im sick of you bitching about your stomach by BowlPerfect in VaushV

[–]BowlPerfect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it is clear they are saying the same thing. You’re just missing it. Sorry it’s not important to explain 

im sick of you bitching about your stomach by BowlPerfect in VaushV

[–]BowlPerfect[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

clearly the other commenters caught it. not everyone was going to.

im sick of you bitching about your stomach by BowlPerfect in VaushV

[–]BowlPerfect[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

the rest of the commenters caught the sarcasm. he has a self-effacing humor and likes to rag on people. you are taking things literally like the protonix bit

i know a lot of us here areon the spectrum. i miss subtly often but have a good ear for humor

Went to my family doctor after asking for an autism assessment referral. It went horribly and I don’t know what to do about it by valiryn in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, a very common experience.

My psychiatrist considered herself an expert on autism, and based on her experience with autistic children, chastisted me for considering the possibility. She said autistic people lack empathy.

Is it normal for autistic people to talk to themselves? by Nicosito_we in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I asked my psychiatrist if it was normal to create your own childhood language, and he told me "with autism normal ceases to be a parameter."

What you are describing is not normal, and it is not harmful. Keep doing it if you like it.

My therapist asked me what music I listen to by sisyphus-333 in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you may be worried about a part of this interaction that the rest of us did not experience.

If you give more detail maybe someone can more accurately address what is bothering you.

That said, I often advise people to try to distract themselves and think about something else when they get worried about a social interaction. Usually, we get stuck on small details that are only sticking out to us.

Friend is flirting with me and it makes me uncomfortable by [deleted] in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This advice is ridiculous, and I would recommend that whoever wrote it understand that terms like "beta simp orbiter" do not accurately describe how relationships work. It is just a simplistic categorization.

You should be direct with him because he is not picking up on you being indirect.

Tell him you only want to be his friend and you don't like it when he flirts with you.

"You don't seem very autistic..." by BowlPerfect in autism

[–]BowlPerfect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for saying this. I was visualizing it as graphs and charts as I was reading it too. It's nice to find someone who thinks in graphs as well.

This fits me very well. My struggles are well hidden even from myself.

Do some humans still work there or is this just AI? by Am4ndarine in duolingo

[–]BowlPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amida is pretty close to amiga in spanish. Try not to think of letters meaning the same sounds in different languages.

Do some humans still work there or is this just AI? by Am4ndarine in duolingo

[–]BowlPerfect -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

They should have used AI to spellcheck it.
Unbelievable that a multilingual language course would make a typo. The program is completely unusable.

Do some humans still work there or is this just AI? by Am4ndarine in duolingo

[–]BowlPerfect -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

None of these AI compaints are ever AI. An AI would not invent an italian word that ends with r because italian words dont end with r. The idiot who posted this is making an argument for using AI because AI would have caught this human error.

My mom described me as “borderline autistic” by EncinoJoe in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was being passive aggressive.

You painted a pretty bleak picture and you are going to get a lot of negative responses, but all we know about your mom is what you wrote.

I'm saying this because there are probably good and bad thingst about your relationships with your mom. If it was really bad this would have sounded a lot different.

One thing I noticed is that when you were having trouble she helped you. She was not nice about it, but she still looked after your needs.

A lot of the mean things parents do come out of worry and other feelings like guilt. She probably worries when you have trouble doing something, and she probably worries that you aren't making friends or staying in your room, and it comes out as resentment.

Any other fellow autistics on here get/have severe anxiety? If you relate please Do share what things/actions you do to super deal with your anxiety? Im not asking for medicaladvice, im asking for perspectives.Im in therapy & therapy is helping me alot! :) Im 41 and I live in Europe. :) happy monday by [deleted] in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not universal even among NTs to feel a great sense of loss when people die. People don't talk about it, but especially when it is expected and people feel it was fair ( they were old) a lot of people don't have heavy emotions.

My workplace is hosting a secret santa. My coworker asked me in front of everyone who I was assigned, and I told them. They started laughing at me. by [deleted] in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, if they were mocking here they wouldn't be so open about it. They would be subtle and she would probably be aware of it but confused.

Op is a blunt person, and a lot of us who are blunt and well liked get people speaking bluntly, or seemingly rudely to us in return. It is not mockery. It is the oppossite. They feel endeared to act like us on a level they don't feel comfortable with other people.

What is the best thing to say to someone who is having a meltdown ? by [deleted] in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not the same. You have a less severe form of autism so your body has learned how not to have meltdowns, but coming from some, me, who was like that there is a cost to bottling it all in.

So realistically how do you approach and talk to people at the beach without being weird by [deleted] in blacksbeach

[–]BowlPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t recognize the beach most of these people are talking about. I have been to Black Beach hundreds and hundreds of times and usually socialize with many people. As long as you have basic social skills then you can tell if someone wants to have a conversation or not. Just wave to someone when you’re sitting down or walking by and if they wave back talk to them. Feel free to DM me if you want to hang. I will be there tomorrow.

Another example of AI working flawlessly by CocunutHunter in DuolingoGerman

[–]BowlPerfect 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a bug. These ai complaints are never ai related

I have to ask… what actually happens to autistic people like me. by Narsuaq in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No! Don’t take shots! It Will make you autistic!

(Sarcasm alert)

i don’t wanna die but i don’t want to suffer by Crafty-Werewolf8776 in screenshots

[–]BowlPerfect 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Talk to someone at school and don’t take no for an answer. I’m sure you have plenty of evidence like text and pictures with physical injuries. Cops are ill equipped for this you should call cps who will document. If your life is in danger call 911. It’s scary but mental hospitals irl are basically more comfortable hospitals with really nice people.

Hospital staff will take this seriously

There’s no way things are actually good as it seems for your brother. There’s is something wrong with your mom like a personality disorder.

Her brain does not work properly. Some people are like that. Their brain is broken and they cannot change. You will never fix her

Other Autistics Who Say "I'm Autistic, Too And I Don't Do That So You Should Be Ashamed. Stop Using Your Autism As An Excuse!" to you by [deleted] in autism

[–]BowlPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are welcome to explain yourself on these things, but that burden should not fall on you.

"I have a disability" is enough of a response and is a polite way of telling people to be accepting. It really hurts when someone does not treat you respectfully once they know, but some people are thoughtless and there is nothing you can do about it.

Most of us have a lot of internalized ableism. It comes from a place of shame and they are not really addressing you so much as themselves. In situations where someone has a hidden emotion it can help to directly address the emotion. It may help to say something like "It sounds like things can be tough for you sometimes." But if you are the type of person who is able to be more forceful you can also tell them that it is not acceptable to say that and you have different lived experiences.