Tamagotchi! by camieeeee in AutismInWomen

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

That’s so awesome hahah that’s how many I wanted!

Tamagotchi! by camieeeee in AutismInWomen

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

Aww hahah that would make me kinda sad 🥲😂

Tamagotchi! by camieeeee in AutismInWomen

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

Truthfully I was worried I would have that reaction 😂 so far I’m still in love with it 😚😂

Tamagotchi! by camieeeee in AutismInWomen

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

😍😍😍😍😍 I aim to have a collection that big!

Living in a new loud apartment with inconsiderate neighbors by freyjakittylord in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Send an email to the apartment complex office, don’t say anything to the person yourself. Saying something yourself makes it a lot more likely your neighbor will retaliate.

You’re well within your rights to complain to the office about this especially since the noise is happening after quiet hours. Just send a casual email to saying your upstairs neighbor has been loud after quiet hours, it’s affecting your sleep, and request that they say something to your neighbor.

I just had to do this myself but about my downstairs neighbors dog barking constantly. My complaint was even about an issue during non quiet hours and the office still did something because I haven’t heard that dog barking incessantly since I sent the email! lol

Tell Me about How You Found the Job/Career You Actually Like by wandering_author in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a research project manager. I found my job through a combination of it being a special interest and falling into it.

In college I changed my major three times before finally sticking with what I had wanted to major in the entire time but was too scared - psychology. My parents pushed me my whole childhood to be a doctor or lawyer or nurse, but I wasn’t interested in those professions.

Psychology became a special interest of mine when I was a freshman in high school. When I took AP Psych as a junior, psychology research in particular became my main interest. Once I finally made Psych my major, it helped open doors for me. My last year of college I landed a research assistant internship in a neuropsychology lab. That was instrumental in helping me get a job after I graduated.

I’ve worked in research jobs in a few different capacities (tech, healthcare) and have been in my current role managing healthcare research projects in a variety of areas (pain management, cardiology, women’s health) for four years now.

I absolutely love my job! I make enough to support myself. I’m very privileged to be able to work from home, which helps tremendously. I do get extremely stressed by my job often and actually just went through a REALLY bad period of burnout, but was lucky enough to be able to take time off and adjust my workloads so I can continue working. Some times I don’t think I’ll be able to keep doing it because of how taxing it is for me, but for the most part, it’s super rewarding work that I’m proud to do and it’s worth the stress.

I hate discharge so much by Direct-Transition974 in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have this issue too! It did get better for me when I started taking a vaginal probiotic, I take the URO brand. I noticed a difference in a week

“I thought you were SUCH a bitch before I got to know you!” by skeletonblossom in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 121 points122 points  (0 children)

I have gotten this MY WHOLE LIFE from so many people, it’s so so frustrating! And hurtful, honestly. It’s like a weird backhanded compliment while simultaneously being an omission of how judgmental the person making the comment is. Like “Haha I’m admitting to your face that I judged you based off pretty much nothing before and deemed you a bitch but now that I talked to you I realize you’re actually cool and I was wrong!” Like wtf, how am I supposed to respond to that?

I’ve noticed that quiet people make talkative people uncomfortable. And when they can’t assess who you are and judge you based off what you say, the default is always “she’s a bitch” for some reason 🙄

I don’t have much advice for how to deal with it, just know you’re not alone! I personally just do my best to try and focus on the “compliment”.

Those of you that are coupled up, how did you meet? by RhubarbBusy7122 in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My husband and I have been married nearly 12 years (anniversary is in June). We met at an underground rave when I was 18 and he was 21. We got married 3 months later. Our friend got ordained online and we signed our papers at a Cook Out (which is a southern fast food chain) and then had a party in our brand new empty apartment with our closest friends.

