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AutisticDoctorStruggles

@AutisticDoctorStruggles@mas.to

(fully-vaccinated!) #PhDone '21. late-id #ActuallyAutistic. Burnout & depression lived experience. #neurodivergent 🎧 #womanInSTEM 👩‍🔬🧬 #crafter 🪡🧵🧶 #catLover 🐈‍⬛ #gaming 🎮🎲 #atheist #childfree #music 🎶🎸 #metal 🤘

Abortion is healthcare.
Trans rights are human rights.
Disability rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
Smash the patriarchy.

Get vaccinated!

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AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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One more day! Our speaker will arrive soon and present at 10:00! I really hope it will be packed in the auditorium! It certainly sounded like many people intend to come!
I am feeling okay-ish, but this will probably be an intense day!

purplepadma, to random
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Hello, my mood is very low. It was hard to get myself out of bed. I tried a walk but dragging myself up the hill was so hard I only managed 15 mins. I’m so behind on my walking challenge now. I’m in training all day, I hope I don’t have to speak much. Hope you’re all OK

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@purplepadma hope today will be gentle for you! I have been feeling quite anxious and stressed today :-(

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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Das Leben kann Spuren von Müssen enthalten.

"Life can contain traces of musts" - in German "musts" (Müssen) and dativ of "nuts" (Nüssen) are spelled almost the same, so that makes it sound like a declaration of possible allergens on a package of chocolate.

purplepadma, to random
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Morning. Sleepy again. Having so much trouble getting up in the morning, I went through a long phase where I could get up and exercise and shower before work, but that seems like a dream now. Anyway I am up and ready to continue work on my ethics application. So much paperwork involved! I’ve already done my interview schedule, participant information sheet, risk register and consent form, now I need to complete my study protocol, which is a very lengthy document. How are we all? It’s a wet Wednesday in Wales

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@purplepadma I had one of the better nights of sleep recently! Though still a bit tired. Today is quite peopleing intensive day, so I expect to be quite exhausted tonight. Weather has turned grey and foggy after a few days of sun and I just... Get a bit down 😅

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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I took 75% sick leave today. The lack of sleep from the absolute killer headache left me feeling exhausted & unfocused. Wanted to take a short meeting though (moving would have been a bigger hassle, than calling in for 10 mins) & catch up on a few small things which was ok. I could see how tired I looked on camera 😅 Glad to take it easy the rest of the day, my stomach was not feeling well either with the pain meds I took during the night. So now I kick back with Civ VI on the switch.

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Does anyone else have trouble doing one thing at a time? Like if I'm doing chores it helps to have a podcast or talk to someone, or watching TV, I need to do something with my hands, like a little handy craft, or a simple game. I love movies, but the movie has to be absolutely fascinating for me to want to go to a theater where I just need to sit there and watch. I have a large amount of tabs open on my phone all the time and I flit back and forth through a bunch of different things. Weed helps calm this down a bit.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@RickiTarr yes I do this to get the right amount of brain stimulation which minimises the risk of getting distracted.

sebwhatever, to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

I'm feeling a little low today. What are some things that you folx do to help yourselves out of a funk?

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@sebwhatever @actuallyautistic comfort food, a good cry, music, silly little walk for my silly little brain, rest, watching cute or funny animal videos, engaging in special interest :)

milkteawitch, to Autism
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I wanna try something:

& questions friday.
I will answer every respectful question about (my) autism & ADHD if you ask them today, commenting on this post.

All of the answers will be provided based on my personal experience. I do not speak for all people and those with ADHD.

I will not give any medical advice.

@actuallyautistic

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@milkteawitch @actuallyautistic what is the best part of being autistic and having ADHD for you?
Do you have a current special interest or hyperfocus and what is it (if you like to share)?
What is the single most important thing that you'd like people to know about (your) autism and ADHD?

purplepadma, to random
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The pigeons in Curaçao have spectacles

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@purplepadma O^O

catsitter, to knitting German
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fertig 😅 @handarbeiten
hab gerade nachgerechnet und tatsächlich nur gut zwei Wochen dafür gebraucht 👀

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@catsitter @handarbeiten Der ist ja super schön geworden!! 🤩

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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For the people working full-time. Please do an online search of how many of those 8 hours a day the average (office) worker is actually productive and adjust the expectations for yourself way down.

