#acutuallyautistic — Public Fediverse posts

I actually did a blog post. A discussion of personal energy levels, what uses energy, and what energy reserves help me do, with a bonus meander through masking. #acutuallyAutistic
#autistic #autism #AuDHD #autisticBurnout #autismAwareness
https://marcus.helvig.net/neurodiversity/2026/03/23/what-is-energy-for-autistics.html

RE: https://mas.to/@PatternChaser/116273363214994741

A great article. In my experience, I’ve gone from grief to outright anger at how unnecessary my pain is, simply because my authentic self doesn’t fit neurotypical’s fucking view of how a person should exist, behave, or what I require. #acutuallyAutistic #autistic #autism

Fawn is my norm. I never want to be seen but am keenly aware, gathering information and figuring out how things work.

Freeze is my first response. I get stuck waiting for the threat to leave.

Flight is rare. I will try to significantly override to maintain freeze.

Fight means you've reached the end of my rope. There is a complete refusal. My invisible meltdowns devise a way to "fix things" so whatever got me to that state will never happen again.

#acutuallyautistic @actuallyautistic

Are there any Autistics who do not have any auditory sensory issues at all? I've found plenty with different auditory triggers than I have—some times even seemingly opposite to mine.

The construction equipment working in this grocery store parking lot is emitting a high decibel low frequency bass that is killing me while I'm waiting for my pickup order.

#AcutuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic

@Rachel_Thorn I come at this from a different perspective. I'm a cis male so I don't get the media/peer pressure to be fashionable or pretty. But I'm #AcutuallyAutistic, and I have spent my whole life trying to fit in. So I'm in the first category. I'll only wear what I think will be accepted, because I don't want to be laughed at. (I won't ever "look good in this". The bar is "folks won't point and laugh.")

Ofc as a 50yo cis male I have more leeway than most. But.