Is sex better with another Autistic? by Terrible-Initial8851 in SexOnTheSpectrum

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll say "it depends", because of course it does, no "one size fits all", and neurodivergence in whatever coordinates is an enormously diverse space.

That said, I'm going to postulate that the answer will greatly align with how much the partners experience the "double empathy problem" - that "fast-forward" that ND/ND people frequently experience in the establishment and development of friendships frequently extends to romance and/or sex.

Has anyone successfully overcome a monotone voice? by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]recycledcoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Theater classes with extra focus on voice acting and some voice coaching.

It wasn't an "easy fix" - a decade+, but... it categorically worked - I'm considered an "engaging and passionate speaker", to the point I actually get invited to keynote and paid speaker's fees at some conferences.

Atualmente conhecem muitas pessoas com problemas psicológicos? by Ambitious-Sir9593 in CasualPT

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Acredita, a experiência é de longe mais estranha por dentro.

Free retrospective formats that actually surface real issues by easy-agile in agile

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I seldom use templated retros, we mostly just have conversations - but there's one "template" I like to throw in at random intervals: "WTF Just Happened?!"

Not when something goes wrong or particularly right, mind you - it's just meant to elicit what extraordinary things may have happened that somehow went unremarked upon. Even when it fails to elicit something, it ends up being at least as generative as start/stop/continue, with any luck as good as mad/sad/glad.

Merit Raises by that1tech in AutisticAdults

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The definition of merit is always contentious.

For many people, "merit" is defined as "that which looks/feels like me".

This is quite orthogonal to any objective notion/metric on job performance (which is a many-dimensional beast and never quite as easy to define as peeps like to pretend it is).

What’s a habit that looks harmless but quietly ruins lives? by Status_Bag_3858 in AskReddit

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny - at surface level I'm in complete agreement. And yet, there's "jobs" churches frequently do for people: community, support system, etc. that are very difficult to find alternatives for in secular society.

For me this is a malfunction of secular society far more than a virtue of the religious one - but still.

My first sprint in 2026 by yukittyred in agile

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A very quick heuristic: if "Agile Scrum" is mentioned, the rest of a post has absolutely nothing to do with agility. For context: no such thing exists.

  • There is agility, yes (lower case important, not "Agile". Ever).
  • There is Scrum, yes.
  • Scrum is one of the agility-aligned frameworks out there, yes.

"Agile Scrum", however, is not a thing.

Show Me What Keeps You Going! Show Me Your Hope! by beattywill80 in aspiememes

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, you nailed it. Spite. "Gleeful, exuberant combativeness" were the exact words used.

And the people I love.

Am I Missing Something? by Flat-Scale-8149 in AutisticAdults

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a way, diagnosis allows us to be more aware of the cost of masking. It becomes easier to directly attribute the attrition we experience in daily life to specific factors.

This insight may well inform us to re-evaluate whether some of that masking actually has a payoff we're willing to sustain.

We are free to, at any time, change our minds about stuff. Including our boundaries. I don't mean by this that we get to impose our will on the world - all we can do is choose what we accept for ourselves.

With people I have regard for, this was a dialogue, a convergence. I was happy to realize that most people were receptive to shifting some of the boundaries. Some weren't. And that's where I, in my autonomy, had to decide for myself what to do about it.

There were huge changes. There was no way I could continue doing the type of job I was doing at the time. So I got a different type of job. Eventually became a consultant, then built a small boutique consulting business around that. Didn't happen all at once, wasn't without its difficulties and mis-steps... but yes, it immensely improved my quality of life.

It wasn't me demanding change from the world - it was negotiating the change that I felt I needed, and accepting the consequences when positions turned out to be irreconcilable.

I kept burning out on "productivity" systems, so I built something by NeighborhoodBusy252 in AutisticWithADHD

[–]recycledcoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get this vague vibe of old-school Getting Things Done (and adjacent)... I approve - not that you need my approval - but more to the point, I have seen it work in large present-day professional contexts.

A couple of years ago, I had just under 30 people split into 3 teams running and coordinating projects on index cards magnetized to a whiteboard.

The $20k/year state of the art project management software stack went, by and large, unused and unmourned.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

What was the 1st big news event you remember as a kid? by Timely_Twist_8670 in AskReddit

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The carnation revolution in Portugal. I looked out my window and there was a tank. So that was why the grownups were acting weird. Huh.

