Cassandra

AutisticAdam, 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

Anyone can be inquisitive, but many Autistic people are extra thirsty for knowledge and I love it. Unknown things that intrigue others for a few minutes become our hyper fixations, interests and areas of expertise. It’s like others want to know things, but we need to know things.

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18+ sichkovskyi, 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

I just watched a fitness video trying to remember stuff / make a better routine for myself

Realized I am conscious of every little bit of "motivation" / "trigger" the author put in and the gym he's filming it put in their gym

Also realized that I'm as indifferent to those as I can be.

I remember when I was actively using Zwift for training on a road bike in winter, all those bits like points, colors, etc were super annoying and I ended up just setting up all the info on my Wahoo screen, podcast in earphones and Zwift was only basically a workout catalogue connected to my resistance trainer, changing it automatically for my convenience.

Eventually I stopped paying for it ofc.

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I think there should be some thing or someone who will talk fitness motivation for autistic people. For real. I'm often terrified of the gym, of people there, house / techno music annoys the shit out of me but gymbros always say how annoying "headphone people" are on yt and other platforms so I feel very self-aware. Also locker rooms, etc etc etc.

Like I see how a poster with a very muscular man or woman or both will motivate a normal person "to be just like that" or how repetitive stale music will: a) help with maintaining tempo on exercises; b) contribute to the environment in a way your brain gets used to music being there so it helps trigger brain routines a little

I get it, I get it. Just like a bright flashy YOU WON on the screen triggers a gambling addict, lots of these things will trigger just normal people to work out and help them be successful at it.

For me, all of that is an obstacle. I always seek ways of avoiding the gym as a place so I'm slowly building myself from obese to okay with calisthenics. It is as predictable and calm as it is very slow. Sometimes it's okay and most of the times it's completely fine. (I can't add anything to my rented apartment tho so no pull-up bar at home for me and it's getting to winter fast)

So we'll see. To summarize: how do autistic people who do not have a special interest in fitness motivate themselves to consistently do fitness? 🤔

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JeremyMallin, 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

How many fellow Autistics have never lied on a job application, never lied on a CV, never lied on tax forms? 🙋‍♂️

Is doing that expected? Is it required? Is not doing that handicapping us? Do you too feel almost unable to do that?

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Dr_Obvious, 8 months ago to actuallyautistic German

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I had an appointment today with my psychologist and we talked about some of my points that lead me to the believe I might be autistic. She sees strong indications for that too, but is not qualified to diagnose it.

She gave me the hint though that the local autism ambulance is more on the gatekeeper side of diagnosis. Because of my kid I will have contact with them anyway, but I am already worried that they might neglect my diagnosis and trigger my imposter feelings.

Bummer...

Cassandra, 10 months ago to random

We waste a lot of time forgetting that we're human.

Cassandra, 10 months ago to random

A situation has made clear that my partner still doesn't believe me about my experiences

despite seeing the day-to-day evidence

despite me writing him thousands of words about it (with sources)

despite me performing it out loud in therapy for him.

I get that they are atypical, and extremely far from his experience.

But I got kicked out of the house at 15 because I would not tell a lie.

I think I deserve more trust and understanding than this.

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