@JohnBloor@neurodifferent.me
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JohnBloor

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Screenprinter and lino printer. Illustrator. Music nut. Trying to make music as well as find every bit of new music that's good. Lapsed photographer.

Trained as a cinematographer. Diagnosed with ASD as an adult, with anxiety and paranoia. Trying to find a way forward. Printmaking saved my life!

https://linktr.ee/johnbloorprintmaker

#printmaker #print #screenprinter #screenprint #linocut #linoprint #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #illustrator #photographer #musician #composer #gamemusic #modular

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Sci_Fi_FanGirl, to actuallyautistic German
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A few weeks ago, someone asked me what makes me happy or what I enjoy doing. I said, among others, that I liked playing the guitar very much, but hadn't done it in a while. Couldn't say why I hadn't.

This bothered me. I thought about it and finally found out why I had stopped: I had played something for a friend and felt very ashamed afterwards. Why did I do it in the first place? Why this song? How could I even think it was worth showing?

Can't seem to get over it.

@actuallyautistic

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I stopped playing guitar for 10 years because of anxiety. I used to have to perform for my guitar teacher. I tried to unlearn everything. Now I'd like to learn again for myself. I hope you can find a way to do it again.

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I played for about a year. I haven't started again (anxiety) but I intend to. I really enjoyed it before. I need to record some guitar for my son's game soundtracks too.

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I'm sorry but I don't think I'm ready to. You should though.

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I hope you will too.

I intend to start recording acoustic guitar for my son's game and get back into it that way. I will be buying a microphone so there is no excuse.

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic he's making a top down roguelike shootemup. You can try it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2372450/Rootin_Tootin_Lootin__Shootin/

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I'm just doing the music

JohnBloor,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic you can hear my game music and my other music here: https://soundcloud.com/smokingdrum

theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic
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For those of my comrades who understood that they're autistic later in life, did you find that the realization helped you get your life into a better spot? Or did it make things more complicated?

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JohnBloor,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic didn't help me at all

poloniousmonk, to actuallyautistic
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@autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic

Was anyone else misdiagnosed bipolar2? Rapid cycling?

I've long suspected that rapid cycling bipolar doesn't exist. Even before I figured out the autism part, I was a horrifically sleep deprived drunk--of course my emotions were a little loose.

JohnBloor,
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@poloniousmonk @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic how rapid is it? I'm taking tablets for bipolar and experience highs and lows during each day when it is happening.

JohnBloor,
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@poloniousmonk @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic mine isn't emotional... Or doesn't feel it.

theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic
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Do you use the word "Neurodivergent"?

Why or why not?

Do you think it's ableist?

If you don't use it, what word do you use?

#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic

JohnBloor,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I use the acronym ASD about myself

JohnBloor,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I'm really confused about the word I should use. I was diagnosed with Asperger's but now that word is not used any more. Should I use Neurodivergent? ASD?

JohnBloor,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic ok!

theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic
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How did my comrades come to know that they’re autistic?

@actuallyautistic

JohnBloor,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I was diagnosed after being continually forced out of jobs

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