My MathsMagus in Sephardic of Ephraim
D@o #AuDHD & NB♂️-Het
: An Ājīvika ZoroAstrian Avatar of
The Seconds&Minutes&Hours
; Former God of "Time"
, a once-popular Sanskrit Fictio
Research Programmes:
• {tisc,syad,trioLs,phd}.etud.io
• AntiHubrises; Keep yours.
SapioRomantic, not SapioSexual, but Demi.
Open to being Inquired Upon/Of.
Living via the NonHubrises Of
THE Jesuit Abrahamic Avatar of Breath
& TideLess Saint of AutoCorrect
, Our ReConCurrent Buddha of Tides.
Why most socializing strategies don’t work, in my opinion:
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/11/05/why-most-socializing-strategies-dont-work/
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #socializing #Autism #AutisticMasking
PSA
I've made a small adjustment to my streaming schedule.
The co-op stream has been moved from Friday nights to Saturday nights.
My new schedule (BST; UTC+1) is:
* Tuesdays 19:30 to 22:00 - solo
* Saturdays 1930 to 22:00 - co-op
I am considering adding a further solo stream on Thursday evenings.
https://www.twitch.tv/sleepycatten
#streaming #Twitch #queer #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #PCGaming
Want a paper habit tracker that doesn't constantly remind you of the times you didn't do stuff? I made this simple hexagon chart that only shows progress without nagging "but you missed x day."
Also, being face to face in a room full of people for 8 hours a day, 2 days next week is:
- a HUGE fucking covid risk
- going to have me dysfunctional for the rest of the week
- a waste of the time I should be using to get my assessment handed in
#Centerlink #Unemployment #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ChronicPain #university #Academia
going live to play more Pikmin 3 Deluxe! (from 4:00 to 7:00 PM EDT)
so close to beating all those mission levels on Platinum!
lurk or chat with me! :3
https://www.twitch.tv/melody_wisp
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#VTuber #EnVTuber #VTuberEn #Twitch #TwitchStreamer #VTuberUprising #MelodyWisp #VStreamer #TwitchAffiliate #SmallStreamer #SmallStreamers #Gaming #Pikmin #Pikmin3 #Pikmin3Deluxe #ADHD #AuDHD #Autistic #Disabled #Queer
Them: just make friends me
My #AuDHD ass: I've been fucking trying but it's hard to make friends when the only thing I'll talk about is some indie artist a handful of people have heard of that im obsessed with.
God I wish I was just NT sometimes
How do you ask someone to do something for you? And increase the chances of getting a positive response? Here's a framework I've found useful.
This video now has a full transcript!
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/08/02/how-to-ask-someone-to-do-something-for-you/
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #healthycommunication #healthyrelationships
I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of alternative, customizable, computer peripherals. It’s turned into a huge un-ableizing my work project. Is that a word?
Well, I’m no longer content to use the standard options and think myself insufficient for having fingers and eyeballs and a brain that hurts with overuse of badly designed devices.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #HighMasking #Autistic #AutisticMasking
My housemate was dumped by her boyfriend a couple of weeks ago, and is trying to navigate how to still be friends with him going forward.
We were talking about it the other day, and she said that while in this relationship she had been the most clearly straightforward shed ever been in a relationship, asking for what she needs and clearly communicating her feelings.
It's something she and I have talked about a LOT, because we dated for almost 10 years and have lived together for a further 10 years post our break up.
She said "you know, I think I'm going to just put in my dating profiles that I'm not autistic but I get on with autistic people best because I like when things are clear and open and honest".
I'm like 🤔😏
(She's scored very low on the Raads-R, but I still think she's one of us..)
Also, because of this I'll often post my day's To Do list on Facebook, and then post updates of the things I've gotten done. It's super helpful to have people cheering me on, especially on days where my #ExecutiveDysfunction is dysfunctioning and my #PDAAustism is really PDAing..
