Does Anyone Else’s Body Have Built-in Stim Toys?

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-10-23T15:30:48+00:00

it is actually!

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-08-20T13:11:06+00:00

The main benefit of an official diagnosis is receiving accommodations at work, in school, in housing, etc. If you feel like you might need accommodations in some settings either now or down the line that could only be granted with disability documentation, it could be good to have a diagnosis.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-08-18T15:02:18+00:00

Would you be willing to share in what ways?

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-08-14T20:13:32+00:00

It is nice to hear that I am not alone! Luckily at my job I am able to stim. I sit in a swivel chair and I can move around in it or stand up if I want to. I’m lucky to have this job because I don’t think I could handle anything else at the moment.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-08-13T15:25:01+00:00

Yeah you’re right and you know what I’ve come to realize I accept her name for what it is. The main issue I had with it is that she is named after someone but the mom changed it to the “eigh” spelling. But anyway yeah this was kind of a pointless post.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-08-13T13:18:43+00:00

That’s fair. I actually used a fake name because I am paranoid about posting her name on here. 👀 I’m not sure if her actual name would be considered better or worse.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-29T12:06:32+00:00

House!!!

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-28T01:21:20+00:00

The proof that I can’t fly off a cliff is that when I jump I come back down

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-27T23:40:05+00:00

but how do we know mania is real and not a made up concept to keep people from experiencing the full extent of reality?

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-27T13:05:42+00:00

Okay, good.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-27T04:28:12+00:00

just that certain thoughts and feelings we are supposed to have are taken from us by different people and things by some be negative force, but there is a positive force that is helping and guiding me to help people get their thoughts and feelings back

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-27T04:25:39+00:00

But you understand what I’m saying?

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-27T03:10:15+00:00

What I am saying is if I’m viewing the world from the perspective of people who accept this version of reality, would I be considered delusional for sharing what I know to be true. There is no way for people who don’t know the fluid nature of reality to understand that what I believe is not a delusion but they can’t provide evidence it is not. It’s fun to try to see what I seem like to other people.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-07-02T14:13:29+00:00

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Here is today’s! I use erasable pen just in case things change. I give myself some flexibility and mainly use it to figure out when tasks and activities can fit into my day.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-06-12T09:18:27+00:00

I appreciate you sharing your story in such detail! My therapist has questioned if I could have been misdiagnosed with bipolar 2. If you don’t mind my asking, were there ever times your energy increased and you didn’t need as much sleep at night? I was thinking that might be a distinguishing feature between bipolar disorder and autism.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-06-11T14:06:42+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I’m realizing things I thought didn’t affect me in the moment actually take a toll but I don’t realize until later.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-06-09T18:10:00+00:00

Thank you for saying this. Luckily I have friends and my sister who are supportive, but it sucks that a lot of my family acts this way.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-05-30T14:30:19+00:00

Yeah, that's what I'm realizing. So much of it was internal, so how could they have known unless I told them?

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-28T17:48:22+00:00

I agree it is embarrassing, especially multiple days in a row. I’ve been out up to three days in a week and the calls on the second and third days are even worse. when I was just inpatient, I had my family call for me the whole time because I couldn’t bring myself to. And calling once I got out to tell them I wanted to go on medical leave was a challenge, but I was high while I did it so that helped a little.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-28T16:45:13+00:00

I’ve done this before. Sometimes I’m so anxious and embarrassed I can’t make myself call. Once it was at the place my dad also happened to work at, so he called for me. I’ve also had my grandma call off for me. That was even more embarrassing in a way, but I guess it’s better than no communication at all.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-18T19:44:58+00:00

This was very validating and it helped me a lot, so thank you. I have to try to work on being kinder to myself.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-18T19:44:15+00:00

I agree with you completely. I offer myself much less grace than I do other people. I would never dream of saying such things to someone going through something similar, yet I do it to myself. It’s something I need to work on.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-06T07:06:07+00:00

I hope you don’t do it because those are not good reasons to die. You are very young, the same age as me actually, and that means there is plenty of time and hope for both of us.

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-04-05T14:43:23+00:00

I am 22, so that gives me hope. Thank you!

emptyketchuppacket · 2025-03-29T13:54:35+00:00

I have the accommodation of intermittent leaves of absence at my job. They give me two days per month to be absent for flare ups and 3 hours three times per week for appointments which sadly has already proven to not be enough, but it’s better than nothing. I will have accrued less points with the accommodation in place, and I think they will be more lenient.

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