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Antique samovar ftw!

I’m so sorry. This is unfair and arbitrary.

Fwiw, I don’t have an official diagnosis, but I’ve been going to online autistic meetups and benefiting from the group wisdom. Dunno if you have access to that.

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A stick figure in front of a computer screen holds her head in her hands.

This sounds very difficult. I hope you have a support system. 🫂

Solidarity 🪴🌧️

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Thank you. I’m on the right track.

I hope you find neuro-affirming info sources. I only learned I was autistic two years after getting into recovery and parts of it would have been easier if I had known.

Everyone is different, so what works for me might not work for you. But my eating was so poor, I eventually sought support and was diagnosed with arfid. I wonder if the advice for arfid would support your needs even if you don’t have it.

Wish I knew. The whole unmasking process has been a shitshow.

Solidarity though.

I misread hours as years and was still like “bring it!”

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I say this as an autistic educator who teaches writing and has an aesthetic appreciation for grammatical variation.

Everybody makes mistakes. If enough people make the same mistake, the mistake becomes grammar.

People who correct or call out other people’s language on sm frighten me.

This is tough. I hope you have the support you need 🫶🏼

I notice that most of my comfort foods are white, beige, etc. can you eat hot cereal?

When I’m eating alone, I find it helpful to distract by reading, listening to a podcast, or watching tv. I can manage to swallow if distracted.

It’s society, interpersonal relationships, and self-talk that perpetuate attention to weight. I struggle to be kind to myself. I sense that you do too.

I have arfid, which isn’t associated with body image. In recovery for arfid, I gained a fair amount of weight quickly and now I struggle a bit with body image. I just want to say that most eds get diagnosed when they’re obvious. But disordered eating is a symptom of a relationship to the self.

I’ve become aware of ABA in the last few months. Yesterday I learned it was started by the same person who developed gay conversion torture. So yeah. Terrifying in its ethos and application.

I want an autistic Supreme Court.

Thinking of Joanna Russ’s short story about a smart house called “Nor Custom Stale” (1959). Crossword puzzles and entropy.

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She finally ran out of air!

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🫶🏼 you do not suck at life!

Honestly, sounds like a very nice kid. Not saying you do, but it could be recognition and support.

I haven’t listened to this album but love her voice and sonics. Thanks for the rec!

Truly

Sadly, access to meetup now has a subscription fee, which I discovered after a multi-year hiatus. If you have access, great. If not, let me know.

I’m offline for a few hours but will check back.