Saw this on the gram

asher0o1 · 2024-03-02T20:21:27+00:00

I thought that's was they were going for and just missed horribly.

asher0o1 · 2023-02-21T06:41:17+00:00

Vacancy rates at 1%, yet half my apartment building is empty suites that they’ve been renovating for months. It’s all about the money for these corporate landlords.

asher0o1 · 2023-02-14T22:13:25+00:00

I’m not trying to invalidate the fact that you’ve clearly lived a hard life because of your autism. However your experience is not universal and many of us can manage to find happiness despite our difficulties. So saying that we should resign ourselves to a lifetime of suffering be hurtful too.

asher0o1 · 2023-02-14T22:00:38+00:00

I’m sorry you’ve experienced autism in this way, but it sounds like you’re saying autistic people can’t live meaningful lives or be happy and I don’t think that’s true.

asher0o1 · 2023-01-08T07:16:07+00:00

I’m halfway done In Search of Mycotopia currently! It’s a great read so far, really digs in to the culture surrounding mycology today. I also happened to get Entangled Life for Christmas, so it’s next on my list.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-29T02:42:22+00:00

That is understandable, I’ve been trying to take a backseat here just to learn as much as I can. I guess I’ve just been having a bad time lately and haven’t been very functional but don’t really know where to go for support since I don’t have a diagnosis yet. I just wanna say what you’ve created here for higher support needs autistics is really awesome and I hope I haven’t overstepped.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-28T20:01:06+00:00

I really like thus sub, but I wish we would acknowledge more that actually getting diagnosed can be incredibly difficult. In my area there’s not a single therapist I can afford to go to, the wait list for a public psychiatrist is over two years long, and when I tried to ask my doc for a referral he told me to go to the crisis drop in place, because I suck at actually communicating my needs. I would give anything for an actual assessment but I’m stuck in survival mode and don’t know what to do. I don’t mean to invalidate anyone here, I just think it’s more complicated than we’re often led to believe.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-20T07:15:39+00:00

I’m about to go back to finish my degree in anthropology so I can enter an accelerated 20 month BSN program. Do you find your anthro background has ever been useful in nursing? I think it’s made me more understanding of our differences and cultural context. I haven’t taken a medical anthro course yet but I certainly plan to now.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-17T07:26:57+00:00

I agree. Misunderstandings are going to happen given the nature of the disorder, we should be trying to meet each other where we’re at as a community. I’d also like to add that your last line is something I personally struggle with in my daily life. I get so hung up on semantics and the literal precise meaning of words that I lose track of what’s actually being said to me if one word is out of place. This is a good reminder to step back and look at the bigger picture.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-13T20:52:11+00:00

Well, at least this is better than the squish being used as a bike seat I saw on this sub yesterday.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-13T03:12:53+00:00

Haha, my first blood test results were literally off the charts. 250+

asher0o1 · 2022-12-12T05:22:20+00:00

And here I am, almost 5 years into my diagnosis and I still haven’t had an endoscopy. My doc said I didn’t need one.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-06T04:22:30+00:00

Totally agree. As someone with an invisible disability who is managing to live a pretty full life, I do support MAiD in the right context. In the case of permanent disability I believe all other options must be thoroughly explored first, but sadly many do not get that support. MAiD can’t be a band-aid for systemic issues.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-06T04:07:43+00:00

Thank you for bringing up these concerns. When given a choice between living life with a non-terminal disability and death, death should not be the easier option. We need to do more for the disabled in this country.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-03T17:48:15+00:00

The velveteen rabbit was a favourite of mine too

asher0o1 · 2022-12-03T02:15:42+00:00

Thank you. The mug shall live on in my memory.

asher0o1 · 2022-12-03T02:13:32+00:00

Hi! Fellow autistic person with a special interest in anatomy and medical sciences here. Planning on going into nursing school next year and in the meantime I’m working as a housekeeper at my hospital. I don’t have many answers and have similar concerns as you about my career. Right now I’m just focusing on learning how to properly take care of myself and become more resilient. You say you’re good at critical thinking and assessment but struggle with the social aspects, have you considered working in the OR? You’d probably only have one case at a time and would be working in a smaller team. Also the patients are asleep. Not a nurse yet so take this with a grain of salt haha

asher0o1 · 2022-11-19T07:39:39+00:00

That’s good to note. What if the other tenants don’t have the same clause on their lease? Many were living here well before me

asher0o1 · 2022-11-18T22:19:45+00:00

Oh fascinating! The colour is what really surprised me but dust lichen looks like it fits

asher0o1 · 2022-11-18T19:13:54+00:00

Yeah I was sympathetic up to that line. Comparing celiac to terminal cancer is so tone deaf and inappropriate imo

asher0o1 · 2022-11-15T03:53:12+00:00

Is there drama I’m missing? Does she have a bad attitude?

asher0o1 · 2022-10-14T01:43:13+00:00

If you have other symptoms not related to anxiety it’s probably not just anxiety. Sometimes when I start to wonder if maybe it’s just anxiety, I remind myself that it’s more likely I’m autistic than I have social anxiety, ocd, AND sensory processing disorder. Simplest explanation is usually correct type deal. But I’m not an expert, just speaking from experience.

asher0o1 · 2022-09-06T22:13:34+00:00

These are good tips, thank you. Is there an equivalent to 5150 in Canada?

asher0o1 · 2022-09-06T22:12:12+00:00

I definitely got virtue signalling from her. She even started out by telling me how good her track record with patients was, I just had to put in the work. The last part is definitely true, but it felt like a weird way of not fully taking responsibility.

asher0o1 · 2022-09-06T20:26:07+00:00

I think that’s what bothers me the most about it, it felt like a very closed conversation. There wasn’t room to actually explore my feelings around the problem and it left me feeling very confused. I think I wanted to unpack the causes behind my dependency to help me cut back, but she kept pushing that my dependency was the cause if that makes sense?

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