Life On The Spectrum: 80 Autism Memes So Accurate They Should Come With A Warning Label

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But I am a complete weido and very happy about it

Deep thinkers tend towards depression. Because they know what's likely to happen.

Very much so. Also, is there another word to describe this, because I absolutely hate that word, makes it sound like we're spoiled brats throwing a tanty and not something debilitating and uncontrollable.

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Tell me about it! I am a very logical thinker and if anyone asks for my advice or opinion I give it unfiltered which can upset them if it isn't what they want to hear

It seems unfair that some people don't have an inner monologue at all, when I've got three orchestras, two storytellers, and at least one running commentary that can be louder than external sounds, all running on loops in my head.

How can people say that autism is a new phenomenon when Cassandra so obviously was on the spectrum?

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I would like to tell you about the fascinating relationships between vertical symmetry in nature and at the molecular level. What do you mean when you say you're not interested!

hiss

Well you already had gold (Au) to add to it ... ;-)

Find your ADHDer. They're the bestest of friends

I, erm, am. Probably something that should have been fostered more actually; I didn't like my classes because I often didn't understand how it was explained, but otherwise as soon as the process clicks I actually love it. I still enjoy trigonometry now that I understand it.

Adding a reassurance helps...sometimes. With my partner, they understand that I am confused with the added reassurance. Doesn't always work though.

Don't read the list too closely. It'll break your brain that they are hoping to find a fresh new graduate with five years of experience in something that was invented two years ago.

Oh gods yes, those 2 a.m. replays of interactions with neurotypicals ...

Yeah, you gotta hang out with peers to get pressured.

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Then add trauma, you get depression, anxiety, agrophobia, panic attacks, and AuDHD its heaps of fun. If you add narsacistic parents and its all on.

Accurate. But: Adhd folk also tend to thrive on routine, but have problems sticking to routines.

When I hear that... I have a great response. my allistic husband and I have exactly the same views and habits, but our reasons are totally different. Knowing those differences is why we can put up with each other on the things that make no sense to the other.

I dont think this is autistic, but a result of getting in trouble mich as a child, but you could not help it since the neuro divergent. Or other causes, like ashole parents e.d.

About 98% of Covid deaths were preventable!

I'm autistic and i mask to fit in it's tiring and soon as I get home I feel relieved and I sit down eating ice cream

We're all born into a game where we don't know the rules, and have to learn them as the game progresses. It's just that some of us find that the rules are written in a foreign language that is kept from us..

A family member is a medic and mentions that any presentation beginning with "I didn't want to bother you, but ..." is likely to need immediate treatment. The other clue is if it's a farmer - they only call for help if a limb is missing. All of it.

The exact reason I bring headphones with me whenever I go somewhere public

A girl cut my hair for me once and it was awful. I had to wear a hat until it grew out. I thought she wasn't very good at hairdressing. Later, it was explained that she was jealous of me because a guy liked me (who I had no interest is). I didn't get the pretending to be nice, why?

"Why can't you like normal things?"

In some people's minds, that *is* a crime. Or, at least, they act as if it is

Apropos of nothing, I saw the text and Hagrid from the nose up, and I just KNEW that's what the caption would be, and was already hearing it in his voice (much like any Morgan Freeman quote). I actually love that quote ♥

Not just autism. This statement works for justabout any thinking pattern / ability set / mental style that differs from the majority one.

Whether you like the job or not, there is - these days - a lot of insecurity lurking in the background. Your job might be bought out and shut down, the management might make some really poor decisions, and so on. Also, I think everybody has moments of "is this REALLY what I want to be doing with my life?". All the things I thought I could do when I was young, and here I am, stuck here, doing this. And I don't even have the option of saying "s***w this" and simply quitting, as all the bills will keep on coming...

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Yep, same album on the way to work every day for the last 7 years!!

Yep. I seem to rebound off other people's emotions, even small emotional state shift in a room is very noticeable.

I have been doing this for decades!

It's almost as if they have no social understanding ;-)

hiiiiii '~'

Extremely

True friends are the heart of life.

I want to go to there

The smile of Mona Lisa at (I'd guess) about 7 ?

As I get older, I am less concerned about other people's opinions - unless the people are my friends

To be more precise we frequently see what others want hidden.

I'm confused ...

For the note: disassociation is not a wandering mind, it's a full mental disconnect, it's an actual medical thing with a proper medical definition. Someone trying to talk to you will notice and probably freak out.

How'd you get this picture of me?

I feel seen

I find the official, written down "Protocol" is a help here. You do what it says, and if it doesn't cover the situation you're in, then that's the fault of the guy who wrote it. But then some ánal sphincter comes along and says "That's not what it means" and invents a new meaning for the words used. Some days I feel really sorry for the Founding Fathers ...

I'm a counter. I suck at maths and my memory is about as reliable as a Sinclair RAM upgrade, but I count s**t. When I'm unloading the trays at work onto the trolley thing, I can hand it over with a fake smile and say "there are 147 trays". Why? Because I counted. And sometimes I forget so I have to do my job *and* recount from the beginning. Because, like, the world will end or something if I haven't counted them correctly. It's so annoying. How many lights are in the room? Eleven. How fast is the machine going? One tray every six and a half seconds. There are, in case anybody cares, nine wall panels along that wall there. And you have come in looking for trays seven times since I began my shift. [sigh]

I dislike this one. Painting any experience or pattern you don't understand as inauthentic or bad is a problem in some toxic autism spaces. It is a mindset which can hold autistic people back, or even lead to them treating others unfairly. We aren't just too cool for "inauthentic" social cues, struggling to read legitimate social cues/patterns is a common part of autism. I have seen this mindset cause fellow autistic people to treat those around them dismissively and rudely while expecting to receive care or respect they don't give back, then be hurt & blame ablism when they end up alone. It doesn't make us bad or inferior to admit we struggle in this area. Imagine a dyslexic saying "we only struggle to read the stupid words" instead of just working on accepting that dyslexia causes among other things reading difficulties, but that does not make dyslexics inferior or stupid.

Pokemon lol

The code should be 2224

"reserved"

[nods] People who are nice to you don't necessarily want to be your friend. Sometimes it can be much more sinister. Luckily I came equipped with a large dose of cynicism so when somebody I don't know starts being overly friendly, I can bluntly say "I don't know you, leave me alone".

I'm so glad I don't hear electricity. I think it would push me over the edge ngl.

Wait, people are annoyed when I ask for clarification?

Noise cancelling headphones, something calming like Lacromisa playing, and sunglasses to deal with the harsh lighting. Then shopping is tolerable. Just so long as they have left everything where it is supposed to be and haven't shuffled the aisles like a deck of cards. Right now, at my local, baby food is opposite pasta from their last shuffle. Baby food.... pasta... WHAT!? WHY!?

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"Neurotypical. I can function whenever I want". PMSL. ROFL. No, that's not neurotypical at all. That's A-HOLE.

Very much so.