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20+ daily experiences an #autistic person will typically have - an insight into our world. #thread
Please share as widely as possible. It may be helpful.
Please share as widely as possible. It may be helpful.
1. Having a morning routine that is extremely tightly-scheduled with each activity's estimated duration seared into your mind. Any deviation from this routine will be painful and unpleasant.
2. Waking up feeling anxious about managing your morning routine, worried about a possible change you have to make, perhaps, dreading it. #Autism #autistic
3. Hating the sensation of water on your head as and in your ears while you shower. Alternatively, finding it so soothing you cannot get out of the shower. Either way, the shower's gonna mess with you. #Autism #autistic
4. Skipping breakfast as you literally don't have the organisational capacity to manage it right now, knowing you'll be starving by 9am but equally knowing there's nothing you can do about it. #Autism #autistic
5. Feeling guilty as you put an item of clothing on for the second or third time that week as you're so exhausted you need the comfy familiarity and you haven't been organised with your washing this week. Going to work worried people will notice. #Autism #autistic
6. Having a mini-crisis as you try to work out what direction you will go to work. If you have multiple options, expect this to rise commensurately in complexity. Can be paralysing. Can lead to doubling back and changing mind. #Autism #autistic
7. Seeing a cat on your way to work/school that you like but it ignores you and it was one of the few positive moments of your day and wtf? Continue in a dim frame of mind. #Autism #autistic
8. Getting rained on. You haven't got your coat as you hate how it feels and you don't have an umbrella as you don't like the noise the rain makes on them. You get soaked. #Autism #autistic
9. Think about getting the bus but the thought of the change in routine and the sensory experience is just too much. Stand awkwardly at a bus-stop before shaking your head and walking on regardless. #Autism #autistic
10. Your shoes really hurt but sorting that out would involve going shopping for new shoes and frankly, you'd rather saw off your own feet than go through that hell anytime soon. You limp to work. #Autism #autistic
11. Seeing a colleague and going out of your way to avoid having to do small talk with them. Finding yourself in crisis between avoiding colleagues and changing route. #Autism #autistic
12. Fudge up your small talk with an unavoidable colleague. Worry about what you said to them for the next 7-14 days. #Autism #autistic
