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Post by mintedstar/fur on Mar 26, 2024 19:25:07 GMT -5
Of media, but I'm leaving that error as it's funnier.
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Mar 26, 2024 21:45:46 GMT -5
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Mar 27, 2024 13:15:34 GMT -5
Above is an example! Also, do you ever just ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅ |
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🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄
Sorcerer Supreme
thank you kate cary
Pronouns: She/her, they/them
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on Apr 3, 2024 8:19:59 GMT -5
happy a u t i s m m o n t h
the month where autistic people are at their peak power
what will you do with your newfound power?
i will bulldoze the autism speaks headquarters :>
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Apr 4, 2024 8:41:48 GMT -5
happy a u t i s m m o n t h the month where autistic people are at their peak power what will you do with your newfound power? i will bulldoze the autism speaks headquarters :> oooooh maybe same |
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Apr 8, 2024 10:54:53 GMT -5
Are y’all alive
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Apr 16, 2024 22:31:14 GMT -5
Barely.
Quitting my job tomorrow. Or rather handing in my two weeks. School's a time. I am ... very tired.
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Post by tumblepaw on Apr 17, 2024 6:58:30 GMT -5
Hi!! I hope it’s okay for me to post. I don’t have autism but I have ADHD-PI and APD. Plus a few mental illnesses. I’m in the process of being approved for disability in my state. I hope everything goes okay. Mentally and emotionally I’m a mess right now due to attacks on social media, so the doctor interviewing me will notice there’s something a little off about me.
Those attacks… I don’t know what to think anymore. I apologized, admitted I was wrong, and said I won’t do it again. That I can’t change what I did but I can learn from it. But that’s not enough. Does anyone have any advice?
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Apr 17, 2024 11:36:40 GMT -5
Think it's perfectly fine for you to post.  Welcome! As for doing something in the past, the main thing you can do is be a better person or do better from that point. What other people do - whether they forgive or move on - is a step on their end, if they're able to take it. You can't make them. Doing exactly what you said is the best step you can do and if others come back into your social circle afterward, then that's a choice on them. |
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Post by tumblepaw on Apr 17, 2024 19:08:57 GMT -5
Think it's perfectly fine for you to post. Welcome! As for doing something in the past, the main thing you can do is be a better person or do better from that point. What other people do - whether they forgive or move on - is a step on their end, if they're able to take it. You can't make them. Doing exactly what you said is the best step you can do and if others come back into your social circle afterward, then that's a choice on them. See, that’s what I always thought. But these people are saying it’s wrong and that I’m a horrible person for thinking this way apparently? They won’t let it go and are criticizing me for saying I want to be a better person and not hurt others in the future as well as for my screwup. They’re saying my mistakes in this matter and my attitude afterwards are proof that I’m a horrible person. I’m starting to wonder if they’re right. Maybe I should just quit that account. I kinda use social media and forums as a way to be social since I get too nervous and anxious around people in real life. I’ll miss it because I liked talking to people there. Maybe I can talk to people here instead. Thank you for listening and responding. |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Apr 17, 2024 19:37:17 GMT -5
Think it's perfectly fine for you to post. Welcome! As for doing something in the past, the main thing you can do is be a better person or do better from that point. What other people do - whether they forgive or move on - is a step on their end, if they're able to take it. You can't make them. Doing exactly what you said is the best step you can do and if others come back into your social circle afterward, then that's a choice on them. See, that’s what I always thought. But these people are saying it’s wrong and that I’m a horrible person for thinking this way apparently? They won’t let it go and are criticizing me for saying I want to be a better person and not hurt others in the future as well as for my screwup. They’re saying my mistakes in this matter and my attitude afterwards are proof that I’m a horrible person. I’m starting to wonder if they’re right. Maybe I should just quit that account. I kinda use social media and forums as a way to be social since I get too nervous and anxious around people in real life. I’ll miss it because I liked talking to people there. Maybe I can talk to people here instead. Thank you for listening and responding. I mean, the main thing is you can't really control if people have that view. My suggestion would be to shut them out or otherwise distance yourself from them, particularly if they aren't being productive in your development as a person. Social media can be murder though. If taking a break helps, you can do that too. If cutting things off isn't sitting right, it's okay to change the code to some complete gibberish so that next time you try and log in, you have to change your password to get excess. It's always too much effort for me, so I leave it be lol. |
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Post by tumblepaw on Apr 17, 2024 20:01:07 GMT -5
