I have social anxiety and autism. My experience might not be the same.
Having social anxiety and autism is a different type of suffering no neurotypical would understand.
BTW, my experience.
You become anxious because of bad experiences from social situations. Then you become hypervigilant.
Then
Hi everyone,
My name is Simeon and I am a master's student in Human Computer Interaction at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. For my thesis, I am researching how autistic people experience university environments from a sensory perspective, so things like noise, lighting, temperature, smells,
They updated it an now I wanna kill myself because this looks weird :( IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR 6 YEARS WHY CHANGE IT NOW?
I'm 19 years old and I've been smoking e-cigarettes since I was 15 as a way to escape stress. Whenever something overwhelming happened, I'd run to smoke because it de-stressed me. Yes… I know I'm young!
I've quit smoking once and tried to quit several times, but I always go back to the beginning. R
As an autistic person I love this! It's a list of non-existent coworkers. I come up with their registration number, their countries, dates of birth, blood groups, Rh factor, religion or absence of religion, orientation, quantity of pets and theis species, their eyesight in diopters. I love these non
Allistic people seem super unaware of themselves but are always looking into autistic people. I notice that in the Autism subreddit community there are many posts are about allistic people trying to figure out their autistic family or friends. I notice allistic and autistic people often date, and it
on a night in October my dad got angry and started yelling at me for reasons I don't feel like talking about at one point it feels like he was mocking me.
it's stuff like that that sticks in my brain and won't shut up and I hate it especially since me and my Dad are very close we never fight ever.
im a autistic teen who was diagnosed by camhs 2 years ago, but before then, we went to Child Development Centre to try and get a diagnosis, but they turned us down and said i dont have autism and now im thinking what if they were right and i dont have autism ive talked to my mum about this and she
Hey everyone! I’m a dietetics student and also autistic. During my training, I noticed that autism is still rarely covered in depth, even though topics like ARFID are highly relevant and often overlooked.
With all this said, I would like to ask: **What is the most important change needed to make nu
Hi guys, I just need everyone's opinion on this because I am so confused. I have brought up to the person who assessed me for autism that I might fit level 2 better but she attributed to me not getting a 3 month cracked molar not looked at until it was very badly infected, my hygiene issues, issues
My girlfriend Alyssa is always asserting that I am a great writer. I do not believe her a bit. However I decided to take a risk and share just a little smidgen of something I wrote last night about eleven-fifty with this community. Just to see how it goes.
"Words are hard! Harder than dragging bo
… especially my family. They don’t understand how autism affects me and how it makes me feel and act. They’re angry with me all the time and it makes me worse when they’re like that. Can anyone else relate? Also they’re thinking about kicking me out if I don’t “get it together”. I can’t live alone
Yeah I put my dog after knowing him for 14 years. Along with other things I just feel apathetic. Like nothing brings joy or fun anymore.
I never thought the problem would be autism, of course not just directly, but looking back now, not having many contacts has hindered my social skills. I even communicate better by text now; until recently I did, but it was always just friendly conversation, friendzone, I couldn't get a girlfriend.
-just a warning this is a bit of a rant
-tw for ableism i guess
-im open for advice.
i really hate standing out, especially in ways like this. everyone around me gets to experience the normal way of having interests, and yes some of those people are autistic.
take music for an example; they
simply put it’s 00:24 (12:24 AM) at the time of me starting to write this I cannot sleep does anyone have any tips cuz yk i should sleep so yeah does anyone have any tips for how to sleep as I struggle to sleep in general
Ive been told for most of my life I speak in an autistic/"special" way what does this even mean? Does anyone else relate/understand what the heck this means?
I was chatting with someone else and she suddenly didn’t reply anymore! And I instantly asked myself all kind of questions: “Why isn’t she replying anymore? Did I say something wrong? Did I make her feel uncomfortable? Am I too boring? What is happening???”
Turns out she just needed a break from th
No matter what I do, im just disliked. No matter how much I mask. If I mask, im suspicious and the effort of it makes people uncomfortable so they avoid me. If I don’t mask, it annoys people and they don’t like me. Almost everything I do is masking, and neurotypicals just have it natural to them. Th
I’m exploring an idea for a journal designed specifically for people with ADHD/autism.
The goal is to make it feel less overwhelming — softer layout, more space, less clutter, and easier to actually use day-to-day.
Before I build anything, I wanted honest feedback:
Throughout my adulthood, I have little need for face-to-face social interaction outside of familiar people. Does anybody else have little need for face-to-face interaction?
Hi everyone ! I'm new on reddit. Are there any other autistic artists here? How do you deal with art block, burnout, and perfectionism? Please help. Any advice is appreciated, I just had a meltdown because of those things :(
Anyone else have an experience, where when people ask you what you want, it turns your decision paralysis mind on and you feel you have no choice but to analyze something for days, weeks, maybe months on end? So it's better to just... do the thing, whatever it is, than have someone ask you "what do
I've got one friend, that's it. Lately they seem to not want anything to do with me. Asking if I can see them esp since their birthday was a month ago? Nothing. Ask if they wanna come to a concert in a couple months? Not even "I'll save the date and let you know closer to the time" just a straight u
April fools day is my least favorite day of the year. its a day where it is normal to be lied to constantly.
I feel like I cant trust anything anyone says. it makes me on edge all day.
does anyone else feel the same?
I was just standing in line with my mother, waiting to be checked out. My arms were crossed because its comfortable and feels safe, my face was probably neutral as it usually is because i'm just waiting in line, why would i have a smile or any other facial expression?? the cashier looks at me and go
For adult autism (37f), New Jersey. Has it helped?
