I Have Been Struggling With Depression Lately, But It’s Mostly Related To My Struggles With Chronic

And my thoughts went from that poor saxophonist to look at that flexibility and strength. Oh wait, looking at the flexibility they might have had a type of EDS.

Still iconic and brilliant. Much wow.

The blessed time of Cab Calloway of his orchestra and his extraordinary dancers.

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Most of this describes me. I know I wasn’t diagnosed as a child because not much was known about autism, especially in girls. Now it’s eye opening and frustrating, because I know this about myself but getting an official diagnosis is proving to be impossible without paying hundreds of dollars or more.

Hi everyone,

I thought I would share some signs of Autism in adults. I hope many of you find this helpful.

Autism

TW: domestic violence, sexual assault

Today’s material that I’m studying is incredibly challenging and triggering for me. I’m a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault. It’s been long enough that I don’t think about it every day, but studying about violence and gender this week is tough.

I’ll be glad when it’s next week.

Study mode activated. I have a 3-5 page paper to write for my forensic science class. I feel less stressed about this one than I did about last week’s. I’m also really proud of the gun I drew, especially since I’m nowhere near being an artist. Yay forensic science class!

My study buddy is here keeping me company. I’m on my second page and have taken my second Ritalin of the day to focus. I may drink more coffee later on to help focus my brain when the Ritalin wears off. ADHD is so much fun…

This is challenging to remember. I’m supposedly high-functioning but I forget to stand up and go to the bathroom regularly until it’s an urgent need, I frequently forget to eat, and if it weren’t for my wife, I’d forget to take my morning pills every day. I’m terrible about hygiene. I don’t clean until it’s bad. And I’m terrible about time management.

And yet, I’m high-functioning. So who knows…

on the whole issue of levels vs support needs…

I’m level two. you can probably tell I’m autistic after one conversation with me (or at least tell that something is up with me). I can’t mask, I stim constantly, and I have meltdowns roughly once or twice a week.

that being said, I am definitely low-mid support needs. I’m academically gifted, I’m good at a lot of “difficult” tasks, to the point that I’ve been called “high functioning” more than once.

however. I cannot do a lot of the more “basic” tasks. I need cues to remind me to eat, sleep, have a shower, etc etc. leaving the house makes me so exhausted that I can’t go out and then come home and cook dinner on the same day.

these things aren’t straight-forward. you can be in more than one category at once. your needs can fluctuate depending on other life factors. it’s okay if you don’t know where you fall on the support needs spectrum, or if it changes

adhd tips i stole from jawz.jpeg on instagram

these have actually helped me so much

Horses is always up there. Weather. Maps. The post office. Music.

What's your favourite Special Interest?

What's the topic that gets your more excited than any other? Is it more than one?

Mine is graveyards and anything to do with space!