See, that’s what I always thought. But these people are saying it’s wrong and that I’m a horrible person for thinking this way apparently? They won’t let it go and are criticizing me for saying I want to be a better person and not hurt others in the future as well as for my screwup. They’re saying my mistakes in this matter and my attitude afterwards are proof that I’m a horrible person. I’m starting to wonder if they’re right. Maybe I should just quit that account. I kinda use social media and forums as a way to be social since I get too nervous and anxious around people in real life. I’ll miss it because I liked talking to people there. Maybe I can talk to people here instead. Thank you for listening and responding. I mean, the main thing is you can't really control if people have that view. My suggestion would be to shut them out or otherwise distance yourself from them, particularly if they aren't being productive in your development as a person. Social media can be murder though. If taking a break helps, you can do that too. If cutting things off isn't sitting right, it's okay to change the code to some complete gibberish so that next time you try and log in, you have to change your password to get excess. It's always too much effort for me, so I leave it be lol. I know. I just find it odd that people are going out of their way now to harass someone. I just logged out of that account. I don’t write down the passwords to my accounts too often, so it’s basically a done deal. I can’t be bothered to retrieve it thru email, but it’s still an option in the future if I ever go back. Hopefully those people will find something better to do after a while. Social media is weird. I had to leave other accounts too. But I find it so much easier to talk to people and express myself online than offline. My social anxiety disorder doesn’t get in the way online. Again, thank you for listening. |
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Apr 20, 2024 11:36:39 GMT -5
Hi!! I hope it’s okay for me to post. I don’t have autism but I have ADHD-PI and APD. Plus a few mental illnesses. I’m in the process of being approved for disability in my state. I hope everything goes okay. Mentally and emotionally I’m a mess right now due to attacks on social media, so the doctor interviewing me will notice there’s something a little off about me. Those attacks… I don’t know what to think anymore. I apologized, admitted I was wrong, and said I won’t do it again. That I can’t change what I did but I can learn from it. But that’s not enough. Does anyone have any advice? sorry I know there’s some serious stuff going on with the rest of that post but I just wondered, what’s ADHD-PI? Oop I just googled it that’s interesting. I’ll probably still post this but here’s my new question, what’s that like for you? I’ve got the hyperactive AND inattentive type. |
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Post by tumblepaw on Apr 20, 2024 11:48:22 GMT -5
It’s stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive. It’s the official name for ADD, the one without the hyperactivity.
I don’t know why it was renamed.
Umm, I dream day a lot and have trouble focusing. Sometimes I hyperfocus; other times I’m too distractible. Grades in school were inconsistent and I made lots of careless mistakes. I was able to mask it until middle school and was diagnosed in high school. Which is normal for this form of the disorder. Most kids get diagnosed late. Staying organized is hard but I actually work better when things are organized because it’s less distracting. Teachers used to say I didn’t apply myself. It was a relief when my math teachers gave partial credit if I showed my work; that proved I knew how to set equations up and understood the concepts.
I do fidget a lot, but one symptom of hyperactivity isn’t enough for the other two forms of ADHD. I don’t know if other people with ADHD-PI have this issue.
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on Apr 20, 2024 13:50:09 GMT -5
It’s stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive. It’s the official name for ADD, the one without the hyperactivity. I don’t know why it was renamed. Umm, I dream day a lot and have trouble focusing. Sometimes I hyperfocus; other times I’m too distractible. Grades in school were inconsistent and I made lots of careless mistakes. I was able to mask it until middle school and was diagnosed in high school. Which is normal for this form of the disorder. Most kids get diagnosed late. Staying organized is hard but I actually work better when things are organized because it’s less distracting. Teachers used to say I didn’t apply myself. It was a relief when my math teachers gave partial credit if I showed my work; that proved I knew how to set equations up and understood the concepts. I do fidget a lot, but one symptom of hyperactivity isn’t enough for the other two forms of ADHD. I don’t know if other people with ADHD-PI have this issue. Oh yeah I guess that’s what I thought. I think the fidgeting thing (and frankly any part of it) depends on the person? I personally experience all of that but with the additional hyperactivity. Basically sometimes I feel the need to move, or run around, or flail on the floor or something or I’ll be quite uncomfortable. I also flap my hands when upset or excited or uncomfortable, and almost constantly need to make noise. I’ve got diagnosed and medicated ADHD, but the meds don’t help with anything other than lessening the distraction, and making me a bit less uncomfortable when I don’t move around. I am being evaluated for Autism which I likely have, and that may also be a part of the hyperactivity and needing to make noise so yeah. oh! And large blocks of text are almost immediately skipped by my brain by default, and it makes it hard for me to read anything, even though reading is something I adore. At this level, it is considered a learning disability, and since I’m still in school I have a 504 plan. I also have close to no filter, and most things that I think will come out of my mouth at some point or other. I have absolutely zero sense of time, and I’m constantly in awe of how long a second is. :] |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Apr 30, 2024 23:05:00 GMT -5
Wanna have a new hyperfocus, I just feel blah and want the free joy.
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on May 1, 2024 8:15:40 GMT -5
Wanna have a new hyperfocus, I just feel blah and want the free joy. Such an honest mood. Hyperfixations/hyperfocuses are like having a crush for me, I love the thing for a little while and it gives me motivation for life in general, then it’s gone and I’m bored again. (A little while being a couple weeks to a couple months) |
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Post by Petalshine on May 1, 2024 19:48:34 GMT -5
I'm on a Warriors forum in 2024 as a grown adult. Of course I'm autistic. /lh
I see we're talking about when a hyperfixation/SI wanes and you feel like your life has no purpose. Felt.
