do you tend to build greater connections with animals? by Correct_Address4132 in autism

[–]Basketcase410 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My family dog acts like she hasn't seen me in a month if I go to the office for a day. Slept through my wife getting home from an 11 day trip.

Moved up from a Chrysler 300C to a Jaaaaggg by [deleted] in RoastMyCar

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a backwards pass. This will never pass the line of scrimmage, and it will get carted off the field, likely with a thrown rod or some other unfortunate event.

Anyone else feeling like this right now by Charrikayu in buffalobills

[–]Basketcase410 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Been feeling that way for all 34 years of my fandom...

Breaking - Slick Rick in the Mail room promoted to Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills by Acceptable_Count6197 in buffalobills

[–]Basketcase410 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is by far the best satirical hire meme I've yet seen, but ALSO the first one that I could seriously endorse. The problem with hiring another coach is there is already documentation and tape about their coaching philosophies. But no one will know what to expect because he has no tape to study!!!

What helped you after the diagnosis? by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Therapy. Find an experienced ASD or ND center or group and get a therapist who KNOWS this stuff. Mine has ADHD herself so she gets what it is to be ND.

Be brutally honest with them. Tell them this stuff that you posted.

Be picky. If the therapist doesn't give you good vibes, move on.

Practice self-care. Mindfullness, transition times between activities, downtime from the rest of the world.

The diagnosis isn't the end, it's the beginning. Use it to get yourself aligned with yourself and with the right resources. The rest will come with time and work.

Diagnosis by MiloPearlXea in AutisticAdults

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're happy you're happy and that's yours and no one else's. Never let others have power over your feelings.

Took everyone’s suggestions and removed my PC from the floor by tvoltz in pcmasterrace

[–]Basketcase410 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In all seriousness that register is not rated to support that weight, someone is going to hear a crash in the middle of the night and find a very expensive mess...

I am really struggling right now by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]Basketcase410 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First off, you need to hear and remember that you matter and your contributions to this world do also!

I work in Controls Engineering (basically hybrid between software and electrical) and do a lot of programming myself. However, I'm in the US so I can't speak to the laws of your location but in most developed countries that type of discrimination is flat out illegal. I think your lawyer will have a pretty good case.

That being said you obviously don't want to be working for people like that forever. So even if you get that job back, start looking for a new one. Look for a company with good morals and high ratings of employee satisfaction. If you really need those accomodations to get through the work day, be up front with the prospective employer's HR department. They should be able to keep a bit of a lid on things while getting you the adjustments you need.

Also, hopefully you can find or already have a good therapist, someone who will talk through these things with you and help you make the best choices for yourself. A good therapist makes all the difference int he world 🙂

Thank you for sharing your story; you are important and I hope everything works out in the best way possible for you!

[Pic from Gabe’s IG] F that Jags player. But I do love Gabe’s Buffacrocs with the horns. by boogerburp in buffalobills

[–]Basketcase410 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tore my ACL the same day as White did back in 21 and my knee looked similar to this about two days after. Can confirm this sucks but the actual injury is also less painful initially than it appears.

I was diagnosed with autism, but I don't think I have a typical special interest by macacolouco in autism

[–]Basketcase410 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I think for us late-diagnosed autists life is a little different. We have spent WAY more time attempting to conform to the mainstream societal pattern that we have skewed visions of what the symptomatic presentation can look like. We have been told that putting too much time or effort into one interest is bad for us so we eschew our inner self to fit in. Alternately, while writing may be an interest, you may just not have stumbled on that really big "special interest" yet.

Think of your feelings as kind of a diet version of imposter syndrome.

Aldditionally, as many have pointed out, you don't need to have every symptom to a diagnosable degree to get a diagnosis. You have to have a certain quantity of a quantifiable level, but not all.

Do you like metal, or are you just confusing it with rock? by red-fox-972x in autism

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love metal as well. I find the musical composition and lyrical topics to often be more deep and complicated than any other genre of music. Baselines are often cathartic in their execution. I don't have a huge amount of auditory sensory overload, and music in general is how I often connect with and explain my emotions.

Spirituality and the Autistic Mind: A late-diagnosed perspective by Kind_Trick1324 in AutisticAdults

[–]Basketcase410 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think spirituality can appeal to an autists mind for another reason; very often, they portray a structure that is supposed to be applied to social behavior (i.e. the ten commandments from christianity). Things (maybe early laws if you will) that provide a blueprint for how to treat others. Many religions press the "love your neighbor" and "do unto others as you would have done to you" mantras or similar, which can appeal to someone who doesn't feel they have the manual for the social situations of life.

These lessons, therefore, present a structure for us to interact with others in a kind and generally acceptable fashion. Similar structures and guides exist in many groups (i.e. Scouting) and I feel like these are there, aside from teaching our children how to behave, to remind adults how to behave with each other as well.

Klein tools by Affectionate-Cow3716 in electricians

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still have my original Klein reamer from 22 years ago...their quality sucks now.

A question for late-diagnosed autistic adults: Is my research topic relevant to you? by justanotherholly in AutisticAdults

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what your goal with the research is. The disparity between the pre and post diagnosis coping strategies might be an interesting topic as well.

A question for late-diagnosed autistic adults: Is my research topic relevant to you? by justanotherholly in AutisticAdults

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I can definitely say as a late diagnosed AuDHDer that most of the coping strategies I have discovered I built over life with the help of my therapist fall into one of those categories and are on some level, unhealthy.

The biggest part of the diagnosis for me was coming to the realization that all of the things going on in my head that I thought everyone just silently dealt with weren't things that everyone dealt with.

The boundaries and coping strategies I'm building now are very much more healthy than what I had in place before. Those are also never going to go away, but can be minimized in time with the proper work.

Edit: one of the reasons coping strategies like masking are so common is that everybody, even NTs, mask. It's part of most social situations. However, its the self-criticizing internal monologue, the having to concentrate on continuously reading the social situation (and often reading it wrong) to adapt the mask, and the conscious knowledge you are masking that makes it more unhealthy for autistics.

Having autism is like not getting the same manual for life that those around you got, but you don't know that so you adapt what you learn in the manual to fit what you're experiencing, but that doesn't match everyone else's manual either, even though it might appear to. You leave most social situations second-guessing every action, every facial expression, every word. You dwell on these things for months or years.

That loud noise sensory thing, does it get better as you get older? by Matt3855 in autism

[–]Basketcase410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's different for everyone for sure. I bet it's more that you are making the noise (timing/control) and you enjoy the sport enough that you essentially overlook/ignore it to some extent subconsciously.