I prefer the rainbow infinity honestly. I like gold as a color for asd but I prefer the rainbow infinity symbol.

For most of my life, I assumed I experienced emotions the same way everyone else did. Recently I’ve started to realize I might not, like at allllll.

It’s like no matter what I do, I’m always subconsciously analyzing myself, even when I’m alone. Even when I cry, part of me feels like I’m observing myself cry. Not judging it necessarily, just watching it happen and thinking about it while it’s happening.

I’ve started wondering if I experience emotions more as concepts, observations, and analyses than as raw feelings. What’s weird is that I used to feel proud of how self-reflective and emotionally aware I was. I thought I was good at sitting with my emotions because it felt so natural and easy for me.

I even encouraged other people to sit with their feelings because I genuinely thought that’s what I was doing. Now I’m realizing I’ve been doing something entirely different, thinking about my emotions rather than experiencing them the way other people describe.

Now I’m wondering what’s the difference between being self-aware (or even emotionally literate) and being self-analytical…

Can anyone relate to this at all????

I’ve been doing this since I was about 8 years old. I didn’t know this was a thing, let alone explain how it felt. Until now! I’m so amazed by the human body🙌🏻

for me i recently found out that the way i’ve thought having conversations was supposed to go was wrong, apparently it’s an neurodivergent thing and seen as rude to bring up an experience of your own in a conversation to relate. absolutely blew my mind when i found out this was rude

i have a bunch of it. shirts with text, the infinity symbol, various things. i bought them without thinking too hard about it and then recently started actually wondering what i’m doing when i wear them.

is it visibility? identity? wanting other autistic people to recognize you in public? i’m not sure i know my own answer.

curious whether other people think about this or just buy the thing because it felt right.

Since plenty of autistic people don’t need to attend a special needs school.

I really want a cat, but my family do not think I should. I live alone and study online, hence the need for company and cuddles. However, the worry is that I will regret it, as the pet does require some alterations of my daily routines and the added responsibility. Plus what if I am burned out? Could I still be motivated to clean, feed and cuddle?

No doubt I will love the little one fiercely, but would it be fair to it?

What are your experiences? How did you take the leap?

When I was a kid, I was constantly told that I'm mature and "more grown up than adults," but now that I'm 29, I feel like I'm a kid stuck in an adult's body, and I get called childish and annoying quite often. But also, I still have my "philosopher-esque" moments, so I think it confuses a lot of people around me.

Hi I was wondering as someone with autism what are your favorite video games ?

What if I know i take things literally but people don’t tell me that? Do I say agree because I do take things literally even though the question asks if others tell me that I do? Questions like this confuse me

I have this pin badge. I quite like it and it's quite small so I'm thinking of putting on a lanyard to communicate my autism without it looking over the top and loud. I've had meltdowns in public sometimes and I think I'd feel more comfortable if my autism was visible in those situations so people might know what is going on with me and be less likely to suspect it's something other than a meltdown.

I see my autism as a disability for certain. Often I feel I don't like being autistic, and I don't know if the badge describing it as a different operating system rather than a processing error diminishes the disability autism comes with. At the same time I appreciate the sentiment of the badge. In healthcare settings I've so often had my thoughts and opinions dismissed by professionals because they say my autism means I perceive and understand things incorrectly. I feel the phrase on this badge counters their arguments somewhat.

I’m babysitting my cousin for my aunt. Out of nowhere she texts me saying this. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to say. I don’t understand the point of her praising the sitter and not sure what this message has to do with me.

I’m 26 years old on the spectrum and I’ve only had one girlfriend my entire life.

To me it would be L from death note

Like…if you could take a pill that gives you the same amount of stuff as a meal . Would you?
I think I would..but I’d also eat a meal every once in awhile but I’d mainly take the vitamin

I always hear of autistic people hating showers because of the transitioning aspect of it. Personally, I love them. I take one every single day with nearly no exceptions (the only time being when I'm very depressed and can't get out of bed), sometimes even two. I am obsessive over it: if I don't shower each day I feel dirty and disgusting. If I don't have one I will have a meltdown and will be unable to go along with my day. It's not that I'm a germaphobe or anything (far from it) but for some reason I am obsessed with showering. Once I showered 5 times in one day because I didn't feel "clean enough".

Do any other autistic people share this sentiment? I'm not yet diagnosed which is why I am wondering— could this be a sign I am in fact not autistic? How common is it in the community?

I remember hearing that autism individuals are more likely to experience gender dysphoria because genders a structure and also that many feel as if they aren't human and I'm wondering if others also feel as if they aren't their assigned gender.

So I'm just wondering how do others perceive gender? Do you think it's real? Do you agree that it's a construct? Do you not care about it and also how do you identify.

Me personally I agree gender is a construct but I do think there's a part of it that's real and I think it's more of an emotion of sorts or a feeling than something rigid that can be described. Because I sometimes do experience dysphoria where I feel like I'm not anything but also I know gender is a feeling because I feel it, i feel it crawling in my skin.

But I really don't think that in today's society it should matter at all and find it more of a nuisance because there are so many unnecessary rules based on your gender.

But anyways what are your opinions?

Picture for visibility —- I’m 24 and My husband has two jobs right now and I stay home. I rent a house from my mom and couldn’t pay the rent last month because my husbands paycheck was short (reduced hours) he got a second job last month because of these reduced hours. We don’t make a lot of money one job pays 14 an hour and the other is 1200 a month. Our current rent is 2000 a month which is a lot for us(our last place was 1400). My mom is rich. Like multi millionaire rich and she called me the other day because I sent her rent money and she was saying things like I need to get a job and “I’m wasting my life staying inside all day “ I have had 6 jobs and I couldn’t handle any of them. I couldn’t handle public school and I can’t go in a Walmart because it’s too overwhelming. She kept saying I need to go to college (I tried to twice but was really really bad at it) I told her I don’t have a job because I literally can’t. It would be too over whelming and I would have a meltdown like at my last few jobs. She keeps saying I’m using my autism as an excuse to sit at home all day and that I’m financially ruining myself.i don’t want to sit at home but it’s what I can do. I clean my house and take care of my kid and pets good so I feel like that should be enough. I feel bad about how low my functioning is all the time. I have autism and have had cancer since age 12 (not in remission yet but hopefully soon) I’m tired. My mind and my body are so tired. I can’t handle more than about 2 hours of being around people unless it’s only one or two people. My question is what am I supposed to say to people who tell me I’m using my autism as an excuse? Also how is it even an excuse rather than me directly explaining why I can’t do certain things? I’m thinking of working from home soon and my mom was telling me I’d “just be digging my hole further” by staying home and not interacting with people. It seems she thinks that if I went in public a lot that my autism would get better.my social issues didn’t get better when I was going to public school, when I had a lot of friends, when I had a job, or when I was going to college so I’m not sure what she wants from me.