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Post by Petalshine on May 2, 2024 17:44:24 GMT -5
I've been searching for job in my field (biological or biomedical labs woooo) for almost two years now, and I've gotten several interviews, but have yet to be accepted to be one. I'm worried that my neurodivergence may make it difficult for me to work under fast-paced and/or stressful conditions, which several labs and the medical college I've applied to have warned for...
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on May 3, 2024 18:45:42 GMT -5
I drew Stone! (…again) 
⬆️ I made a basic person thingy. I’m experimenting with perspective 
⬆️ I made it look more like best boi Stone 
⬆️ made the lineart more goodly 
⬆️ COLOR WOOO 
⬆️ I turned the color not red so I could use red to outline stuff 
⬆️ that last color was too dark so I changed it. 
⬆️ started putting more color in. 
⬆️ WOO SKIN AND NAILS 
⬆️ better shading 
⬆️ yes 
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I did some more texturizing 
⬆️ finished! |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on May 5, 2024 4:18:46 GMT -5
Ooo! Very fun!
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Post by stormshade1 on May 12, 2024 10:15:37 GMT -5
I have ADHD and synesthesia.
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Post by 🎃*:.｡. Rain .｡.:*🦇 on May 12, 2024 12:16:30 GMT -5
Me too! What kind(s) of synesthesia(s) do you have?
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Post by stormshade1 on May 12, 2024 13:16:50 GMT -5
Grapheme-colour. You?
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Post by Tealraven on May 16, 2024 11:04:21 GMT -5
I’ve accidentally outed myself a few times now because somebody said they had a hyperfixation. I’ll get excited and start over sharing about mine only to find out they’re not that intense about it and then I’m like “oh. I think maybe we’re not talking about the same thing actually” and feel really awkward.
I’m beginning to think that neurotypicals have started misusing that word the same way they misuse OCD. Anyone else find this annoying?
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Post by tumblepaw on May 16, 2024 11:22:16 GMT -5
I’ve accidentally outed myself a few times now because somebody said they had a hyperfixation. I’ll get excited and start over sharing about mine only to find out they’re not that intense about it and then I’m like “oh. I think maybe we’re not talking about the same thing actually” and feel really awkward. I’m beginning to think that neurotypicals have started misusing that word the same way they misuse OCD. Anyone else find this annoying? People do that to all mental illnesses, psychological conditions, and neurodivergents. Hyper, easily distractible people say they have ADD or ADHD. People with mood swings say they are bipolar. It’s even worse with depression and anxiety disorders because the terms “depressed” and “anxious” were never limited to the disorders at all. I’ve learned to ignore it despite it being annoying. At the very least the people who say they’re depressed are not feeling good and the people who say they have ADD just mean they’re easily distracted. |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on May 16, 2024 12:47:20 GMT -5
I don't think I've run into it yet with the term 'hyperfixation' or 'special interest' - back when I first learned the term 'special interest' I didn't realize it was for ASD but when told I was like 'YEAAAA! Okay, I can still use it then, because I was accidently using it in the right context anyway. XD' As I am, in fact, autistic and was using it to refer to my ... well ... special interests.
I also just casually used both when I first went to my therapist and somehow forgot to tell him I had ADHD and was Autistic, so he looked for about half the conversation like he was trying to figure out how to tactfully tell me maybe I shouldn't use those terms if I wasn't either. XD He looked rather amused to find I'd just ... completely forgot to mention two rather important to myself diagnosis. It was very funny. So no, haven't really run into it, but people sure have thought that about me before and it's always been a very fun convo.
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Post by Tealraven on May 16, 2024 13:30:00 GMT -5
Well, it’s entirely possible that I’m just a dummy who takes words too literally. That would also be very ASD of me. xD
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Post by tumblepaw on May 16, 2024 13:40:45 GMT -5
Well, it’s entirely possible that I’m just a dummy who takes words too literally. That would also be very ASD of me. xD Youre not dumb for being annoyed by this. A lot of people who have these things find it annoying, and it does show some ignorance on those who use those terms that way. I just don’t think people who use them that way are intending to hurt us when they do this. But maybe that’s just me. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. |
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Post by Tealraven on May 16, 2024 14:37:54 GMT -5
I mean. Me being too literal and people misusing words are not mutually exclusive statements. xD
But I agree with you that I don’t think it’s intentional. Everyone experiences things differently. It’s like people who have a really bad headache think it’s a migraine because it’s the most intense headache they’ve ever experienced, even if it’s not actually a migraine. When I first told my doc about my migraines she lightly interrogated me about my symptoms to ensure I wasn’t exaggerating.
I believe there is a difference between having a hyperfixation and just really being into a hobby. I think neurotypicals don’t make that distinction though, so when I see the word pop up I try to take it with a grain of salt instead of making assumptions about the person who said it.
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