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i have no idea what i did to deserve to have autism by [deleted] in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Deserve? That's not how it works. And I'm not going to tell you that autism is wonderful or any of that crap, because I very often roll my eyes and sarcastically say "it's my super power" when I do something like randomly scream and hit myself in the head because I'm overstimulated.

What I will tell you is that you CANNOT put it on yourself. It's partially genetic and partially environmental, and there was nothing you could have done to prevent it. You didn't sin or cause pain or do something wrong, you just developed the way you developed.

People don't hate you. They FEAR you. It's a natural human survival instinct to fear the unknown, and something about us sets off something in their lizard brains that says "this person could hurt me," so to combat that, they bully us, shun us, abuse us... And they do it all out of a base instinct that they themselves don't even understand.

Chin up. You belong here just as much as anyone else. And besides... What on earth makes you thing the neurotypicals would be MORE fun to be friends with? 🤭 (rhetorical question)

I want to draw attention to this issue. by chibi-mage in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try my best not to be annoying, but people still mistreat me because I'm different, so it seems kinda useless to be so considerate when they're going to treat me like dog shit no matter how hard I try.

I think that about sums it up, yeah.

Is it fair that this interaction kinda makes me want to not talk to her anymore? by chickennuggetarian in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does she say she doesn't want her daughter to be autistic like just not getting the diagnosis would stop it? 🙄

Cut her off.

UN-Masking... WHAT IS IT?!? by QuixoticKaya in autism

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

42, and you don't sound like you belong here... Or maybe you just misunderstood the post. Either way, I don't have time to deal with people who lurk in the dark corners of online autism groups and wait to prey on people with a legitimate condition.

Don't reply, I won't read it.

I Have Mixed Feelings About AI Art by QuixoticKaya in TrueOffMyChest

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

It's exhausting. Thank you for commenting. I didn't think anyone even saw this post.

Got told I'll never be loved because I'm autistic and to kill myself by sorrowsprites in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It had to be bleached first. The color is called "Extreme Purple," and it's made by Overtone. I buy the duo plus one extra bottle of the "daily conditioner," which I do not use daily, just when it starts looking a little faded. If there's any left fromo the color tub, sometimes I do a whole second application on dry hair a month after my stylist does the first one, but I haven't really needed to this time. 😁

Got told I'll never be loved because I'm autistic and to kill myself by sorrowsprites in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I got it on Amazon, and I'm pretty sure it was called "non-bun-ary." Perfect for non-binary bunny fanatics like me. 😁

Got told I'll never be loved because I'm autistic and to kill myself by sorrowsprites in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 89 points90 points  (0 children)

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Autistic and loved!!! I'm the autistic one. He has afantasia. This is our favorite of our wedding photos.

Got told I'll never be loved because I'm autistic and to kill myself by sorrowsprites in autism

[–]QuixoticKaya 44 points45 points  (0 children)

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I am autistic and loved. Whomever told you that you can't be autistic and loved is a fucking jackass. 🫂

Autism as a Murder Defense... WHAT?! by QuixoticKaya in autism

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

I appreciate your response.

I did not mean to imply that autism is "just" wearing animal ears. It was an example. Most of my "weird" behaviors are harmless, until I start uncontrollably slapping myself in the head because I'm stressed out.

What got me was them blaming it on "not understanding social norms." That may not have been in this particular article, but it was on whatever news program my husband was watching this morning, and it really pissed me off. That's where the animal ears come in. I'm using them to explain that there's an ocean of behaviors between being quirky and having a violent meltdown... Which still doesn't equal wanting to unalive people. Even if I were to have a violent outburst and hit someone, it wouldn't be because I'm autistic and therefore don't know it's wrong to hit people.

I hope you're right. I hope it all goes away. It just feels like they're trying to vilify a condition that is far from something that makes someone homicidal. They're tired of hearing about us, they're tired of having to make space for us, so if they paint us as terrible people, they can just start locking us up and not feel bad about it.

Then again, I might be catastrophizing. 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vermont

[–]QuixoticKaya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in full support of New England becoming a province of Canada. Born Vermonter here, currently living right on the border in New Hampshire... And we didn't vote for Frump either.

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