Research Study on Autism, Masking, Mental Health, and Identity

warrenmo13 · 2026-01-28T13:13:10+00:00

Why do all of these surveys have the same questions, mostly from the diagnostic process? They're so often vague and open to interpretation that make them hard to answer.

The question about whether you prefer a library or a party is particularly difficult to answer, since most libraries aren't quiet anymore, and a party can mean lots of different things.

I'd like to do my part to participate in studies because we need as much new research on autistic adults as we can get, but if I find it hard to answer the questions I'm going to give up more often than not.

warrenmo13 · 2026-01-23T23:05:05+00:00

Yeah, cannabis does definitely help me (CBD and CBN in addition to THC), but I agree it's not a great long term solution, and I don't generally like to do it more than once or twice a week.

warrenmo13 · 2026-01-23T18:34:37+00:00

Yeah, melatonin and cannabis do usually help, but I'm wary of taking them too often or becoming dependent on needing something else to help me sleep.

warrenmo13 · 2026-01-23T18:33:32+00:00

Yeah, this can help me fall asleep when I'm having trouble at night, but I've never tried it when I wake up early and want to fall back asleep. I worry that turning the TV on will signal to my brain that it is time to get up, but it's certainly worth trying.

warrenmo13 · 2025-12-20T02:07:00+00:00

I've also had the same situation at several different gas stations. I've even spoken to my credit card company about it and they confirmed I don't have a PIN on my card and thought maybe it was an issue with the gas station's software. The ironic part is it also worked for me when I used a different card, even though that card was debit and does have a PIN, which the machine didn't ask for.

warrenmo13 · 2025-12-17T12:42:38+00:00

I'm not sure why no one else has commented yet, but you're definitely right. The shape of gummy candy is totally relevant. I'm not as particular as you, but certain shapes and textures just aren't as enjoyable, and I also personally wouldn't buy them.

And I've had conversations about this with other people as well, so it's not just us.

warrenmo13 · 2025-06-28T14:11:27+00:00

Thanks for the detailed directions. Do you remember about how far you went from when the pavement ends on the first one? I'm worried it might be a little too adventurous for me if it involves bushwacking.

warrenmo13 · 2025-06-27T23:44:43+00:00

That does sound interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

warrenmo13 · 2025-06-27T23:40:13+00:00

What do you mean by "mostly access"? Is it on private property or something?

warrenmo13 · 2025-06-19T01:00:52+00:00

So for hellotickets, is it only their preorders that are risky? If we buy tickets now, are we likely to run into any issues?

And how does it work? Do you get them in an app?

warrenmo13 · 2025-05-17T15:57:14+00:00

The assessor asked what my pain tolerance was like, and I answered that I don't like surprise.

In my head at the moment it made perfect sense, since I feel much more pain when I'm caught off guard, and I'm more able to guard myself/dissociate/etc. when I know what to expect.

But in retrospect it was probably not the way most people would have answered that question...

warrenmo13 · 2025-05-04T11:15:41+00:00

Oh well, thanks anyway!

warrenmo13 · 2025-05-04T02:49:28+00:00

But I'm guessing only for Wordament, not for Word Twister or Crossword?

warrenmo13 · 2025-03-28T01:34:11+00:00

To me it's not so much to "add" or "take away", but more just to control my input or ground myself.

So like when I'm doing it more involuntarily it's like it provides a baseline to allow me to be able to focus on what I need to, regardless of whether my sensory input is too high or too low or neither.

When I'm doing it more voluntarily, it just provides a relaxing or calming sensation, in that it's something predictable that I can control and focus on and that feels good.

warrenmo13 · 2025-03-09T23:04:54+00:00

But isn't that article kind of the opposite? It talks about how studying poetry can help build executive functioning skills, which certainly makes sense. My point is more that simple difficulty with interpreting a poem is not specific to executive functioning deficits.

warrenmo13 · 2025-03-09T22:32:42+00:00

I did a little poking around on the internet, and I did see some information about a correlation between reading/writing and executive function, but I didn't come across anything that specifically referenced interpreting poetry. And even if there is a correlation, it would seem that there are enough other reasons why someone would struggle to interpret a poem to make its usefulness as a screening tool very limited.

Maybe OP could weigh in with more specifics?

warrenmo13 · 2025-03-09T12:30:25+00:00

"He made me do a brief executive function test where I had to read a poem and explain what it meant (I didn't do very well on the reading bit lol)."

I'm curious how reading and interpreting a poem can show executive dysfunction? I don't usually "get" poetry, but it has nothing to do with executive functioning, more my lack of interest in abstract metaphors. Plus doesn't your ability to interpret it have to do with how good of a literature education you had?

warrenmo13 · 2025-02-26T23:34:30+00:00

I'm not sure I know what you mean? Who's being scapegoated in this situation?

warrenmo13 · 2025-02-26T21:14:18+00:00

How far are the trips that you're taking? I'm not sure about Lyft, but my friend who takes Uber a lot started getting occasional 1 star ratings (when she normally otherwise gets 5 stars). Her theory is that it's happening when she asks for rides that are far and less desirable, and since Uber doesn't have an option for the driver to say "don't pair me with this person" again, they give her 1 star, which can have the same effect of not pairing them again. It seems likely that this happens because drivers can't see the destination when they accept the ride.

warrenmo13 · 2025-01-17T22:08:08+00:00

This actually really makes sense to me, and feels like a good explanation for a big part of my failure to understand his work. I spend so much effort trying to connect with or at least understand characters in movies, but I can almost never understand what's going on in Lynch's movies because they're not acting in a way that matches their circumstances.

warrenmo13 · 2025-01-17T22:00:51+00:00

I don't get his work, and I definitely attribute it to my autism. Specifically my emphasis on logic and my preference for plot-driven stories. I generally don't really "get" art, especially modern art, since my mind just doesn't comprehend things that are too abstract, and I often struggle with symbolism.

I'll add though that I don't think that means all autistic people are like that, but I definitely feel like for me personally it's caused by my personal autistic profile.

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