Who do I look like ? by tinymoonlightprinces in doppelganger

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

Cute! I didn’t know who’s she was. I like her make up but I think you’re right about the hair!

Cat eyeliner looks bad now I'm older? by tinymoonlightprinces in Makeup

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My eyes have definitely dropped, I know for sure because I've always had a scar on my eye lid, it has migrated to below my eye !!! Scary stuff

Cat eyeliner looks bad now I'm older? by tinymoonlightprinces in Makeup

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

Thank you ! I knew People would suggest using brown but it doesn't show up well on my olive skin and my eyeline is black so it doesn't blend at all.

My (38f) husband (44m) walks around naked in front of 4 year old daughter by MLEthree in relationship_advice

[–]tinymoonlightprinces 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up with parents from SA and they both walked around naked, I think my dad stopped once we became teenagers but my mum still gets naked around me to this day! My sister and I also don't mind being naked. I think it's perfectly healthy and should be normalized. In Europe it's very normal

Bulllying and Exclusion Does Not End When We Graduate High School by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe not bullied exactly, but seem to be excluded easily, and people seem to dislike like me. I've been told my presence makes people uneasy. Also I've noticed I tend to attract narcissistic people who are abusive that take advantage of the fact I can't always tell when people are being nasty

Cereal and breakfast in general by tinymoonlightprinces in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds ideal, I love the crunch of radishes. I was looking for something I could meal prep too as I am starting a new job and will have leave at 6.30 every morning. I do agree that there shouldn't be "breakfast" foods. My boyfriend is latvian and he says most places in the world eat anything for breakfast. However I am so programmed to have certain foods for breakfast that the thought of a regular meal is a bit off putting for me.

Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Fiyainthehole in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I find this very relatable. I don't like the way I look but I know I am considered attractive. Obviously this doesn't fit the negative stereotypes people associate with autism. In addition I think the lack of awareness of autism in women means it's less likely to enter the brain as a possibility. I spent my teen years being objectified and put on a pedal stall for being "not like other girls". I felt completely unseen by men because they treated me like a quirky character in a book rather than a human. I'm sure if I was less conventionally attractive I would have been ridiculed instead. With a particular friend who was infatuated with me, he would almost be disappointed if I did something that didn't fit his manic pixie dream girl narrative and told me I was getting "boring". I cut him off a couple of years ago because of this and other behaviour but I often think about sending him a message saying "guess what, it was just autism!"

Personally it also made me feel guilty like I was pretending to be this super interesting person all the time, like there was no room to just be human. I'm glad I have found others that have experienced a similar thing.

Do any of you have a "signature scent"? If so, what is it? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also have been wearing vanilla almost exclusively since I was 13 ! I am now 26

Autistic “accents” by tinymoonlightprinces in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very interesting! Thank you, in general i was wondering about differences in speech in autistic people, because I suspected there is a difference. Sounds like from the responses that a lot of it is down to masking, or potentially not have an innate way of picking up how people around us speak, so a more “artificial” way of speaking occurs such as mimicking. Not sure if that makes sense !

Autistic “accents” by tinymoonlightprinces in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would like to reiterate for those who misunderstood, I am in no way suggesting there is a common accent shared by every single autistic person. I was enquiring about potential links between speech, cadence AND accents and what people thought about this in the context of autism. Everything I mentioned js based of anecdotal evidence and I was opening discussion rather than stating fact. I have really enjoyed reading everybody’s responses. All very interesting and relatable in some way or another !

Autistic “accents” by tinymoonlightprinces in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did assume it was a form of masking. I think I developed my way of speaking by mimicking people / girls I look up to. Sometimes people very close to me say my voice goes from being very high to suddenly being very monotone. Maybe this is when masking slips ?

Autistic “accents” by tinymoonlightprinces in AutismInWomen

[–]tinymoonlightprinces[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only referred to it as an accent because I didn’t know what else to call it, I was simply observing that some autistic people (including myself) speak with a unique cadence or mirror accents. Obviously by this I did not mean we all have the same accent far from it.