this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)

Autism

6837 readers
1 users here now

A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.

We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.

Community:

Values

  • Acceptance
  • Openness
  • Understanding
  • Equality
  • Reciprocity
  • Mutuality
  • Love

Rules

  1. No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
  2. Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
  3. Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
  4. Do not request donations.
  5. Be respectful in discussions.
  6. Do not post misinformation.
  7. Mark NSFW content accordingly.
  8. Do not promote Autism Speaks.
  9. General Lemmy World rules.

Encouraged

  1. Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
  2. Funny memes.
  3. Respectful venting.
  4. Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
  5. Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
  6. Questions regarding autism.
  7. Questions on confusing situations.
  8. Seeking and sharing support.
  9. Engagement in our community's values.
  10. Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
  11. Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room
  • We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.

.

Helpful Resources

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world
1
The fear of being perceived + autism (lemonandlively.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/autism@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As an autistic person, I hate being perceived.

lmao!! I've never heard put that way, but yes!

Autistic people don’t get used to forced sensory sensitivities; they DISSOCIATE. Autistic people don’t “habituate”. Research shows our pain receptors light up when we’re exposed to our sensory sensitivities.

So much this. Prior to doing trauma work, a therapist ran a dissociation scale on me, and my score was quite high...like dissociative disorder high. I then worked with them to reconnect with reality and overwhelmed myself into a psychosomatic mess. I almost went to the hospital a few times until the autism therapist stepped in and told me what I needed to do to get it together. That was serious. I thought I was dying.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, I know that. Suppressed memories are like "locked drawers", and if you open them, all of that mess is overwhelming. That is why you are supposed to open them slowly, one after one. Sorry your therapist didn't tell you that.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Like, I think cats and lots of other animals have gaze detection or sth.

They sleep. I look at them. At that exact moment they shake , and run away. Happened so many times, it can't all be coincidences.

Most impressive case was when I was sitting in a garden, doing nothing for like an hour. I notice there's a black dot on the wall in front of me, but I don't care. After like ten minutes or so, I get interested and ask myself, what is that black dot? I look at it and try to focus, and at that fucking moment I notice it's a lizard, and it runs away like if it was panicking.