I absolutely hate microfiber I don't know how anyone thought making towels or clothing out of it was a good idea

Microfiber is fine for cleaning if I first put nitrile gloves on.

This is what I thought as well. I can’t stand the feeling of microfiber

Relationships, too: very much like Ros....

this is me 100%

Oh...Sounds like me.

My very first experience with that was a kid busting a balloon in front of me unexpectedly. Oh my God I had loud sudden sounds!! I hate living in the city; I can’t wait to move to a quieter environment!

me too, i also hate overlapping noise, i can kinda deal with it for a short amount of time but then i begin to shut down or have a meltdown if i don’t have my ear plugs or ear defenders lol

I like to listen to my own music pretty loud. I also use that to make myself a "song cocoon" to drown out others sounds (for example when buying groceries or riding on public transport). I hate unpredictable loud sounds/music though. Like radio, non-music sounds in general. I need to know a song so well that I know how and when the singer breathes for a song to feel comfortable.

I have my last session in 6 days. Then waiting for the written stuff. I can't touch the soft clingy thing fabrics. Eeck

OMG THIS IS ME AS WELL

I am like that too

This is so relatable! I was actually diagnosed almost three years ago and I accepted the diagnosis pretty quickly at first after I did some research and found out that Emily Dickinson has been historically diagnosed with autism because somehow I just understood that everyone presents their autism differently. Then I went to a mental hospital for the first time since I was a teenager a year ago and after that, I went into obsessive research mode constantly trying to prove to myself that I am autistic. This video helped though so incredibly much, helped remind me of what I knew for that first year and a half-- that my autism mixed with my experiences and all the brain damage from medications I have been put on long term and the lovely things like my passionate pursuit of poetry and axolotls and a world where everyone can be happy and safe makes my autism different than others. I am very expressive and naturally, when I am not masking, I talk alot and am very animated with my voice and my hands and I can ramble on for hours-- like I once rambled about a special interest for two and a half hours straight before an ex boyfriend got me to talk about something else... But then there are other times where I feel like a hollowed out casket for myself, like I can't see myself clearly because I am speaking through a tunnel if I even speak at all... My brain is so jumbled so often that I get tangled quite often... I also have trouble functioning in a conversation at all if it is with more than one other person... I am not sure if it has always been this bad as I did have alot more friends when I was younger-- usually like 3 to 4 friends at a time with my one best friend-- and then starting at 14, this number would go down. Alot of people liked me and thought I was sweet and would talk to me and stuff in classes and maybe they were friends... But as the years went on, it became less and less... Socializing has always been hard... I don't know... i think I am being anxious... I hope you are not too anxious...

I feel this so much. I haven’t been diagnosed but am really thinking I might be because it explains a lot

@@h.e.riddleton1373 I can deff relate to this...I think my brain shuts out why im not friends with anyone no more because when I think of all the "best friends forever" I can never remember why were not friends any more and the most imbaressing thing is contacting these people and it being a really bad reason why we stoped talking or worse to me it was nothing bad, being autistic can be challenging because its really hard for me to understand sarcasm or understand stressful situations because I ither shut down and count till I get to a thousand so when I'm just standing there not saying anything it seems like I'm being an as$hole and instead im trying to cope with a stressful situation. I wish I would have found out sooner that I have autism I found out this year and im 33. Im not mad at all I have it. When I was younger I used to always be interested in people with autism I didn't think of it as something bad I thought of it as interesting. Now that I know I have it makes so much sense N if I was diagnosed earlier maybe I would have Autsic friend someone who would understand why im haveing a off day or understand that I am late or understand why I forgot

Yes, do it!!!!

Hello I'm in the same boat, hopefully going to be accepted for testing age 51. I'm getting over a massive breakdown too. I want the adhd diagnosis so I can get medication to help me. I hope with medication I will be able to read books to educate myself as now it takes me so long to read because I keep getting distracted. I start seeing rythm in the sentances and patterns and not what I'm trying to read. It's so annoying and frustrating. Good luck with the diagnosis. Don't let them fob you off you're only 47 you could have another 30-40 years alive, you need sorting out, because it's too hard if not x

Ltme

Your experience may be different but when i say i dont care its actually not precice language, its just a blanket term for a more complicated emotion and me saying i dont care makes me not process the difficult stuff.. maybe thinking about that may bring out how you truly feel, im still figuring jt out myself

Thank god for nectarines

@@sianharper9955 but flavour wise they are completely different.