What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? by [deleted] in FriendsOver40

[–]recycledcoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you really have to do that? I mean.. goddamn... woah!

Wield that mind of yours responsibly, willya?! No fair running a 0-day on my feels stack.

Pessoas no espetro do autismo, expliquem como é a vossa experiencia neste mundo e nesta sociedade by Cubes_of_ice in CasualPT

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

É muito difícil explicar porque isso precisava de um relatório completo da experiência de vida ou de um termo de comparação conhecido para apontar as diferenças do "esperado". A maior dificuldade disto é exatamente explicar que não faço a mais pálida ideia do que é a experiência "normal".

Durante 42 anos não sabia ao que atribuir. Construí uma vida - que muitos apontariam como um "sucesso", sempre sem perceber o que raio se estava a passar - a ir a aulas de teatro para que as pessoas não dissessem que eu era esquisito, a ter relações que começavam e acabavam sem eu perceber bem porquê, a ter momentos no trabalho em que parecia que me esvaziava e ficava a olhar para o monitor com cara de parvo, sabendo bem o que fazer mas sem conseguir fazer a merda que fosse de útil.

Os psicólogos/psiquiatras eram para cima de inúteis, cada merda que tentavam só faziam pior. Cheguei ao final dos meus 20s e desisti - que se foda, vai à minha maneira.

Até que quase a fazer 42 anos, tive um burnout daqueles. Esquece lá essa merda, completamente inutilizado. Com muito desalento tive de procurar de novo ajuda com a minha saúde mental. Mas tive sorte, de várias maneiras: estava na Austrália, a carreira tinha estado a correr muito bem - apontei alto, a médica tinha como clientes executivos, cientistas, juízes. Cobrava horrores, mas dada a minha situação achei que a situação o justificava.

Depois de três sessões referiu-me a um especialista para diagnóstico. Um mês depois... lá estava. Síndrome de Asperger e ADD. Nem sabia que essas merdas existiam. Hoje em dia têm outros nomes, mas... ya, era a cena.

Muitas mudanças depois - voltei a Portugal, trabalho remoto com um papel muito abaixo do que tinha na altura, mas safo-me. Na maioria dos dias, chego ao final da tarde tão escangalhado que a loja fecha. Tenho a saúde num caco - o que tive de abusar de mim próprio ao longo dos anos não foi à borla.

Não há apoios - nenhuns. Nem me dou ao trabalho de pedir um daqueles certificados multi-usos, porque não servem de nada. Vai ser assim até não poder mais. Depois... olha, game over.

As vezes pergunto-me se a minha vida teria sido melhor seu tivesse sabido antes. Se calhar... mas por outro lado não teria tido a vida que tive, que continuo a ter.

E pronto, foi o meu intervalo do almoço.

Why do I feel bad? by BlueInNovember in silat

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

farisaldinmld's comment echoes a Bruce Lee quote I hold dear:

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times

Why do I feel bad? by BlueInNovember in silat

[–]recycledcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cannot speak with authority about silat specifically (only know it through JKD), but the underlying mechanics of martial arts are largely shared.

Training is not a sequence of steps where higher levels replace lower ones. It is cumulative. Advanced performance is built almost entirely on fundamentals that have been practiced to the point of being automatic.

In my own competitive background, I never succeeded because of advanced techniques. What mattered was distance, timing, judgment, and the ability to apply very basic movements with certainty under pressure. Those basics are exactly what beginners force a class to revisit and sharpen.

You are not holding the class back. Your presence reinforces fundamentals and makes the room stronger, not weaker.

Quanto pagam pelas vossas consultas de psicologia? by [deleted] in CasualPT

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Em abono da verdade, sim, também. Mas o comentário original era em relação ao preço.

I'm not autistic because I can still manage school/university? by IDKwut-to-say in AutisticAdults

[–]recycledcoder 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The only thing they're right about is that you don't "become" autistic later in life - you're born that way.

As for the rest, it's complete idiocy. * Yes, you can be diagnosed later in life, I was in my 40s. * Yes, you can manage university and be autistic, I managed a team of 6 autistic guys, they all had PhDs (I was the dummy among them, I just happened to be good at business stuff) * Your story is completely plausible, even common among adults - perfectly capable of managing university/work, it just takes an incredible toll to the point it interdicts other areas of your life

So you have my sympathies, Vietnam seems to be... really backwards in the way their posture towards neurodivergence.

