PixysJourney

PixysJourney, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

Sensory overload.
Sound. Light. Even smells...
When I go out, I try to use my NC headphones as much as I can.
I have dark sunglasses to accompany me. And often wear a baseball cap as well.
Overload can also happen from socializing. It takes a lot out of me. Even with people that I care loads for.
Sometimes I just need "me time". Just me, a favorite activity and/or series on TV. No talking. No thinking. Just relaxing...

I think it's one of the more difficult things of my autism. I get overloaded too easily, and when I get to a meltdown, it's bad and takes even longer before I can recover.

Anyone recognize this? Any tips I haven't tried yet perhaps? 😊

#ActuallyAutistic

@actuallyautistic

PixysJourney, 3 days ago to actuallyautistic

Question to fellow #NeuroSpicy #AuDHD folks... :confusedparrot:

For what sort of toots could I use hashtags like #ActuallyAutistic or the previous two I just used?

I Toot quite a bit about me and my quirky way life. But I never really know if I "should" add any ND hashtags as the "silly" things I Toot about are quite normal to me. If that makes sense 🤔...

I'm proud enough, these days, of who I am. But I wonder if and when it would be good to add some of these tags... Maybe it could help connect with other peeps like me 😇.

Fankoos 🫶🏻 for your help! 🌸

@actuallyautistic

:boosts_ok_gay:

PixysJourney, 6 months ago to ADHD

Howdy kind Mastonauts! 😁 Welcome to this new account.
I made (another) account to share things that are not health or entertainment related. I have dedicated accounts for those things (links in bio).

I will boost those toots when I feel them "good enough" to share with you.

I'm #AuDHD (#Actually Autistic and #ADHD). I live with #Fibromyalgia and #Hypermobility. Got a fake hip. Love fitness. Have an eating disorder that I struggle with. I also have been fighting with #ChronicDepression for many years.

My big love is my 10 year old Labrador lady Arwen. She's slowly showing her age, bless her, so I'm often worried about that.

I have a silly kind of humor and often a either too straight forward or too anxious to say anything.

Have a nice day everyone! 🌸

PixysJourney, 6 months ago to medical

#Journal of a silly Dutch Pixy 🧚🏼‍♀️

So, yesterday (Wednesday) was a bit different than the past 10 weeks or so... I don't have group on Thursday anymore which means mum and I can resume out groceries shopping in Germany on Thursdays again, instead of Wednesday.

I got up a wee bit before the alarm. It was very cold, well, cold enough for me. I got dressed and prepared Arwen's food. We went for walkies and then I finished Arwen's meal. She got a snack on the couch and I headed to the gym.

Got on the scale first and it was super kind to me! Compared to my measurements of the 12th (10 days ago) I lost 1,5 kilos. I definitely had not expected that. 😊
I started with some arm exercises, even though it should be leg day. Just wasn't up to them I guess. After some arm training I got to the seated bike for my usual simple ride. Then, I felt OK enough and I hit some of the leg exercises that I should have started with. But hey, doing them now so good on me!

Then I got home and had some breakfast. Let Arwen out for a pee and then I did something totally weird to most 😂. I hate the long, green, bits of leak in my food. I had gotten a big bin of Nasi Goreng from the supermarket. It was enough for two meals. So I got two smaller bins and... I slowly devided the big one over the smaller ones, trying to scoop out all the leeks I could find. And yeah, I did measure the weights to be sure they were as equally devided as possible. 😂

I got to my hometrainer next. I wanted to ride 90+5 minutes but I got distracted so I ended with 98 minutes. It was just on a low setting due to my muscles struggling, but I rode it nevertheless and it felt good. 😊

After washing up and getting dressed again, we went for our 3km walkies with our friend and their dog. The weather was cold but fortunately also dry. Then I went onwards to the Lidl, as I'd not been able to go on Monday, as I usually do. When I got back I fixed some food and then got to the treadmill. I walked slowly for an hour. It felt very long and I was bummed I could not go a bit faster. But again I had to remind myself that it was a 60% kinda day the way my muscles felt, so I had to relax.