@neversosimple @actuallyautistic I thought was an introvert for a very long time; it's only recently that I've started realizing how lonely I am, and how much I long for human contact when I am feeling down or worried. I have this quiet desperation to find my clan, to collaborate on some sort of project, but finding the right people, figuring out that they're the right people, and then *remembering* them is so hard. (I'm #AuDHD which probably makes it harder.)
posted 2 videos on #TikTok
cool that it wont autogenerate captions again. i might have to wait months, maybe lol
vtuber cries pitifully after losing yet another round of cuphead:
https://www.tiktok.com/@melodywisp/video/7281036096090213662
vtuber finally gets the grim matchstick soul contract! yay!:
https://www.tiktok.com/@melodywisp/video/7281038049549569310
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#VTuber #EnVTuber #VTuberEn #Twitch #TwitchStreamer #VTuberUprising #MelodyWisp #VStreamer #TwitchAffiliate #SmallStreamer #SmallStreamers #Gaming #Cuphead #AuDHD #ADHD #Autistic #Queer #Disabled #TwitchClips #VTuberClips #EnVTuberClips
These are the books I recommend the most for building an autism-positive life. (Not all are directly about autism; life isn’t that neatly compartmentalized.)
Okay, is it a #neurodivergence trait to be somehow simultaneously hyperaware of your body and oblivious to it? Asking for me, who will lose my mind and break out in welted hives if I wear jeans with prominent seams, but who also yesterday managed to smear blood on the clean laundry I was putting away because I didn’t notice I’d gashed my finger. As soon as I *saw* the injury I realized it hurt, but till then I was oblivious. #ADHD #AuDHD
I am autistic, my spouse has ADHD, my daughter is only autistic but is selectively mute, and my son has both autism and ADHD. I would say that my son has the biggest hardships by far because autism and ADHD have conflicting support needs so that tempering one often makes the other worse, or what's similar overlaps and exacerbates everything. #AuDHD folks are so hardcore. They have to do the hardest work, IMO. 👏👏👏
Here's a few of my thoughts on, how to prevent meltdowns
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/09/19/how-to-prevent-meltdowns/
It's not necessary for your work to be your source of joy, and still be a happy person. But it can't be pulling joy from your life and you still be a happy person.
@autisticadvocacy
@actuallyautistic
Accommodation Or Abuse: The False Choice Managers Have With #Neurospicy Employees
Do you want to be a leader or manager who actually works *with* your neurodivergent employees, or do you want to create a hostile, toxic, and *inefficient* work environment because of the fragility of your ego?
#adhd #audhd #autism #business #discrimination #neurodivergent #neurospicy
From 20 Sep: Accommodation Or Abuse: The False Choice Managers Have With #Neurospicy Employees - Do you want to be a leader or manager who actually works *with* your neurodivergent employees, or do you want to create a hostile, toxic, and *inefficient* work environment because of the fragility of your ego? https://ideatrash.net/2023/09/accommodation-or-abuse-the-false-choice-managers-have-with-neurospicy-employees.html #business #neurospicy #adhd #audhd #autism #discrimination #neurodivergent
Late life AuDHD diagnosis is like being told that a pool table is supposed to be flat, smooth and level after decades of playing on a gravel-strewn asphalt driveway. #audhd
going live to play more Cuphead! (from 4:30 to 7:30 PM EDT)
i will be trying my best to defeat this dragon boss!
hopefully i'll be able to move onto isle 3 this stream :3
join for fun!
https://www.twitch.tv/melody_wisp
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#VTuber #EnVTuber #VTuberEn #Twitch #TwitchStreamer #VTuberUprising #MelodyWisp #VStreamer #TwitchAffiliate #SmallStreamer #SmallStreamers #Gaming #Cuphead #AuDHD #ADHD #Autistic #Queer #Disabled
@johnnyprofane1 I think the past couple years’ events have stressed me to the point that I’ve made some telling discoveries. And yes I agree that NT Land is a toxic place for us, even if they don’t do it willfully.
