jessica

@jessica@cutie.city

Hello! I'm Jessica, an autistic Brit in their thirties who uses she/her pronouns. I have two pinned introduction toots if you want to know more about me.

Alt text of my profile picture: a cartoon image, from the shoulders up, of a curly brown haired white woman wearing glasses, a purple top, and gray dungarees. Behind are large stripes in black, gray, white and purple, with faint stars.

Alt text of my banner image: a zoomed in photograph of huge green leaves, similar to monstera deliciosa, on a black background.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

jessica, to random
  1. Cooked lunch ๐Ÿฅฃ
  2. Organised my musical themed toots ๐ŸŽถ
  3. Did some yoga ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ

jessica, to random

4/5

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

jessica, to DragRace
  1. Watched ๐Ÿจ
  2. Listened to music ๐ŸŽถ
  3. Did sometimes chores ๐Ÿงน

jessica, to random

2/5

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

jessica, to music

"What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish features my favourite vocals by her yet. It is quite hauntingly beautiful, with the lyrics hitting me hard at parts, alongside a lovely piano backing.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo

ashleyspencer, to random
@ashleyspencer@autistics.life avatar

This popped up in my Facebook memories today. Itโ€™s from 10 years ago. Nikita has been with me a whole decade!

jessica,

@ashleyspencer :cat_celebrate:

AutisticDoctorStruggles, to random
@AutisticDoctorStruggles@mas.to avatar

Vacaaaaaation!!!!!!!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž

jessica,

@AutisticDoctorStruggles :celebrate:

dyani, to random
@dyani@social.coop avatar

Anyone with light sensitivities:

How do you light your workstation?

I am wondering how to transform mine to be less bright but still lit enough to see stuff without eye strain and I'm very perplexed.

jessica,

@dyani What is your setup like at the moment?

I have a lamp like this that hangs over my monitor and shines onto my keyboard: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/forsa-work-lamp-white-50444429/

In it, I have a colour changing bulb, so I can adjust the brightness, and colour/temperature, fine tuning it to what I like.

However, I know some people prefer a light bar as the light can be less intrusive, here is one brand: https://www.benq.com/en-us/knowledge-center/knowledge/benefits-of-using-monitor-light-bars.html

jessica, to random
  1. Sunny day โ˜€๏ธ
  2. Cooked lunch ๐Ÿฅฃ
  3. Did some yoga ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ

jessica, to random

๐Ÿฅณ

5/5

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

jessica, to DragRace
  1. Watched ๐Ÿ’„
  2. Visited and became inspired by many websites ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  3. Spent time with Mum ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฐ

jessica, to random

Got lucky here!

3/5

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโญ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

jessica, to random

Looked through some old diary entries from around this time last year and they're so sad.

"I don't feel like any one understands me. No one truly accepts me for who I am. I don't have such connections with any one. I can't be open and honest with anyone."

"I need to express myself more, maybe it would make me less anxious and low."

"I need to control my emotions better."

"I wish I was just a better person overall."

"I wish I had more control over my emotions, I wish I wouldn't get stressed so easily."

"Even though it may not look like it, I am trying my hardest to be better."

"Angry at myself for being weird and saying things I should have kept quiet about."

"I feel so bad about being me."

"I felt so stupid and like a burden on everyone else. I felt so annoying. I wish I was a better person."

"I need to improve my mental health, but I'm running out of options, having tried so much already and not seeing any progress. It's all so difficult for me, and I wish it wasn't."

I still have issues with low mood at times, but these types of entries were every day for the whole month I read. I was in such a bad place.

I cannot stress this enough: discovering that I'm autistic was one of the best things to ever happen to me. I realised why I felt this way and knew I wasn't alone in how I thought and behaved, and how it wasn't something that I could fix within me because I wasn't broken after all.

Another thing that has drastically changed in my life has been here joining Mastodon and meeting so many wonderful people. I feel like I can finally be my true self and not be scared of judgment, which is what drove me to isolation in the first place.

Thank you ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

ShinyAmygdala, to random

Being transportation to surgery soon. Please wish me well. May I survived. Internal abscess

jessica,

@ShinyAmygdala Sending you all my best wishes and luck, I hope the surgery and recovery goes well ๐Ÿ’œ

jessica, (edited ) to random

EDIT: I made this toot to test out a claim made that @PleaseCaption is not working.

But I tooted the following image with no alt text (have since added it in) and was immediately messaged telling me I needed to add alt text. You can read the full message in a reply to this toot.

So I can confirm the bot is working.

jessica,

The bot is working, I just received this private DM:

"@jessica Psst, you missed the descriptions in this toot

Not too late to delete and re-draft. Or, edit, remove and re-add media, and add captions.

โญ Favourite this toot to delete it."

jessica,

@simonlbn Yes, it messaged me just a couple of days ago about a boost missing alt text, which I was really grateful about, but someone claimed the bot was broken, so I wanted to test it. I'm glad it's still working!

ThePop, to JapaneseMusic German

If you got ideas for Themes just write them to me under this toot. One Theme per Person.

jessica,

@ThePop

Guilty Pleasure

jessica, to random

The theme for this week's is

I'm going with PVRIS - Gimme a Minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQPaujpvjs

It's always had that feeling to me of someone desperately trying to hold on before conceding "I think I'm losing my mind", with everything then just spiraling out of control.

ivy, to random

Goodnight fedi

I'm probably going to sleep wishing I could be a shape shifter
hopefully I'll wake up as one tomorrow
if not there's always the next day

jessica,

@ivy Goodnight :star_sleepy:

ShinyAmygdala, to random

I'm in so much pain right now.

It's 11 pm on Thursday night and I've bore this burden for 7 days. 2 different kinds of antibiotics without an actual examination. If it would've gotten better it would. The ER just dumped me off without so much as a blood test or an IV. I'm afraid of the ER. But I know I need the hospital. I can't sit, it's impossible, but I know the ER will make me and if I can't they'll throw me out .

I don't know what to do. I have an infection that's progressing ๐Ÿ˜ฐ๐Ÿ˜ญ

I need a "miracle"

May the Bactrim finally start working, or may I get into a good ER/hospital where I can get infusions

jessica,

@ShinyAmygdala I was going to ask if you could find a better hospital to go to, but I know that can be difficult in the US.

I hope the Bactrim starts working soon ๐Ÿคž

Ascheryn, to disabled

A new because new instance.

Hi! ๐Ÿ‘‹

I'm a They/Them.

I try really hard to remember accessibility tools (ALT Text).

Still learning how this all works. Not great at social media in general. Previously found with the same handle on the birdsite, and several other instances (weirder.earth and mastodon.social specifically).

Patience with me please?

jessica,

@Ascheryn Welcome!

If you're worried about forgetting to put alt text on things, you should follow this bot: @PleaseCaption

It'll follow you back and then send a private DM if you accidentally post an image or boost a toot without alt text, so you can go back and add alt text or remove the boost ๐Ÿ™‚

jessica,

@izabelamisiak That's odd, it messaged me just a couple of days ago about a boost without alt text, I hope any downtime it's going through is temporary because it is great indeed! ๐Ÿ˜Š

DrSafariBoob, to random

It seems like my Reddit app is officially dead ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ are there other users here? What are your solutions? I want access to world news but I don't like being advertised at. I like being informed about what's happening around the world.

jessica,

@DrSafariBoob

I read that RedReader is currently exempt due to its accessibility features, which Reddit have conceeded their app doesn't have at the moment.

Link to app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quantumbadger.redreader

Link to post about exemption: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial/

jessica,

@DrSafariBoob Awh, thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š I'm glad I could help!

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