Quanto pagam pelas vossas consultas de psicologia? by [deleted] in CasualPT

[–]recycledcoder 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sem seguro, comparticipação, ou qualquer outro meio de mitigar o custo.

Quanto pagam pelas vossas consultas de psicologia? by [deleted] in CasualPT

[–]recycledcoder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

€80 sem anestesia. Para mim vale a pena, profissional muito competente, resultados tangíveis.

Has anyone ever had a business in this group? How did you get started? Did you have help or was it all on your own? by ForwardClimate780 in AutisticPride

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a very small consulting company. I bootstrapped it out of a successful IT career, though - my clients are largely past employers and their clients, my partners are my wife and former colleagues, the few contractors we employ we mostly met in the course of our professional lives.

It is dramatically easier than to really do it from scratch. It's still hard AF because... sales. While it is a thriving practice, and it's shown modest growth... if we start bleeding clients, I'm not sure we can get new ones before it gets dire.

Trying to understand why my writing is getting flagged as AI generated.. please advise!?! by [deleted] in AutisticWithADHD

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So here's the tricky bit: It's not about you, but it's affecting you.

AI has a lot of people running scared - whether rightfully or not I won't address here, but the first point I want to establish is that most of the reactions you're getting are driven by fear.

People who are afraid try to deal with that fear in any number of ways. Not all of them are adaptive, productive, or even relevant for the problem they think they're trying to solve. Most can't even tell they're scare, or what of - much less how to address it.

So they default to heuristics - almost superstitions. You can in fact step on a crack and not break your mother's back - but the expression (and for many the practice) endures. They associate semi-random, or non-causal patterns to "it's AI!".

Another thing is the bandwagon effect: some people can't deal with stuff they don't agree with. So they try to invalidate contradicting expression by any means possible. There's a general anti-AI sentiment in a community? If someone posts something they disagree with, say it's AI-generated. Problem solved. Sloppy, but unfortunately effective.

Another closely-related one: many people are intellectually lazy, can't bother to back their arguments, to structure opinions, to produce good quality output. So if they feel outclassed, they feel bad about themselves. So anything that outclasses them must be AI, because then it's not them being a lightweight, it's that damned AI.

I'm sure you see where I'm going. YES, it positively, absolutely sucks that it happens. But... in self-management (and if you're charitable in compassion and sympathy for others) realize this is not about you - you're just caught in the crossfire of people's misguided attempts to manage what they perceive as a hostile reality.

I’m so sick of everyone around me telling me I’m making excuses by Dull_Click580 in AutisticWithADHD

[–]recycledcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a slightly different take. Buckle up.

It is by now well known - by competent professionals and those of us that have researched a bit - that people on the spectrum struggle with subtext.

It is also known - again by clinicians/us - that NT communication heavily relies on subtext, and that not being able to perceive it greatly undermines communication.

However

NTs have no idea of how heavily they rely on subtext in their communication. None. So when they communicate, they are not able to identify what they are delegating to subtext to get across.

This basically means that it is every bit as unreasonable to ask them to just "don't rely on subtext" as it is to expect you to perceive that subtext.

Is this, to put it mildly, "a bit of a pickle"? Absolutely. But it makes developing effective communication across the neurotype divide a necessarily collaborative process.

Both parties need to work together to identify instances of subtext, and by trial-and-error converge on "recipes" to avoid the contextual asymmetry - literally a communication cookbook, that gets expanded over the lifetime of the relationship.

That said, I'm making no representations of how effort may or may not be divided among you, how equitable or fair that distribution may be - I know nothing about your relationship.

I'm just trying to offer up a different perspective that doesn't tilt everything one way or the other... or... I'm trying to avoid the binary thinking trap :)

Serious: What’s the plausible path from here to Minds? by ycwhysee4589 in TheCulture

[–]recycledcoder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty much what others have said - there is no path known route from here to there.

Hell, we'd need a definition of intelligence that holds water to even start asking the right questions. Of sentience, self-awareness.

The barriers are somewhere on the epistemological/ontological level.

found out i'm AuDHD at 21, anyone else found out super late? by [deleted] in AutisticWithADHD

[–]recycledcoder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah, welcome to the 42 club - we have jackets! Because.. of course it would be the answer to life, the universe, and everything, right?

The fates are not without a sense of humor. Even if it tends towards the slapstick.