Yeah, I'm mainly trying to convince myself to work not so incredibly hard.

purplepadma, to random
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Hellooooo! It’s going-on-holiday day! Although today we are only going as far as Gatwick airport, so we don’t really need to leave until about midday. Which is fortunate, as Tom has literally just started packing, Mr Last Minute Dot Com as he is. I’m going for a walk to buy a croissant, I can’t face twiddling my thumbs while he packs. Have a super Saturday!

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@purplepadma enjoy, Charlotte! 💚💜💚

purplepadma, to random
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Fell asleep again and have woken up incredibly anxious and panicky, so THAT’S helpful.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@purplepadma oh no! Hope you can get that anxious energy out somehow! 🪻 Sending calm vibes!

anomalon, to actuallyautistic
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I just came across this image in my folders and it still cracks me up.
"Mommy, what is pathologization?"

@ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@anomalon @ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic "you're too good at this, something must be wrong with you!"

😁😁😁

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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I am pretty proud of myself. I just successfully trained 10 people on a robot I am responsible for. It was an intense, high-masking 1 hour but at least I didn't have to train them all during several occasions, which would have been equally high-masking but more time effort! They were all very nice and interested and thankful too, so that helped!

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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are there any movie recommendations with good representations of autism?

catsitter, to knitting German
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so, hier ein Bild des fertigen Pullovers, seit langem mal wieder etwas (fast) nach Anleitung gestrickt… die Rundpassee ist ein wenig zu weit (zuviele Zunahmen in der Anleitung), die Ringel waren nicht geplant, das war der Wolle vorher nicht anzusehen, das gefällt mir aber 😁 @handarbeiten

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@catsitter @handarbeiten die Ringel gefallen mir auch! Schön geworden!

Susan60, to actuallyautistic
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Does anyone else feel deeply offended by scam text messages? @actuallyautistic

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@Susan60 @actuallyautistic I get mostly scam and or marketing calls but I hate them, because I hate calls. A while ago I deactivated the voicemail because I also really don't like the "I called, please call me when you get this". You gotta text me. Calls feel extremely intrusive to me.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@Susan60 @actuallyautistic the weird thing was, I think, that voicemail was activated by default at my last provider and one had to call them to deactivate it! Absolutely unbelievable! My new provider had the option to deactivate it oneself!

ashleyspencer, to random
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I got a belgian waffle maker today and some chocolate chip cookie dough.

Tomorrow I will make waffles and chocolate chip cookies and put up Christmas decorations.

Didn’t want to make thanksgiving type foods because I’d start to associate those foods with negative feelings, so waffles and cookies it is.

Christmas decorating by myself on thanksgiving is my lifelong tradition so it will help me feel more positive things instead of sadness and abandonment.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@ashleyspencer this sounds like a great tradition! Enjoy the cookies and waffles! What kind of decorations are you putting up?

Tarrenvane, to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic Do any of my fellow peers find your tendencies/needs are more pronounced at some times more than others?

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@Tarrenvane @actuallyautistic yes, they are most pronounced when (mentally) tired since task switching takes such a huge amount of energy.

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
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I've started responding with "no apologies needed" when people say sorry for things that are completely natural or beyond their control or not their responsibility in the hopes it normalizes not feeling bad for things out of our power.

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AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@independentpen @actuallyautistic I struggle with the same thing & I kind of have to force myself to take it slow. For me it looks like not forcing myself to do things as fast or efficient as I maybe would consider appropriate to my own standards when I really don't have the energy. Reminding myself how often & long people take time to chitchat & drink coffee (all of which I would usually work through because it's more draining for me) & take that time for mental breaks when I need it.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@independentpen @actuallyautistic I 've been running at what I consider maybe 20-30% of what I usually deliver due to private stress the past 2 weeks (partially due to lest requests coming in to me) but noone has complained. That's the big indicator that I usually do too much. Now I see it as needed downtime to when I just deliver & deliver & deliver because I know I usually run at 150%.

AutisticDoctorStruggles,
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@independentpen @actuallyautistic sometimes I check my phone, play some block game on it (I do that a bit on the bathroom or when listening to something also for stimulation), maybe go for a coffee somewhere else alone, short walk around the premise (we have a quite big site), look out the window...

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