Autism™

remembering that my laundry finished 6 hours ago and has be sitting wet in the machine

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.

Thinking about that part in mystery incorporated where fred says "I'm not a guy anymore!" as a way of saying that he's accepting his emotions. thinking about how mystery inc fred is canonically autistic and some autistic people express themselves very openly which goes directly against masculine gender norms. thinking about how fred and his ascot throughout the scooby doo franchise have gone from innocuous to weapons against toxic masculinity. thinking about the overlap between gender non-conformity and autism. thinking about gender as a construct and expression of gender as a choice. thinking about fred jones

Thinking about that part in mystery incorporated where fred says "I'm not a guy anymore!" as a way of saying that he's accepting his emotions. thinking about how mystery inc fred is canonically autistic and some autistic people express themselves very openly which goes directly against masculine gender norms. thinking about how fred and his ascot throughout the scooby doo franchise have gone from innocuous to weapons against toxic masculinity. thinking about the overlap between gender non-conformity and autism. thinking about gender as a construct and expression of gender as a choice. thinking about fred jones

“Do it scared” “do it alone” are all great tips, but my biggest takeaway from therapy is do it messy. This is especially true if you’re getting out of a burnout, which I experience often. Literally just do it messy. You don’t need to pick the perfect trail to walk, the perfect playlist to listen to, whatever the fuck it is. You don’t need to have a meticulous to do list and wake up at the exact time you planned and drink the exact amount of water you planned to drink. Like the biggest thing for people like me to remember is sometimes it’s okay to do it messy. Put on a random yt workout and just get it done in sweats. Do 5 minutes of a daunting task and go from there. Sometimes just getting up is a win during intense burnouts or depressive funks. Literally just do it messy.

we’re basically halfway through the year this is getting SERIOUS

cats will be like please i need you to watch me wiggle around on this carpet please hey look look please look at me i’m wiggling

adhd to autistic communication is stored in the echolalia

I didn’t know that word until I saw this post and now I’ve been walking around the house muttering “echolalia” for several days now. I’m glad irony isn’t a lost concept.

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