On my way back from the Lidl a dear friend called me and we had a nice chat as I was going about my groceries. Ow after that I took them to the voting area across the street as I felt I should vote for the House of Representatives this time around.
They were still chatting with me when I started my treadmill walk, after I had some food. My food was crunchy so I apologized for my eating sounds often 😂.
After a bit we said goodbye and I was almost done with the treadmill walk then. So that had been nice. Some Downton till my hour was up.

I walked Arwen and got stuff ready for some coop gaming with a dear friend later on. Unfortunately they had some issues with their account and we had to play another game. Not that bad, it was still fun! Just not what we'd both been aiming for. 😊 I started yawning and kept it going throughout the game! I guess I must have yawned their ears off!!

That always happens when it's in the afternoon and I sit down to relax. My body goes into a "you're not moving so let's yawn because you already did a lot" mode and it's kinda annoying. I hate yawning all the time, especially when I'm at a voice chat and trying to play a game...

Around 4 we closed up the game and before saying goodbye, my friend just vanished 😂! Haha! I got a big sorry text about that. I just laughed and said it was OK. I got ready for bed with the usual bits that I do. When Arwen and I went out, of course it started to rain. Just some drizzle but still kinda annoying. My bed was nice and cozy when I slipped in and I don't think I had loads of time to read before I dozed off... 😴

#PixysJourney

Tim_McTuffty, 2 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 207 , Wednesday 22/05/2024

Up early as Mrs S. was in the office today.

Felt a lot better today , eating almost normally , just feeling somewhat knackered still.

There’s a calm, peacefulness when I’m on my own, especially at the moment.

After yesterday’s epic ‘War n Peace’ entry there is not much to add today.

Final Thoughts.

I’m hoping that full digestive services will be restored!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

PixysJourney, 3 months ago to Spotify

Pressed the #Spotify follow button for #Dgar. (@dgar)
Let's see/listen to what he has to offer....

#Music

18+ Tim_McTuffty, 8 hours ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 209 , Friday 24/05/2024

Up slightly later today as herself was not in the office.

Usual palaver , I make breakfast she makes her snack, I clean up after her.

I was all up for breaking out past my agoraphobia, but once again triggers were pressed & so here I am stuck inside.

I did venture into the back garden to sort out the kitchen compost tub.

Apparently I’m having a chip butty for me tea, I wanted a simple pizza (ham n mushroom ) but her masters voice has spoken & a chip butty it is.

Sometimes I wish I was more vocal, but I hate arguments & I always cave, or on the rare occasions I hold my own I get guilted into feeling that I’m in the wrong.

How do we like our roast squirrel, rare or well done ?

Final Thoughts.

Hey ho - the joys of married life.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Tim_McTuffty, 1 day ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 208 , Thursday 23/05/2024

A quiet day, recovery from Squirrel Pox continues apace.
Eating is now easier & my stomach is merely uncomfortable rather that outright rebellious!

Final Thoughts.

I try so hard to be inclusive, I try to police my boosts , I try to include alt-txts . Sometimes it seems I fail.
I hate failing.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

PixysJourney, 3 months ago to random

I do hope that Arwen and I will have several more years together...
She turns 11 this year... 💜
My previous Lab gall, Chance, made it to 12. So a small fear in me says this could be the last year together... It scares me a bit. 😔
I know I should not think of this. But life is fragile. And my brain is fighting the dark monster, which allows thoughts like these.
I hope Arwen will grow old and stay healthy for several more years to come...
I hope she gets to enjoy our new place in several months time.
No more stairs and a small garden. 😊
Happy thoughts Pixy, happy ones...

PixysJourney, 6 months ago to random

My #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD brain needs reminders.