This weekend there’s a family gathering & my uncle who uses the R word might be there (tbd). I don’t want to not go, especially since I’ll be given shit for not going & bc my nana is elderly but idk how to be around him. Idk what to do or how to change my internal reaction to if he does it again. Th
To start this off I'd like to say that I'm not very good at writing out my thoughts so please don't attack me if something sounds bad, but do let me know if I'm misinformed.
As someone who has "high support needs" (I think high support needs it the correct one to use, But it's hard for me to keep u
Hey y’all, got a fun food one for you. One of my biggest sensory problems is eating, and I’ve always tried to maintain the idea that consuming something is better than nothing, so I use protein shakes. I normally drink the premier protein shake cartons (the 325 ml) but just got a case of similar 325
Just curious if you guys have a physical type or not? For most people, visual appearance is the first indicator of attraction, which can then wane if their personality is incompatible.
I absolutely have a personality I find more attractive or compatible in romantic partners, but as an autistic pers
I would say I’m quite fortunate to have been born a person of color who did not get their disability “beat out of them”, or worse.
There’s a saying in Latino culture, “ponte las pilas”, and it means “put batteries in your brain”, literally. It really just means “lock in”. With this, there’s many ne
hi all. deeply embarrassing question here, does anyone know if it's normal for autistic adults to struggle with knowing when they need to use the bathroom? i consistently have an issue (in my own home only somehow?) where i don't realize how badly i have to pee or poop until i'm running to the bathr
For the majority of my life when I made a mistake, I don’t just get down on myself. I experience full on self-hatred. I feel stupid, ashamed, horrible in comparison to more “normal people” who wouldn’t make the dumb mistakes I make. I’ve been trying to get better at not succumbing to those feelings.
For context, I am not diagnosed, but I've wondered for a long time if I am indeed autistic. I recently crossed paths with an autistic woman who apparently clocked me as "definitely autistic" within the first few moments of meeting. I've been examining my life experiences—especially with regard to my
when i was in fifth grade, i was in an advanced reading class thing or something. so we read books and did book analysis. and we were reading Things Not Seen (i love this book btw).
i thought that i had a eureka moment because I thought that the word "folk" was used for like strangers or family tha
Hello everyone, this is my first post ever on Reddit (exciting!). I have autism, and I have one stim that I would describe as involuntary (it kind of feels like a tic) and that i hate. I usually do it when I feel very overstimulated or when I'm disgusted, and it's hard for me to control or stop it a
I am 35 years old. I was diagnosed with ADHD late in life. I do not have Autism however I think my husband does. I think he is high masking and is low level (he has a high paying job, can function on his own, is independent, social etc). He’s masked so well, that only people who know him super well
I’ve been casually seeing someone for about 2 months now. It was going great and I felt we were really aligned with what we knew we want and didn’t want.
But, lately, I’ve been having a lot of anxiety- specifically with wondering if this is something they want to continue or not. I think I’m also a
I don't like breakfast and might eat a bowl of cereal.
Soylent was great because I could have a thousand calories crammed into one smooth and neutral-tasting shake.
Huel is chunky and the artificial sweetener they use is cloying. It's a pain to eat and I frequently forget to make it or dont get t
If you recognise any of this I ask that you stop reading as I feel uncomfortable with people I know reading this.
I recently had a falling out with a close friend - the story is very long and complex, but basically they are allistic, I am autistic, they have an avoidant attachment style, I have an
I’m at my wits end. For better of a month my 8 year old level 3 son has been squealing and squawking as loud as he can when I say anything to him. I seriously can’t say anything without him squealing in a tantrum at me. We don’t do ABA because he gets violent with techs, we don’t have any help, I’m
recently i had to move to my grandparents’ (don’t want to get into why). i’ve been to the house before but actually living here is very unfamiliar for me & i’ve been having trouble with it.
one of the things ive been having the most trouble with is eating. when i’m in an unfamiliar place, it’s real
As each year passes, I grow more and more self-conscious about still living at home with my parents. I’m male, 27, single, and simply just cannot afford it on my own. Especially only working part-time. As of now, I cannot work more due to severe burnout and other contributing factors.
Anyway, it’s
What’s the point? A lot of “rules” in school are arbitrary and solve almost no purpose that breaking them causes harm to no one and the only people upset by it are other autistic people. Like going in areas your not supposed to or skipping class, hopping fences etc
I mean this in the most literal way when I say I understand that we have to give value to ourselves and love ourselves despite how we are beings who require connection from other beings.
I feel like no one thinks of it deeper than just not “loving yourself”
I love myself but I can tell when the di
Hey there today being World Autism Day I would like to share this guide with anyone.
Happy to help
My (19) NIL (11) has a developmental disability (according to the research we’ve done, we believe he might be on the autism spectrum w lvl 2 needs of support, BUT non of us are psychologist. 😅 ) We don’t know what exactly bc we haven’t been able to get him tested for insurance reasons. We don’t hav
I wasn't sure which flair to use but this one seemed like the closest one.
So my nephew is autistic and has almost 0 motivation to do his chore that I have set for him each night which is cleaning the kitchen. He doesn't do a good job alot of the time and often misses things. A few months ago I imp
Hello everyone! I am a student at the University of California, San Diego, and we have an online study opportunity for children with ASD ages 4-8! In this study, your child will see two faces on the screen. The top parts of the faces will either be the same or different. Your child will be asked to