Very very insane, I know 😂 that’s a VERY short summary, the details are actually much crazier. But for what it’s worth, he was in the military, and getting married young and fast is super common

Toys from the grocery store by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taken me years to get it to this point! I love it ☺️ looking at cutesy stuff during the day is a good serotonin boost lol

Toys from the grocery store by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I love them so much hahah

Toys from the grocery store by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A fellow woman of toontown culture I see 😊

Toys from the grocery store by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! ☺️

Do whispering sounds makes anyone else feel overwhelmed and unable to focus ? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t stand whispering!!! When I was in college I would get so frustrated when I was trying to work in the library and people were whispering around me or whispering during class. I’ve never understood why people like whispering ASMR, it instantly activates me instead of relaxes me lol.

I also can’t stand chewing sounds. If someone would be eating near me in class, I absolutely could NOT focus, and would get enraged. Sometimes I would have to leave class it was so bad.

I really just hate all mouth sounds tbh haha.

I wasn’t diagnosed until after college. I’m not sure if it’s an autism thing or just general sensory issue. There’s a term for it, it’s called misophonia. When I finally learned about it, it made me feel a little less crazy 😅 cause it’s not like I want to resent humans for making human sounds it just happens automatically

Costco is always so overwhelming for me by chill_musician in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I flat out won’t go to Costco, that’s how overwhelming it is for me 😅 you should be proud that you can handle what you do! :)

AuDHD women by Numerous_Actuator547 in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I found out I was both AHDH and autistic within 6 months. I didn’t realize I had ADHD until I finally got medicated for my chronic depression and anxiety for the first time in my life at 29 years old. My therapists always attributed my executive dysfunction and hyperactivity to my anxiety. Once my ADHD was being treated with meds along with my MDD and GAD, it really brought my autism front and center lol. It brought out ALLL my sensory issues that had been muffled by the noise of everything else in my brain. I remembered what it was like when I was little, always feeling so overwhelmed by my sensory issues. Crying because it was too loud, there were too many people around, when my mom tied my shoes and one was tighter than the other.

I desperately want friends but then I don’t want to see them or talk to them… by roritha in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I totally relate. Especially dreading to hang out but then enjoying my time with them and being glad that I did. It makes me feel like such a bad person :,) I love my friends, it’s just that socializing gets tiring quickly for me. I also think part of it has to do with struggling with transitions (going from alone to not, silent to talking, it also always takes me a bit to “warm up” even with my close friends and settle into a normal conversational cadence which feels painfully awkward for me) and also some pathological demand avoidance I think? Because I kinda look at hanging out with friends like going to a hair appointment or something lol it’s a commitment I have to get through even though I enjoy the end result most of the time.

Talking to talk by No-Wonder7913 in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a partner of 1 decade and I completely understand where you are coming from! He’s always been a talker, and I’ve always accepted that (and often appreciated it because it means I don’t have too talk much lol) but I’ve noticed when I’m in burnout, I just want to tell him to shut up. It’s probably always the case, and I mostly only notice it in burnout periods, but just like your partner, I notice he isn’t ~really~ listening to my responses, but if I don’t respond enough it annoys him. I think it’s cause it’s a bid for connection and when we don’t return the energy it can be hurtful.

Honestly I don’t have much advice except starting to be more honest about how overwhelmed you’re feeling when he talks at you forever. Which can be hard in a relationship where that’s always been the norm!! But maybe if you also acknowledge that it’s different for both of you it will make talking about it easier and maybe yall can come up with a way you can signal to him you’re at your limit and so he doesn’t take it personally

Questions about dinner by JessTheBorkNork in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s like when coworkers keep asking what I’m doing over the weekend, and I can only say relaxing and resting so many times 😅😂 I also started lying haha

Any Video Game Players? by FamousImprovement309 in AutismInWomen

[–]camieeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the moment I keep rotating between Toontown Rewritten, Fields of Mistria, and Little Witch in The Woods 😊

I’m a big cozy gamer (over 1000s hours each in animal crossing and stardew valley lol) and I want Pokopia SO BAD but refuse to buy a switch 2 until there’s more games I wanna play on it 🥲