I'm so glad to hear this.

swedish furniture hell is right. i cannot bear big indoor shops!

Like Goldmember

since I got *it* 2 times already.

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Thank you! I was really pleased with that edit

i know what you mean about that. Im like that as well i have to be earlier than the time. Just an example my work time is 10pm i show up at 8-9pm. I feel showing up right on time messes with my anxiety and makes me feel i have to rush.

I always arrive too early.

Lol. I'm always too late 🤣

U should get a weighted blanket

Weighted blankets are very good for coming autistic children when they are stressed and weighted soft toys.

The cotten thing! Also like the feeling of a towel on my teeth. A thing that would never logically happen, but the thought still squicks me out.

I love that too, having someone laying on my back to relax. However, weighted blankets aren't as relaxing..

No

Yup, really confuses my partner. Haha I don't even know how to explain why, when I don't need to do things a certain way, then if he questions why I don't sometimes and do others I struggle to find the words to say why. Expressing my self is a huge struggle unless I am in the right mind frame . Is that an autistic traits? I am 29 and was only just diagnosed with it less than a year ago. But I love learning about it. It's great. I feel like I finally belong somewhere, in a world where I struggle so much. I feel I belong somewhere now it's great.

I like those but absolutely not for cleaning! Thinking about using those for cleaning makes me ick

that all sounds familiar. my roommate used to sneak up on me and scare me because she thought it was funny, and one time it jolted me so bad that i kicked a chair over and broke it. everyone looked at me like "bro wtf" but I CAN'T HELP IT YOU SENT MY NERVOUS SYSTEM INTO PANIC MODE

I know that ADHD and Autism has overlap in traits and symptoms. Especially with sensory problems and triggers. I would recommend going to a specialist or licensed therapist to get diagnosed. Unfortunately, it’s still hard for women to be diagnosed properly as with both ADHD and Autism traits between men and women differ, and of course both of them are on a spectrum so everyone differs in their own ways. Hope this is of help! 😊

I'm not quite picky about anything, when to do stuff, clothes, music, food, books, films, asisstantce ideas, chores to help with, decorations in my room, wildlife related stuff and other things. But stuff our eyes might react to seriously it's Fourescent lights that stress me quick especially if they're flashing.

Microfiber

@@Drakeblood97 Well I’m not sure, I have a few different things made from microfibre, it seems like microfibre can be many different textured fabrics, all called microfibre? It’s confusing, when you buy fabric they usually have different names for identification purposes. I have microfibre bedding from Amazon, it’s toxic & dangerous & very flammable. In my comment, I was referring to a fabric that they use in China a lot - I bought some hoodies on AliExpress, they would say it’s cotton & when it arrives it’s the most awful shiny polyester, feels horrible & gets bobbly (pilled) within a week. Then there are microfibre cleaning cloths, they feel soft & completely different from scratchy texture but still very plastic. Synthetic fabric are extremely toxic to manufacture, they poison rivers & people drink water from these rivers. Even diapers for babies, made from plastic, are extremely toxic but nobody seems to care...

I literally can’t look at clothing buttons which makes life so difficult, it’s called Koumpounophobia

I would like to have a large audience so that I can raise awareness and support for autistic people. I do not want to be famous for the sake of it.

@@PurpleElla That's a great answer I don't want to be famous either for the sake of stuff Ella which a lot of people do these days ! Hope you and your family are all good have a blessed day ! 💯

Disabled / Autistic same class............ The key thing with Autism is the less help we're offered the harder stuff might get. We all have different intention, we just meet so many regular people who hardly admit their own mistakes. We with Autism are different enough to do stuff for quite a different reason. The majority of regular people hardly have any skills to actually read us who have Autism. That's the main issue regular people thinking they know us while actually they don't they're not being patient enough to learn the truth of each Autistic student, they frequently tease us in rude ways thinking we're all the same. But if you have the courage to meet more than one person with Autism you might start realizing the uniqueness of each one. Socializing continuing properly is the thing we need the most help with, mainly because lots of regular people get bored too quick with the way those with Autism communicate quite differently. Plus how often we need help speaking if someone's confused and angry with us at the same moment.