TL;DR I didn't do my taxes for two years as they didn't send a reminder 😔

When I don't get them, I know I should be doing something, just don't know what...
I didn't get any reminders for my taxes the last two years. So of course I didn't do them....
I think I need to do them within 5 years though. So I'll gather all info and when dad goes to do his taxes, I'll ask if me and my carriage of paperwork may tag along. Hopefully "his tax man" is also able to do all of mine then. So remember Pixy, you need to log in to a sites and start making prints of all needed info.
Gather and take along in April to get it sorted before it's too late.

I know I can do this. I have 5 months to get it all together. Go Pixy! 😁

PixysJourney, 3 months ago to random

#today I've been very busy! Mostly helping my mum. She never really asks for a lot of help, as she's as stubborn as me and prefers to do things on her own when she can...
So when she asked, I helped. When she needed something more, I helped. And I enjoyed it, even though it messed a bit with my routine.
Knowing she asked me means loads so I did all I could to help as well as I could. 😊

PixysJourney, 3 months ago to random

Soooooo I generally dislike calls with anyone that I don't know well enough.
I prefer email. Texts. Or... Even a voicemail if someone does call, so I know what it's about.

I've asked people to use my voicemail. I've told people I prefer email. And still, some people keep calling me... And if I'm brave enough to call back (when there is a number), it's often those I ASKED to use email or leave a voice mail if urgent.

Why do people think it's ok to just call for everything? I have to list a phone number. It doesn't mean I can actually make decent phone calls.

I hate them with people I don't know well enough. 😔 Ugh and the I get missed calls from blocked numbers. Also not leaving a voicemail. 😔 If I don't answet with a number, I will definitely ignore when there is none...

Why can't people just frigging email... 😢

Sorry... Rant over...

Tim_McTuffty, 3 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 205 , Tuesday 21/05/2024

TL:DR Late up today , so was more or less ignored. Clues to whether I’m AuDHD & if I’m going thru a burnout period came to light from fellow ND Peeps.

I had a somewhat enforced lay in this morning, in that I was so exhausted that I simply slept thru all the noise that would usually wake me up.
I finally got up around 07:30. Life obviously went on without me, even though Mrs S. was working from home.

Me: I’m a total introvert & wish to be alone.
Also Me when wife zones me out because I was late to get up: I’m so lonely !!!
Is the mind of an ND bananas or what ! (Possibly some for of nut in my case 🤦‍♂️ )

I risked a ‘proper’ breakfast this morning - I seem to have survived it 😊

I would normally have cleaned the bathroom today, but because I’m not feeling so good that didn’t happen. I know from past experience it won’t get done until I feel well enough, be that days or even weeks 🙄🤦‍♂️

I wrote a little while back , when I got the results of my assessment thru , that the Consultant Psychiatrist had suggested that I be assessed for ADHD too. That is currently on hold.
But , & here’s the thing I read a toot ( linked below) from @ashleyspencer that totally spoke to me & I recognised EVERYTHING she was talking about !
Well call me a Squirrel & bounce a walnut off me ‘ed !
I number of other folk on here have suggested that I had ADHD symptoms , but I could never put the whole package together in my own head to the point that I ‘felt’ it!
Maybe I need to pull the whole ‘getting ADHD assessment’ off the back burner ?

I also realised ,based on a toot from @pathfinder (again see the link below) that I may well be experiencing a period of autistic burnout - it seems to be so similar , in key ways to where I am at the moment. No wonder I’m struggling!

Got back into the post-apocalyptic world of Fo4 this afternoon, I had forgotten how enjoyable this game is.

Final Thoughts.

I am struck once again how much I am coming to depend on the @actuallyautistic community to help me progress on my ASD journey and understand more about me!

Special thanks to Ashley & Kevin for pointing the way today. 🙏

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

https://autistics.life/@ashleyspencer/112474885392479715

https://beige.party/@pathfinder/112476066417549514

PixysJourney, 6 months ago to random

Journal of a Dutch Pixy 🧚🏼‍♀️

TL;DR Arwen wanted to spend the night with me on my bed (she's my dog, FYI 😉)

Last night, well at the end of the afternoon, Arwen and I had gone for walkies. Arwen sometimes walks to my bedroom and looks at the bed. But usually when I ask her if she wants to sleep there, she just heads to the living room. But this time, she put her head on the side. The bed is too high for her to jump these days, so I lifted her up. She immediately took over the whole bed 😂!