Out of necessity I have forced myself to be singularly focused on tackling some clutter demons that built up during COVID. I may not get to 100% by the time family arrives but I will do my best.
This was due to many layered issues, enhanced by isolation and stress surrounding COVID and struggling to get school district to do the needful. It’s nice to begin emerging, but I see some goals here out of this mess.
#stress #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD @actuallyautistic #depression
Despite feeling low, I still intend to resume streaming my playthrough of Horizon Zero Dawn tonight from ~19:30 (BST; UTC+1) 🎮
https://www.twitch.tv/sleepycatten
It'd be cool if you want to join me, but honestly no worries or pressure if you can't or just don't want to :TransHeart: :NeurodiversitySymbol:
#streaming #Twitch #queer #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #PCGaming #HorizonZeroDawn
If you could name one wildly improbable dream—one thing you would love to be able to do if people issues were no obstacle—what would it be?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #lifecoaching #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
And we are on day six of the unending downstairs fan of doom. I dream of sleep, but it's 2am and here I am. I can't imagine running my bathroom fan for six days straight.
Next month I'm hosting a free workshop on energy management for Autistics: how to figure out what’s draining your energy and what gives it back. BS free, sales-pitch free, and inclusive.
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/events/
#ActuallyAutistic #EnergyManagement #AuDHD #Autism #AutisticBurnout
A few thoughts on coping with sensory differences in public:
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/28/coping-with-sensory-differences-in-public/
Years ago, long before I got diagnosed with ADHD, my partner decided to show me how to sew a hanger on a towel myself. To be more self-sufficient. Fair enough.
I need you to know that I really tried. They watched me try. But neither of us knows how I managed to get both of my hands tangled in the thread. But it was at that point that @finnporter realised that me asking them to sew stuff for me wasn’t weaponised incompetence. It was just genuine incompetence. 😆
Do anyone else's autistic near-meltdowns manifest in being dizzy/feeling faint or is this some weird kind of half masking thing I do? It fucking sucks and I have a hard time getting out of that state.
Pls boost!
I know I shouldn’t be nervous but I am. Son is attending birthday, and they’ll be playing laser tag. But parents are DROPPING OFF their kids, which is something very unusual for those of us with #neurodivergent kiddos! I suggested and then all parents left phone numbers juuust in case.
It seems like a simple milestone but I’m actually anxious about it. Probably more than him!
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ParentingWhileAutistic #AutisticParenting @actuallyautistic
@spika I have always had trouble getting started in the morning. Lately I’m connecting the dots with my #Autism and executive issues. The flood of what I’m facing in the day is what daunts me most.
I try to form a game plan of the things I most want to tackle in the day. Once done, I magically find myself able to get going. The transitions of bathing and the commute are helpful too.
The plan often evaporates during the day, but that’s my patten.
Here's me being open and sharing what's going on inside an anxiety attack, and how I've learned to mitigate them, in real time.
This was not a fun video to make, but not my worst anxiety (or else I wouldn't be talking).
@hellomiakoda OMG! I should post more about necessary chores and tasks. Maybe there is hope for me, if people starring would kick my executive into gear. Hehe #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
Speaking of #DemandAvoidance and #ADHD, the impending return of spouse, after nearly three years of #COVID in China, has me making my latest pass through the home for decluttering, tidying, etc. I’ve heard that #AuDHD leads to “level 1” hoarding, such as having difficulty getting rid of detritus. I believe it! Once I can get past my executive issue in initiating tasks, it’s easy! 🤣
Now if only I could avoid #burnout enough to make it easy all the time!
