Autism Community

Being neurodivergent in a society with neurotypical's.

🧩I can notice your movements and every small trace. I can feel every shift as I look at your face. They were given the codes and learned the rules from the start. But my neurodivergent mind sets me apart – left with no tools. I look for my spark I am standing my ground. I am preserving my mark.🧩

Dating with autism

I feel like I just can't do it. I'm so frustrated and exhausted dealing with people who expect me to be something I'm not. Why can't I just find someone I like to be around and can drop my mask? I just want to exist and feel loved and understood. This is so tiring.

It’s ok who you are

I know it’s really rough to find a relationship around this country or state sometimes normal people don’t really like us some use women and men as toys or mockery with ghosting I felt bad for everyone been hurt so many times I haven’t met the right person for 11 years because we’re different… read more

Would be so nice to have a quiet day!

When should I tell?

I am diagnosed with ADHD and Autism since I was a Teenager. I am sometimes unsure whether or not I should tell girls if I got those diagnosis or not, or at least when there is a good time to mention it. I don't want to info dump nor trauma dump and I am worried anyone feels the ick if they find… read more

Autistic in trouble

Share your special interests

Hi tism nation on boo, my special interests are fugglers and music , whats yours ?

The autistic smile 😅

Went to visit my sister ....I can smile. Just not on demand 😂

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Almost had one today lol

Assessment Results

Has anyone taken an autism assessment and ended up being told you weren’t confirmed to be autistic? How did it make you feel? Did they tell you you might have something else like ADHD? I just took my first appointment today. My next one is this Friday, and then the last one will be about the… read more

Listen , listen .... This is my squishy

I'm frustrated , had a guy come over a couple days ago as he was sitting there he saw my squishy in its box he then picked it up and opened it and played with it .... He then lost focus while talking to me and started picking at it and stabbing it with a screw so a nail .... And when I said CAN YOU… read more

Work in progress

Autism at its best and worst

My son's axolotl didn't survive🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Smiles and Facial Expression Practice

Does anyone out there practice their facial expression or smiling? I find with where I am on the autism spectrum, smiling feels more forced than eye contact unless I’m laughing.

Neurodivergents here ?

Being around a lot of people is an overwhelming rush

I went to my local tabletop rpg/card game/board game store to learn how to play Magic The Gathering. It was a really good time, but after it was done I felt like I was shaking. I’ll still be going back, but having to interact with so many people is a big deal.

Optimising Environmental Operating System

Because I find ontological and heuristic data interesting, I started mapping a way of understanding which (x) environments are optimal for producing (y) outcomes. Sure, I can be subjective and say, I enjoy nature or being in a shopping mall is challenging, etc., it was interesting to start… read more

Moving house

Holding deposit paid, references being checked; its getting real. Gonna be the first time in 13 years I've lived on my own. The move itself should be fine, I'm literally moving 20ft down the road but the actual living part maybe a different matter

CALM Model

(Criteria for Decision-making that doesn’t require you to be regulated) The CALM Model C — Come back Before deciding, orient to the present moment. One slow breath if that feels comfortable. 
Feel your feet or the chair. Look around and name one thing you can see. The purpose is not “be calm”.… (edited) read more

Please tell me it's not true 😭😄

My little sister told me tonight that is autistic for me to be a grown ass adult and still be rocking graphic tees. Now I can't stop thinking about it 😆 The fact that I recently bought this "Rizz 'em with the 'tism" tee isn't helping. Why did she have to do me dirty like that?! 😭😭😭😄😄

Autism and dating.

It's been a fascinating journey being autistic, but now I'm curious, does being autistic really affect dating someone? 🤔

Unmasking begins

So I was super worried that my therapist didn't want to take on the challenge but she said she didn't want me to mask. She wanted me to be my true self so she took on the challenge. At 1pm (EST Time) we will be deep diving into it. Can't wait! (edited)

At what aged did you get diagnosed?

I started to get diagnosed at 2/3 years of age and fully diagnosed at 6

Pain

I ripped off all my masks that I had and no it's a rollercoaster of pain and emotions. I'm using coping mechanism like crazy like my therapist taught me but DAMN is it more painful when they're ripped off...

Seeking clarity

If someone you were dating constantly asked you to stay longer each time you visited them, and you made it clear on each occasion that you intended to leave at a specific time, how would you interpret their behaviour? For context, I intend for each visit to last at least 4 hours, after working for… read more

Diagnosis

I find that the diagnostic landscape has a few camps that are not entirely binary. Some say that a diagnosis is merely a label and does not encapsulate the entirety of a human being. Others laud the efficacy of a diagnosis because it provides context and the ability to start telling a story, going… read more

Sensory sparkle ✨ mini squish cubes

My parents ordered me some new sensory items aren’t they adorable little squish sparkles ✨

Friends After Dating

Man I had a moment where it was clearer than ever that I take speak and interpret too literally. Ex and I tried to be friends after we broke up and apparently "we'll have to see that movie when you're up for it" and "make sure you're taking care of you" were interpreted as "we should get back… read more

Gone blue again

Weighing up a new colour for next time, not sure what will work though

Neurodivergent Struggles #II

I've always wondered if I'm allowed to be happy, and this isn't some woe-is-me thought, but rather something that has deeply plagued me long before I even realised how much of myself I used to sacrifice to keep everyone else happy. And now that I've been putting in the effort to show up more… read more

Trying to life

Wtf happened to the timeline people... The very moment I finally am able to move out and away from my home town everyone decided they gonna go to war. Anyways enjoy this picture of a guinea pig lol

Breaking a habit

I've chosen a bad time to try and break a habit, though it's helping with slowing things down and not chasing the next dopamine high lol (edited)

Support Groups

Can't find any that aren't prissy about terms used. This is hopeless... Edit: no I'm not looking on Boo for support groups (edited)

One thing i wont miss about apartment living is all the damn people attempting to make small talk with me. I hardly want to be on this planet to begin with...leave me tf alone I am just trying to do laundry (or check my mail) god damn.

Any really late diagnosed autistics here?

I wasn't given a diagnosis until almost age 30. Guess because I grew up in the 80's-90's when it wasn't frequently diagnosed (only low functioning/obvious cases were diagnosed back then) and the fact that I was high functioning, nobody noticed. I was able to mask it enough that people seemed to… read more

Is anyone else struggling with high masking. Unable to make or follow the plan/script. Displaying correct emotions or playing your role well for others lately? Not wanting to be accessible to others or feeling detached?

Anyone else here approaching their 30s and have never even liked anyone romantically?

Chances are that part of my brain is probably just broken.

The idea is there 😂