I went to the living room to get my shoes off, grab Arwen's snacks and prepare everything for the next day (night). After a loo break, Arwen and I played the game of beds until I had a decent spot to sleep in. I quickly fell asleep with her beside me. It's been years since she really wanted to sleep with me like this and I almost feared that it might be her last night or something and she didn't want to be alone...

But every time I woke, she was there, snoring. Or pushing me out the bed 😂. During loo breaks I asked her if she wanted off and she stayed put. But when my alarm woke me, she was ready to go off and get out for walkies.
Of course I had to dress and prepare her food and all that.

But we had a good night together. I did have some weird dreams about exes, but every time I woke I stroked Arwen's fur and quickly was able to fall asleep again.

#PixysJourney

Arwen laying on my bed, ready to snuggle up for the night.

PixysJourney, 14 days ago to random

Hey ho sweet and lovely Friendos 💜

It's that one day a year where you're remembered that your parents had a lot of fun together 😂 yeah... I'm getting old!! Haha!

I will do my best to check my notifications throughout the day. But when visitors come, I'll probably be a bit busy and distracted.... 😊

My friends are expected between 10:30/11:00. Dunno about my parents though...

Have a wonderful day 🌸 folks! 🎉

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾 & 🎂 🎉 🎈

#PixysJourney

PixysJourney, 1 month ago to random

@apps
Heya! Ever since the last update (I participate in the beta program), my app often crashes when I want to open toots to read them before replying....
It just closes the Toot and switches back to the main time line.
My phone warned me that it is a crash happening again and again.
Running version 3.28.2 (515) according to the last release notes (screenshot attached).
Hopefully this bug can be fixed in a next update! 😁

PixysJourney, 1 month ago to FF

#FollowFriday #FF
I don't make these lists too often as I'm always scared to forget someone important 🫣 so hopefully I won't mess this one up 😇.

@Tim_McTuffty for his #ActuallyAutistic journey
@MaJ1 for all the squirrel silliness
@skyfire747 for kindness and support
@pathfinder for his #ActuallyAutistic support
@Adventurer for her kindness and support
@fetchezlavache for all the silliness (and support as well 😉)
@UKFilmNerd for all the movie bits (and another go at the couch to 5K! 💪)
@dgar for all the tunes 🎶
@innervisioner for their #AuDHD journey
@DoubleTreble for kindness and their journey (ow and mugs 😉)

Of course I should also mention my night time ladies!
@Cbfoley for alllll the chats (and being stubborn Taures'ess together)
@si_irini for loads of chats as well!
You two get me through many nights 🤗

Special mention without a tag for reasons goes to Fi! Keep on stitchin' 😉

Hope I didn't forget anyone! Have a good Friday folks!

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾

PixysJourney, 1 month ago to random

Heya @dansup
I love your work on Pixelfed. 😊
I was wondering how the location tags are made as sometimes I want to add a place and it doesn't know it. Is there a way to add locations to images that the app/site don't know yet? Or a way to "teach" it new places?
I now try to find the nearest place (granted some places I've been were rather small), but it would be nice to tag the actual place to the image.
Thanks again for the hard work! Looking forward to the new app release. 👍🏻

PixysJourney, 2 months ago to Pixelfed

Owwww I've shared a lot of images on #Pixelfed this morning and some of them are doing really well. An older one of Arwen, happy to hear we're going on walkies, is very popular.
I've never been popular on IG. So it's quite nice to see Arwen being loved so much on Pixelfed. Really enjoying the platform a lot!
I'll find the picture in a moment and I'll boost it here too. 😉
Also been sharing older pictures and AI. And of course my daily gym selfie 🤳🏼
Hope you're all having a good day! 🌸