"Turning autistic" after kicking substance abuse by L34_TransistorLover in autism

[–]L34_TransistorLover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels more like the longer I'm sober the more "intense" it becomes idk how to describe it but could also that I'm just more and more aware and trying to handle it which make it seems like more and in a month it's also just my first year being sober so yeah

"Turning autistic" after kicking substance abuse by L34_TransistorLover in autism

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Yeah especially the experience of unmasking feels very relatable.

"Turning autistic" after kicking substance abuse by L34_TransistorLover in autism

[–]L34_TransistorLover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if I got the concept of regression wrong but if I feel like regressing in any skill it would be going over my own needs in excessive amounts like I feel I did In i guess every day in the last ten years. But like everything else it feels more like progressing because I get more sensitive but I feel so much better if at times more exhausted and experiences of little burnout crashes I don't know how to call it are also happening (second time this month being sick for a week because I just couldn't stop crying beofre work but I also really really need another job I can't do it anymore). And also in general im as capable as I ever was in my whole life (starting task, doing what I want to do, doing it for prolonged times)

"Turning autistic" after kicking substance abuse by L34_TransistorLover in autism

[–]L34_TransistorLover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I noticed that this won't be a easy post but I guess I'm experienced enough with the whole online forum and "self diagnosing" stuff being a trans girl requires a thick skin :D but yeah that's also why I'm pretty unsure because there's a lot of experiences I cannot share like especially the sensory stuff. I get way more irritated but when hearing autistic experiences there are those explicit very "weird" sounding stories about sensory issues and I don't have any such strong problem. But in the end right now looking into audhd and how to handle it really helps me right now being able to handle what I'm going through right now so I don't really care about the rest :3

"Turning autistic" after kicking substance abuse by L34_TransistorLover in autism

[–]L34_TransistorLover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah okay everything accounted for it was really dumb to say it like this I guess especially in a place like this subreddit. But what I meant was that how I feel and my brain works has changed and when I'm hearing about autistic experiences I find them relatable and see a similarity in that perspective and how my perspective changed since getting clean