Just Some Moods

the problem with autism is sometimes you want to do something (brave) but you need someone to gently walk you through each step so you know what will happen. and people don’t like doing that

i had to phone a taxi today, scary

The subreddit r/explainlikeimscared is a surprisingly good resource for this. People are always very kind and thorough from what I've seen, and I spend a decent amount of time there giving walkthroughs and answering questions when I know the process.

blood “loss”? well it’s not lost. i know exactly where it went. right over there.

pro tip: you can rewatch your favorite media again

baby me, sorting m&ms by color and then into a gradient: now this is how you have fun!

baby me, observing other children eating fistfulls of randomly colored gummy bears all at once: when do i get to go back to my home planet

Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it.

You deserve to feel heard.

that bad sensory moment when you’re trying to do something that requires a lot of focus and the people around you are talking loudly and you’re just sitting there like $&@&&@@^%#%^%***++*%%#%^*+%%%

Audio processing disorder is just like "you are going to be able to differentiate 27 distinct sounds happening simultaneously EXCEPT for when someone's talking to you. Good luck"

People think because my ears are so unreasonably sensitive I must also be able to "hear" them. This is false. I can hear the clock ticking though