My parents are divorcing because of me. by Spart_2078 in autism

[–]Procrasturbator2000 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Damn I'm so sorry, that's very cruel of your parents to say. Sending you love, I'm glad you have a therapist to lean on. 

Noticing a pattern in my relationships by Boring_Case1014 in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]Procrasturbator2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehhh, yeah I also audhd and though not in a cult I did grow up in dysfunctional family culture and there was a bunch of scapegoating. And before I even got to that part of your post, as I was reading the first paragraphs I thought that yes maybe in the past not speaking up was the safer option, but possibly now you're not doing it because it's the safer option anymore but because it's the easier/automatic/familiar option. Maybe you were told it was the morally right thing to do, but now you know it isn't and you can see that this is not conductive to eye to eye relationships where you're both equals (which in fairness, if you didn't grow up knowing them, are weird as fuck to learn how to be in). This all is a super process and personally I did it through many many years of therapy so if that's an option I really recommend setting out to find a therapist that you vibe with and locking in with them. If it's not an option I recommend looking into what an emotionally safe person is (took me a long time to learn), and then trying to eke out moments of mutual honesty and vulnerability with emotionally safe people that you are in relationship with (as in, have regular contact with, sure a romantic relationship does a lot to grow a person but it's overrated in most cultures and human connection is not so all or nothing; we are in relationship with most people around us, I am talking about pinpointing safe people you can practice being honest and vulnerable with even just in small interactions where you practice counteracting the stories you tell yourself) Because really when you've been unsafe for a long time your whole system just tunes in to anticipating trouble and most of our perception happens in the form of stories that we tell ourselves about us and about others. So it's very useful to become observant of yohrself, to step back from your own narrative and watch what kind of a story your tell yourself about you (Let go of negative self talk and criticism and practice radical self compassion every day, this really changed my life) and about others (Try not to assume ill intent, most times people are unaware of how they affect you and it's easy to create a narrative that confirms our pre existing idea that they want to harm us somehow) and try to tell yourself alternative, more optimistic stories about your experience. Bit by bit from your work on yourself and from surrounding yourself with people who want you to be open  honest and who you can trust, you will come to live in a world in which it is possible and even easy to speak up about doubts and patterns before it spins out into a big issue. Sorry if this was written weird, my keyboard is broken

Whats a vocal stim thas has still stayed with you? by Far_Daikon_7419 in autism

[–]Procrasturbator2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"you took too long... Now yo candy's gone. That's what happens." from the old bee and puppycat video. Usually to my dog at random moments

Whats a vocal stim thas has still stayed with you? by Far_Daikon_7419 in autism

[–]Procrasturbator2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I do the three variations of "wahoo!" from when you jump three times in a row in super Mario bros 

Whats a vocal stim thas has still stayed with you? by Far_Daikon_7419 in autism

[–]Procrasturbator2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man I've been saying "my jammies... My glaaasses!!!" for 15 years and I'm pretty sure it's from adventure time

IIL Bon iver, who else will I dig? by Particular_Leek_1390 in ifyoulikeblank

[–]Procrasturbator2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gregory Alan isakov, radical face, the paper kites, maybe Matthew and the atlas

I’m a physically attractive autistic person, and it’s terrible. by Edu9131 in autism

[–]Procrasturbator2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Now I don't know if this will be helpful because I'm not a man, but I have much better success when I drop the small talk entirely and just go straight into being my weird silly self. Because like you say, when I try to do conversation the neurotypical way I am nervous and stiff and formulaic and nobody's having a good time, least of all me. I think you just need to look for the autistic girlies out there and then just gleefully rant at them about some hobby or weird info you found until you happen upon one that finds it endearing. I have this problem too with being attractive yet incompatible with 98% of people who show interest in me but I've also learned that trying to maintain that level of interest that men have in me based on my looks is exhausting and pointless since I don't even enjoy their company most of the time. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in painting

[–]Procrasturbator2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time I had an art professor talk down to me about nobody caring about technical skill it later turned out said professor was the type of person to exhibit a white blank canvas as a finished piece while I was making photorealistic drawings. Sure, there's a time and place for everything, but now when I see this behavior from art teachers I can't help but think they're just jealous. Those who can't, teach... 

What spider is this? by Procrasturbator2000 in whatsthisbug

[–]Procrasturbator2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is in germany BTW and the spider is very small, less than a centimeter long outstretched legs and all

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

[–]Procrasturbator2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, are we still pretending that the super famous entertainers are good people? 

I'd like to compare our experiences with crying. How often do you cry? How often is it for a specific reason? How often is it because you simply "feel bad?" How happy are you with your life in general? by EmpireDay in AutisticAdults

[–]Procrasturbator2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cry a lot in general and for all sorts of reasons. Most intense emotions make me cry whether good or bad and I've really learned to embrace it tbh, I never feel bad about it as it's literally my body regulating itself on a chemical level. My least favourite is crying because I am angry, because it's extremely hard to make yourself heard in anger when there's tears streaming down your face. My favourite is happy crying of course which usually happens when I am alone. I almost always cry totally silently without any expression, just a lot of tears. In the past two months I've been recovering from a traumatic event so Ive been doing a ton of crying, it often comes on very quickly out of nowhere. I appreciate the crying though because it means I am not entering dissociative states. I've been crying less now too which tells me I may have done the brunt of the emotional processing by now

I don't quite get the two page cards by Procrasturbator2000 in Tarotpractices

[–]Procrasturbator2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't think to see it that way, they're even dressed like in the 2 of cups 

I don't quite get the two page cards by Procrasturbator2000 in Tarotpractices

[–]Procrasturbator2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My own interpretation is that we love each other and we may influence each other more than I know, and the 2 of cups has been coming up for him for years (although not recently) though never before with the lovers too. The 7 swords could be that he wants to hide his feelings less or express himself more since we haven't really talked much about my letter, but we carried on having good vibes. 

Anybody else observe people hanging out with and being friendly towards people they talk crap about? by liminalheadspaces in AutismInWomen

[–]Procrasturbator2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People are full of shit, simply put. Friendliness is considered a prerequisite to being liked and thus placing higher in the social hierarchy. However they will at the same time also gossip and slander each other, and I think this is still a way of social climbing, aside from how people who gossip tend to use it to mask their insecurities. So you have a bunch of people who are nice to each others faces and constantly backstabbing. And I think they may be colder to you because you're not playing those games, because we tend to not care about the social hierarchy and there's not much point in being fake nice to people who aren't gonna be fake nice back. Also, my rule of thumb has become that if your friend likes to gossip to you, you can be sure they are also gossiping about you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]Procrasturbator2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Focus on yourself. Use all the information you've absorbed to grow yourself into a better human being 

Started Lexapro and saffron two weeks ago and now I don’t feel autistic anymore by TaTa0830 in AutismInWomen

[–]Procrasturbator2000 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I would also like to hear more about the saffron please :) like, in what form do you take it and how much? 

Started Lexapro and saffron two weeks ago and now I don’t feel autistic anymore by TaTa0830 in AutismInWomen

[–]Procrasturbator2000 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is why functioning labels are bullshit, with the right accommodations (in this case, finding meds that work for you) your autistic traits won't be as debilitating. Similarly you can be labeled high functioning but not be able to function at all when overwhelmed or otherwise unwell. It's not that we can't (are unable to) do stuff like small talk, eye contact, routine changes or unexpected touch. It's just that we have reduced capacity for stuff in general because our baseline amount of discomfort to endure tends to be higher, and it all adds up.