3TomatoesShort

3TomatoesShort, 10 days ago to random

Aussie chaps: anyone have a recommendation for a SAD lamp from a local online store?
I'm pretty happy with the one I have from Happy Lamps, but I need another one, and the lack of battery power is a bit limiting - although good in other ways. So just checking out other options.

RickiTarr, 13 days ago to random

How much alone time vs socializing do you need?

For me there are a few people who are usually equalizing, and I can just be around them, so I won't count that. But generally, I find about 3 times a week, I'm game for socializing. A day in between to rest is usually nice, but the larger the gathering or if we go somewhere particularly noisy or I'm meeting new people that involves more effort, and my social battery empties sooner. I'm very curious where everyone else falls on this!

3TomatoesShort, 14 days ago to random

Also tremendously impatient for this evening's grocery order - I did the order while hungry & just after watching a show which happened to feature some delicious looking paninis, so I ordered a bunch of pumpkin panini rolls 😁

farah, 15 days ago to Autism

I’ve been reading about “stimming in autism”, which up until now was very confusing to me mostly because that’s the one point kept being repeated in the community being a must for an autistic individual. And I can’t relate to that at all.

Then I came across something that describes the purpose of ‘stimming’ is to deal with extra energy. Then it kinda hit me, I’ve never had the need to stim because I’m a low energy person in general.

I get overwhelmed with activities when they involve raising heart rates (yes, THAT too). I like quiet things, dead of night etc. Once at a time in my life, I was pretty sure I could hear flow of electricity.

So my question to the #ActuallyAutistic community: do you think stimming is a must for autistic people? Do you relate to it? Anyone know of any low energy stimming that gets overlooked?

Thanks! Much love!! 💕 #Autism #Neurodivergent #stimming @actuallyautistic

3TomatoesShort, 17 days ago to random

I've never really gotten the whole "omg clean sheets" thing - probably mostly because changing the sheets is like running a goddamn marathon with POTS so not a rewarding experience - but I just half-killed myself putting a brand new sheet on the bed which was WELL overdue, and.. I kinda get it just at the moment. It's so pretty and clean 😅

3TomatoesShort, 17 days ago to random

It's very frustrating not being able to spend this whole power cut doing housework 🫤
I'm finding it much harder to decide how to pace, because my usual routine of chores and rest (which is lying down watching tv) is out the window. Doing cross stitch is kind of rest but also not really.

3TomatoesShort, 21 days ago to random

If I wanted to get a little camera specifically so I could take better photos of my garden birds - so optical zoom being a big requirement I guess - does anyone have knowledgeable thoughts on whether this would be a decent choice?
I don't think I want the learning curve or the cost of a DSLR 🤷🏼‍♀️
https://www.camerahouse.com.au/kodak-fz55-friendly-zoom-blue

3TomatoesShort, 23 days ago to random

It is goddamn hilarious to me seeing people say they feel wary of people in masks/respirators in case they have covid and went out anyway.
Buddy.
Stop and think about how the people in the masks feel about you and all the other maskless people spreading covid all around them 🙃

3TomatoesShort, 25 days ago to auscovid19

The Australian Human Rights Commission is examining the human rights impacts of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a chance for you to tell your story about what happened to you.

https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rights-and-freedoms/yourstoryportal

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

3TomatoesShort, 25 days ago to random

Yay! I finally got around to checking my cross stitch against the pattern to find my mistake.. and there wasn't one! I just got confused because I kept running out of thread and stopping in weird places, so where I thought I had finished a colour block I actually hadn't 🙃

3TomatoesShort, 29 days ago to random

It's frankly painful the way that we can all be marveling at the natural world simultaneously, and yet somehow we've built a society which seems destined to destroy it, and we've given up or lost the power to stop it happening?