@hellomiakoda But this is why general #AI remains elusive. To do it means having a deep understanding of cognitive science. And we just don’t grok the way minds work to do that. Maybe if enough of us ND #digiforms got together we’d crack it. But what would we do with the “we know what we’re doing” NT unnatural construct afterward….? 🤔
@hellomiakoda THAT!! I read Asimov’s robot series with an appreciation for what it is to be alien in this world. And yes, I connect with their experience in a way I’ve never fully appreciated that of most humans around me.
As a child I often expressed feeling more connected with machines than people. The I learned that made them feel awkward and just said it to myself.
The really cool thing about posting my stuff on Saatchi Art is I get to go back to the time-pressured blog post sketches ... and make them right. Ya know?
Sometimes I'm Lost Without a Clue in the Nonautistic World. How About You?
👉saatchiart.com/autisticaf
#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD
@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd
@actuallyautistics
@actuallyaudhd
I just submitted one of the two assignments I have outstanding from last year.
It's a critical analysis of "Women with Disability and Domestic and Family Violence: A Guide for Policy and Practice".
My lecturer has been incredibly supportive and patient.
My grade was automatically finalised because I had gotten enough marks to pass the subject without handing in the final assignment, and he helped me apply to have the grade reopened. He understands that my goal is for HDs so I can so honours (hopefully first class honours) and that I'd really like to graduate with the university medal.
Most of the time I get people telling me that I should just settle and just concentrate on passing, especially because of being a disabled student.. it's nice to have a lecturer who gets it.
I have another to submit in 3 weeks - it's an assessment of the media coverage of Kumanjayi Walker's murder.
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #uni #university #Academia #Criminology
The downstairs neighbour has had the bathroom fan on for almost three days straight now. It hums at a vibration that shakes our whole bed and makes it nearly impossible to sleep. I'm so tired I could cry, and my chest is reverberating as it grinds along at full speed with no end in sight. #autism #sensoryOverload #auDHD
I'm a disabled Indigenous queer person who exists on Jobseeker, which means almost 50% ($269/week) below the poverty line ($489/week).
After living in the same house for almost 10 years, I recently had to move as the new landlords decided to renovate so they could increase the rent.
Moving has cost me over $4000, and ended up putting me almost $2500 in debt.
I didn't get rent assistance for the first 6 weeks of living here because they lost my lease copy and they're refusing to backpay it. So I started the first 6 weeks here adding over $180 a fortnight to that debt as well.
I'm in a new house with a new landlord, and am barely able to make rent at the moment, let alone cover bills and food.
I hate asking, but please consider helping if you can - I'd be super grateful.
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #BegPost #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday
I quite often experience this sort of "jamais vu" 'blanking'. The article claims it's quite rare...? Anyone else?
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
https://theconversation.com/jamais-vu-the-science-behind-eerie-opposite-of-deja-vu-213596
Are you an external processor or an internal processor?
External: write or talk through ideas with others or in a journal, blog, social media, etc.
Internal: think through ideas on your own thoroughly before expressing them.
As for me, I'm more internal, until it reaches a tipping point and then I need to express it to someone for it to finish processing.
Things I discovered by embracing my "weirdness" and stopping masking as much as I used too (to the point I erased my personality), a #thread for other #audhder #audhd #audhdadult #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergents folks and myself mostly
PS: you might not fond yourself in any of these and that's okay!
#autism #embraceauthenticity #autismacceptance #autismsupport #adhd #adhdlife #ADHDtax #ADHDer
If you feel guilty for saying no to an unreasonable demand (or wanting to) I'm wondering:
Who has owned your time?
What I mean is, who has been able to determine what you do and when and how much time you have left over? Is that still the case? Do you want it to be? What would you like to be different, now or in the future?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Anxiety
I’m usually an introvert, but I feel lonely when I’m in emotional pain. I just wanted to share my feelings with someone who’s willing to listen and care without being judgmental. :blobcatcomfsob: #mentalhealth #autism #ADHD #AuDHD
🌈 Hey #ActuallyAutistic fam!
Ever struggled being #neurodivergent in a neurotypical world?
I get it. That's why I offer all my content for FREE. But to keep it that way, I need your #help.
Click to learn how you can #support this space.👇
#AutisticJoy #ADHD #AuDHD
@actuallyautistic
@actuallyadhd
@Autistrain @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity If I'm doing something like working on a website or a step-by-step project, then I talk to myself mostly so I keep the steps straight and don't skip ahead or jumble them all up. (#AuDHD here).
I like to visualize in pictures, but also find that my pictures are different from my spouse's who is a much more math/numbers oriented individual than I am.
I shall be doing my first stream in over half a year (!!!) on Twitch from ~19:30 tonight (BST; UTC+1) 🎮
I'll be finally playing Horizon Zero Dawn, which has been on my Steam backlog for a while.
https://www.twitch.tv/sleepycatten
I hope you'll join me, but no worries or pressure if you can't or don't want to :TransHeart:
#streaming #Twitch #queer #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #PCGaming #HorizonZeroDawn
One of my lessons in my #traumarecovery journey was, "let the good be good."
By that I mean, to allow something good to happen without waiting for the other shoe to drop.
When the next thing happens, deal with that, but for now, let it be the good that it is.
Many autistics deal with insomnia and other sleeping issues. It is something I have struggled with my entire life.
Here is a guide that has some things that have really helped others.
#ActuallyAutistic #Insomnia #AuDHD @actuallyautistic
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MpCcfePk9dTz7rhEHYAsKjoVa8_L2oTF/view
The more I learn about myself the more I realize that my "gifted" brain used all those "smarts" to only be better at hiding and adapting and masking for the neurotypical norms and rules of our society.Only to learn after a painful decline and in utter exhaustion that it doesn't have to be that way. But that I still got to figure it all out on my own. Knowing about my neurodivergent brain and especially the online community of fellow autistic and ADHD brains is extremely helpful and I learn so much. But I still feel like I am mostly on my own, no real support or help. Just my brain that wasted four decades learning to be as little of myself as possible and fake neurotypism as much as possible. Still struggling constantly with holding my life together. Completely on my own. I was told that my intellect made me a "genius". Yet all of that "huge potential" got wasted away, managing to do passable at NT standards, somewhat successful even. Which just feels so hollow and useless now.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
What game from my Steam games backlog should I start playing this coming Tuesday to mark my return to #streaming?
#Twitch #queer #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #spoonie
Oh my gosh! This is just TOO perfect :FaceHoldingBackTears:
They issued my GRC on the same day as my & my wife's double anniversary of our 1st date & marriage 🥰 :TransHeart:
I can now FINALLY get my birth certificate & our marriage licence updated 😁
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
#GRC #GRP #transition #trans #transgender #TransWoman #TransFem #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #NeuroQueer #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD
I'm honestly wondering if meds might help me get past the #anxiety and negative feelings about being overwhelmed so that I could be more successful in keeping/catching up? Is this a thing others have experienced and found improvement that way?
@Firyar Being #overloaded burned out and finding it difficult to keep up with a seemingly ever-growing list of things that need attention... yeah, I know this existance. And if I can manage to use my #hyperfocus to break it down and focus on bits of the list I can slowly catch up. Lately it feels like there's just too much and I have found it hard to make this strategy work. Wish I could delegate some of this. Feeling some NT imposter syndrome, I think. #ActuallyAutistc #AuDHD @actuallyautistic
This sounds amazing! I'm trying to convince my uni library to buy copies, and trying to fund a copy for myself.
I get so frustrated with book prices.. the ebook of this is almost $70aud.
If you'd like to help a struggling student, my details are here:
https://www.paypal.me/kittensmeow
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#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #IndigenousMutualAid #queer #trans #autism #audhd #disability #JobSeeker #PleaseShare #Help #PleaseHelp #SettlerSaturday #SettlerSunday #uni #student #Criminology #CriminalJustice #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #book