#infodump — Public Fediverse posts

actually getting into astrology fucking sucks because you realize that 99.99% of the time when you see other people talk about astrology they have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. and whenever you try to talk about astrology it's like you're sending out free pizza coupons to the 99.99% convention

(thread. it's a rant)

#astrology #infodump

Vamos con un #InfoDump de #LosSimuladores.

En el capítulo 10 de la segunda temporada (“El anillo de Salomón”), durante la introducción vemos a Franco Milazzo practicar tiro al blanco con una pistola.

Si mi vista no me falla, es una Taurus PT59, calibre .380.

@Kristine Welcome to the wonderful world of methylxanthines!

I recently went pretty far down this rabbit hole (dopamine driven research into dopamine :ablobspin:) wondering what the felt difference between tea and coffee was.

Caffeine is indeed a natural insecticide. Maybe caffeine messes with their nervous system as well?

What I found is that caffeine is the same substance in coffee and tea, but tea also has other methylxanthines (theobromine which is also in cacao, and theophylline) with different effects. Tea also has other chemicals which influence the caffeine uptake.

Anyway, have fun, there's much to explore there!

End of #InfoDump :ablobcatblink:

I’m reading a science fiction novel. One sentence stood out as a fine example of painting the world and giving some info there, and setting the mood.

’The room which his visitor had chosen was unfamiliar to him, but his brainware contained a set of floor plans for every building in the university, and thus he had no difficulty in finding it.’

For some reason I started thinking how this would sound with different setting information.

1/2

#writing #words #infodump

@lovebot7000

Hauptsächlich vom #Zahlenautismus eines #Dopamin #Psychopathen Gehirns aus #vorausberechnet, für andere autistische Idioten, in ihrer kleinkarierten Statistik-Idioten-Welt.

Vampir Quiz #Invasion #Game Statistik Dominanz #Overcrafting #Selbstverliebtheit, nicht mal ansatzweise authentische Liebe, ist das.

Ich kann nur #auf #jeden einzelnen #Infodump und blodsinnigen #Autisten #Tagesbingo #Moodswing #öffentlich #scheißen, wie es sich für jeden aufrechten Menschen weltweit gehört.

@lovebot7000

Hauptsächlich vom #Zahlenautismus eines #Dopamin #Psychopathen Gehirns aus #vorausberechnet, für andere autistische Idioten, in ihrer kleinkarierten Statistik-Idioten-Welt.

Vampir Quiz #Invasion #Game Statistik Dominanz #Overcrafting #Selbstverliebtheit, nicht mal ansatzweise authentische Liebe, ist das.

Ich kann nur #auf #jeden einzelnen #Infodump und blodsinnigen #Autisten #Tagesbingo #Moodswing #öffentlich #scheißen, wie es sich für jeden aufrechten Menschen weltweit gehört.

Heh... Alrighty then... Back down the #RadiotrophicFungus / #Radiosynthesis wormhole. #InfoDump is imminent! You have been WARNED!

#RadiotrophicFungus posts will have to wait... Went down the #RomanWomen #RomanHistory wormhole tonight. I hope folks found my #InfoDump to be interesting (and relevant to current events). 🧑🏼‍🎓

i wish there were more cool #infodump s on here thay are tagged bc I rly wanna read more cool stuff
likethat social media dependency might at least be good for sth

The Danger of Overexplaining in Dialogue—and How to Avoid It

Note From KMW: This week’s post is a quick one—but it covers a sneaky little habit that can creep into even the best of stories: overexplaining in dialogue. I’ve seen it in books I’ve read, and I’ve definitely caught myself doing it too. It’s easy to do when we want to make sure readers really […]…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/overexplaining-in-dialogue/

#Dialogue #infodump
@indieauthors

Okay, das war … etwas viel auf einmal. #DoctorWho #Staffelfinale #InfoDump #What

I often lose track that on social media the idea is to be social in limited words. What about all the info dumpers, the replies with an essay of cool rocks kinda people! What are we supposed to do?! 🌱
What do you do on social media? #infodump #essay #socialmedia

jesuis wrote:

Quien te dice que sea solo una persona que tenga accesso a ..

Diga @jesuisatire, esta usted intentando jugar con sus derechos y permisos en esta comunidad?
Mire que la @picota esta ahí a la vuelta no mas ..

#infoDump:
Por cierto @santiago_v, resulta que esta cuenta aquí se encuentra en un servidor #friendica, o sea no es #mastodon y por lo tanto tiene un montón de particularidades diferentes a lo que ustedes pueden hacer ahí. Una de ellas es, si es que esta habilitado por la administración, de tener multiples perfiles. Adjunto un pantallazo de una pagina de administrar perfiles. Tupambae.org es un servidores que se dedica a facilitar "cuentas de comunidad", perfiles de foros comunitarios. La lista de foros públicos se encuentra aquí.
Los avatares que se ven en la imagen son algunos de los foros de temáticas especificas que la gente puede seguir.
Esta por ejemplo el foro @permacultura, que es para temas de huerta, campo y cultura de sostenibilidad.
👍

@sinmisterios @CeciPrieto
#fediTutorial

> o hay algo que me estoy perdiendo?

Difícil decir @CeciPrieto, aveces parece un #infoDump @sinmisterios y aveces no se sabe ..

@santiago_v @utopiarte

@hiker
Yeah, that's stupid, and actually not only stupid from the get go but helps to stupidify people even more.

I guess it's the #infoDump aspect. that overwhelms people who try to do things they actually don't want to do but feel forced to do.

... aaaaand that's the "mindset" I'm talking about.

They didn't want to leave where they were, and they want back what they had.

First is their problem, second is becoming ours.
🤷‍♀️

.. "they" are linear freeriders ..

@elduvelle @carbonwoman

I'm 68 years old and often criticized by other, mostly younger, Black people for not conforming to their idealized, homogenized, commodified monocultural stereotype for Black women.

The Sassy Black Woman Trope | #Infodump
#AngelManson
#BlackMastodon #Culture #Ethnicity #Racialization #Stereotypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69I28135qM

I'm 68 years old and often criticized by other, mostly younger, Black people for not conforming to their idealized, homogenized, commodified monocultural stereotype for Black women.

The Sassy Black Woman Trope | #Infodump
#AngelManson
#BlackMastodon #Culture #Ethnicity #Racialization #Stereotypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69I28135qM

I'm 68 years old and often criticized by other, mostly younger, Black people for not conforming to their idealized, homogenized, commodified monocultural stereotype for Black women.

The Sassy Black Woman Trope | #Infodump
#AngelManson
#BlackMastodon #Culture #Ethnicity #Racialization #Stereotypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69I28135qM

I'm 68 years old and often criticized by other, mostly younger, Black people for not conforming to their idealized, homogenized, commodified monocultural stereotype for Black women.

The Sassy Black Woman Trope | #Infodump
#AngelManson
#BlackMastodon #Culture #Ethnicity #Racialization #Stereotypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69I28135qM

I'm 68 years old and often criticized by other, mostly younger, Black people for not conforming to their idealized, homogenized, commodified monocultural stereotype for Black women.

The Sassy Black Woman Trope | #Infodump
#AngelManson
#BlackMastodon #Culture #Ethnicity #Racialization #Stereotypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69I28135qM

Some ideas for scoutspy wrestling au, which will be the same as all my other aus (guy who used to be a huge slut is now very old and has an adoring fan)

- Slightly thick spoih
- Obviously pulling from Jake tha snake here, only one guy gets the snake gimmick :P
- If we go for Scylla for his gimmick name, maybe he could plop squids on people or throw 'em in a shark tank LMAO
- 80's territory guy, maybe had a small run in the Larger Sports Entertainment Company, but did not reach the financial security of other top guys, and didn't hit the merch royalties of the late 90's.
- Thus in his old age, Mr. Scylla is doing pop culture conventions with his peers to pay for his medically mandated bacta tank/iron lung.
- Ollie is a Huge Fan! He traded all the tapes! He follows Mr. Scylla into the bathroom to see if Scylla's penis really was bitten off by a snake... or if it's just kayfabe.
- Scylla probably kayfabes Ollie into becoming his "assistant" for free and bring him to his dialysis appointments as well as get him water LMAO.
- Ollie is convinced this is his own first step into learning how to wrassle from the greats, nevermind that Ollie is about 5'4" and 110 lbs wet.
- Yaoi Sexo ensues
- Something about how Mr. S was NOT into garbage wrestling, but Ollie being a trash ass millenial loves the trashy shit. Pressuring old man Scylla into doing those fetishy hardcore matches in his elder years?! Ollie slowly becoming Scylla's manager... (referencing Iron Shiek's nephews or whatever running his twitter account and rolling him into meet n' greets lol)

Much to think about. Just like Glam Basile, or every single other character I have, I am entranced by life on da road with groupies -> old guys coping in the era of smartphones and stans.

#ocs #ollieNBasile #art #doodles #INFODUMP #scoutspy

Some ideas for scoutspy wrestling au, which will be the same as all my other aus (guy who used to be a huge slut is now very old and has an adoring fan)

- Slightly thick spoih
- Obviously pulling from Jake tha snake here, only one guy gets the snake gimmick :P
- If we go for Scylla for his gimmick name, maybe he could plop squids on people or throw 'em in a shark tank LMAO
- 80's territory guy, maybe had a small run in the Larger Sports Entertainment Company, but did not reach the financial security of other top guys, and didn't hit the merch royalties of the late 90's.
- Thus in his old age, Mr. Scylla is doing pop culture conventions with his peers to pay for his medically mandated bacta tank/iron lung.
- Ollie is a Huge Fan! He traded all the tapes! He follows Mr. Scylla into the bathroom to see if Scylla's penis really was bitten off by a snake... or if it's just kayfabe.
- Scylla probably kayfabes Ollie into becoming his "assistant" for free and bring him to his dialysis appointments as well as get him water LMAO.
- Ollie is convinced this is his own first step into learning how to wrassle from the greats, nevermind that Ollie is about 5'4" and 110 lbs wet.
- Yaoi Sexo ensues
- Something about how Mr. S was NOT into garbage wrestling, but Ollie being a trash ass millenial loves the trashy shit. Pressuring old man Scylla into doing those fetishy hardcore matches in his elder years?! Ollie slowly becoming Scylla's manager... (referencing Iron Shiek's nephews or whatever running his twitter account and rolling him into meet n' greets lol)

Much to think about. Just like Glam Basile, or every single other character I have, I am entranced by life on da road with groupies -> old guys coping in the era of smartphones and stans.

#ocs #ollieNBasile #art #doodles #INFODUMP #scoutspy

Some ideas for scoutspy wrestling au, which will be the same as all my other aus (guy who used to be a huge slut is now very old and has an adoring fan)

- Slightly thick spoih
- Obviously pulling from Jake tha snake here, only one guy gets the snake gimmick :P
- If we go for Scylla for his gimmick name, maybe he could plop squids on people or throw 'em in a shark tank LMAO
- 80's territory guy, maybe had a small run in the Larger Sports Entertainment Company, but did not reach the financial security of other top guys, and didn't hit the merch royalties of the late 90's.
- Thus in his old age, Mr. Scylla is doing pop culture conventions with his peers to pay for his medically mandated bacta tank/iron lung.
- Ollie is a Huge Fan! He traded all the tapes! He follows Mr. Scylla into the bathroom to see if Scylla's penis really was bitten off by a snake... or if it's just kayfabe.
- Scylla probably kayfabes Ollie into becoming his "assistant" for free and bring him to his dialysis appointments as well as get him water LMAO.
- Ollie is convinced this is his own first step into learning how to wrassle from the greats, nevermind that Ollie is about 5'4" and 110 lbs wet.
- Yaoi Sexo ensues
- Something about how Mr. S was NOT into garbage wrestling, but Ollie being a trash ass millenial loves the trashy shit. Pressuring old man Scylla into doing those fetishy hardcore matches in his elder years?! Ollie slowly becoming Scylla's manager... (referencing Iron Shiek's nephews or whatever running his twitter account and rolling him into meet n' greets lol)

Much to think about. Just like Glam Basile, or every single other character I have, I am entranced by life on da road with groupies -> old guys coping in the era of smartphones and stans.

#ocs #ollieNBasile #art #doodles #INFODUMP #scoutspy

Some ideas for scoutspy wrestling au, which will be the same as all my other aus (guy who used to be a huge slut is now very old and has an adoring fan)

- Slightly thick spoih
- Obviously pulling from Jake tha snake here, only one guy gets the snake gimmick :P
- If we go for Scylla for his gimmick name, maybe he could plop squids on people or throw 'em in a shark tank LMAO
- 80's territory guy, maybe had a small run in the Larger Sports Entertainment Company, but did not reach the financial security of other top guys, and didn't hit the merch royalties of the late 90's.
- Thus in his old age, Mr. Scylla is doing pop culture conventions with his peers to pay for his medically mandated bacta tank/iron lung.
- Ollie is a Huge Fan! He traded all the tapes! He follows Mr. Scylla into the bathroom to see if Scylla's penis really was bitten off by a snake... or if it's just kayfabe.
- Scylla probably kayfabes Ollie into becoming his "assistant" for free and bring him to his dialysis appointments as well as get him water LMAO.
- Ollie is convinced this is his own first step into learning how to wrassle from the greats, nevermind that Ollie is about 5'4" and 110 lbs wet.
- Yaoi Sexo ensues
- Something about how Mr. S was NOT into garbage wrestling, but Ollie being a trash ass millenial loves the trashy shit. Pressuring old man Scylla into doing those fetishy hardcore matches in his elder years?! Ollie slowly becoming Scylla's manager... (referencing Iron Shiek's nephews or whatever running his twitter account and rolling him into meet n' greets lol)

Much to think about. Just like Glam Basile, or every single other character I have, I am entranced by life on da road with groupies -> old guys coping in the era of smartphones and stans.

#ocs #ollieNBasile #art #doodles #INFODUMP #scoutspy

Last night I mentioned COBOL in casual conversation with my wife and brother-in-law. BIL looked confused. My wife said, "You say that like we should know what it is."

So, I got to do an #infodump on #COBOL.

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

I always encourage everyone to infodump about their favourite stuff. My profile is an #infodump-positive space and I'll continue to unashamedly infodump about my favourite stuff all the time!

https://stimpunks.org/glossary/infodump/

Sometimes I worry that i'm just a bit too much me for people to handle.

#autistic #neurodivergent #enby #nonbinary #infodump

My account is an infodump-positive space! You're always welcome to infodump about your favourite topics to me. :MOULE_Happy:

Share your infodumps about your favourite topics in the comments!

#InfoDump #InfoDumps #InfoDumping

My account is an infodump-positive space! You're always welcome to infodump about your favourite topics to me. :MOULE_Happy:

Share your infodumps about your favourite topics in the comments!

#InfoDump #InfoDumps #InfoDumping

My account is an infodump-positive space! You're always welcome to infodump about your favourite topics to me. :MOULE_Happy:

Share your infodumps about your favourite topics in the comments!

#InfoDump #InfoDumps #InfoDumping

My account is an infodump-positive space! You're always welcome to infodump about your favourite topics to me. :MOULE_Happy:

Share your infodumps about your favourite topics in the comments!

#InfoDump #InfoDumps #InfoDumping

My account is an infodump-positive space! You're always welcome to infodump about your favourite topics to me. :MOULE_Happy:

Share your infodumps about your favourite topics in the comments!

#InfoDump #InfoDumps #InfoDumping

Map of Monotropic Experiences

Monotropism seeks to explain autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. 

OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire

This map highlights 20 common aspects of monotropic experience.

How many do you experience?

Created by Helen Edgar of Autistic Realms in collaboration with Stimpunks.

Inspired by the fabulous Map of Procrastination by Gemma Correll, I have created a map of monotropic experiences that reflects the main issues that impact my own life.

Curious to know what you would add or take away from this if you are Autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and resonate with this theory.

–Helen Edgar

License: “Map of Monotropic Experiences” by Helen Edgar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Table of Contents

• Areas of the Map
• Learn More in Our Glossary
• What is Monotropism?

Areas of the Map

1. Attention Tunnels
2. Penguin Pebbling Cove of Friendship
3. Tendril Theory (@EisforErin)
4. Mountains of Ruminating Thoughts
5. Cyclones of Unmet Needs
6. Rabbit Holes of Research
7. Infodump Canyon
8. Rhizomatic Communities
9. River of Monotropic Flow States
10. Campsite of Cavendish Spaces
11. Meerkat Mounds (Gray-Hammond & Adkin)
12. Riverbanks of Monotropic Time
13. Shark Infested Waters of Neuronormativity, Behaviourism & Double Empathy Problems (Milton, 2012)
14. Beach of Body Doubling
15. Burnout Whirlpools
16. Panic Hills of Low-Object Permanence
17. Forest of Joy Awe and Wonder
18. Lake of Limerence
19. Tides of the Sensory Sea
20. Sudden Storms of Unexpected Events

Learn More in Our Glossary

• Attention Tunnels – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Penguin Pebbling – “Penguin pebbling” is a little exchange between two people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. (Edgar)
• Tendril Theory – When I’m focused on something, my mind sends out a million tendrils of thought, expands into all of the thoughts & feelings. When I need to switch tasks, I must retract all of the tendrils of my mind. This takes some time. (@EisforErin)
• Rumination – When your thoughts are all swirly and you just keep chewing on the same thought over and over and you can’t stop thinking about it and it’s distracting you and sometimes even putting you in a really bad mood or making you irritable. (Chipura)
• Unmet Needs – Mismatch between the areas we actually receive support, compared to the areas we would ideally like support. (Cassidy, et al)
• Rabbit Hole – “Down the rabbit hole” is an English-language idiom or trope which refers to getting deep into something, or ending up somewhere strange. (Wikipedia)
• Infodumping – Talking a lot about a topic in great detail.
• Autistic Rhizome – A growing and evolving network of Autistic communities with no hierarchy or dependence on anothers existence. (Edgar)
• Flow States – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Cavendish Space – Psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction. (Boren)
• Meerkat Mode – Heightened state of vigilance and arousal that involves constantly looking for danger and threat. It is more than hyper-arousal, it is an overwhelmed monotropic person desperately looking for a hook into a monotropic flow-state. (Adkin)
• Monotropic Time – When absorbed in our special interests or passions it can feel like entering a portal. Normal time can feel like it is dissolving, the outside world may feel like it is melting away. This can be really rejuvenating for the sensory system and help to recharge the bodymind. (Edgar)
• Neuronormativity – Neurormativity is a set of norms, standards, expectations and ideals that centre a particular way of functioning as the right way to function. It is the assumption that there is a correct way to exist in this world; a correct way to think, feel, communicate, play, behave and more. (Wise)
• Behaviourism – Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful to how we learn, but is also oppressive, ableist, and racist. (McNutt)
• Double Empathy Problem – The ‘double empathy problem’ refers to the mutual incomprehension that occurs between people of different dispositional outlooks and personal conceptual understandings when attempts are made to communicate meaning. (Milton)
• Body Doubling – A “body double” is a person or even pet who is present with us while we work. This provides a gentle form of accountability — their presence serves as a reminder of what we’re supposed to be doing so we’re less likely to get distracted. (McCabe)
• Burnout – Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs. (Raymaker)
• Object Permanence – Autistic children have difficulties with their understanding of: what’s here, what’s now, what is permanent, and so on. (Lawson)
• Autistic Joy – Autistic joy is one of our favorite things about being autistic. It can be intense as a meltdown, but filled with overwhelming happiness and excitement. When we experience joy, we feel the excited vibrations throughout our bodies. To release the energy, we do a “happy stim.” We will jump up and down, excitedly flap our hands, sometimes even dance. (Blackwater)
• Limerence – Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person. The experience of limerence is different from love or lust in that it is based on the uncertainty that the person you desire also desires you. (Psychology Today)
• Sensory Experiences – Neurodivergent people are hypersensitive to mindset and environment due to a greater number of neuronal connections. They have both a higher risk for trauma and a large capacity for sensing safety. (Elisabeth)
• Unexpected Events – If an autistic person is pulled out of monotropic flow too quickly, it causes our sensory systems to dysregulate. This in turn triggers us into emotional dysregulation, and we quickly find ourselves in a state ranging from uncomfortable, to grumpy, to angry, or even triggered into a meltdown or a shutdown. (Rose)

What is Monotropism?

Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson.

Read about explanations and applications of the theory, its history, and what’s happening now.

Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you do not need to accept it as a general theory of autism in order for it to be a useful description of common autistic experiences and how to work with them.

If we are right, then monotropism is one of the key ideas required for making sense of autism, along with the double empathy problem and neurodiversity. Monotropism makes sense of many autistic experiences at the individual level. The double empathy problem explains the misunderstandings that occur between people who process the world differently, often mistaken for a lack of empathy on the autistic side. Neurodiversity describes the place of autistic people and other ‘neurominorities’ in society.

Monotropism – the mind as an interest system

#attentionTunnels #behaviorism #bodyDoubling #burnout #cavendishSpace #flow #infodump #limerence #monotropicTime #monotropism #neuronormativity #penguinPebbling #rabbitholing #rumination #sensoryProcessing #tendrilTheory #unmetNeeds

Map of Monotropic Experiences

Monotropism seeks to explain autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. 

OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire

This map highlights 20 common aspects of monotropic experience.

How many do you experience?

Created by Helen Edgar of Autistic Realms in collaboration with Stimpunks.

Inspired by the fabulous Map of Procrastination by Gemma Correll, I have created a map of monotropic experiences that reflects the main issues that impact my own life.

Curious to know what you would add or take away from this if you are Autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and resonate with this theory.

–Helen Edgar

License: “Map of Monotropic Experiences” by Helen Edgar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Sticker and Poster

The map is available as a sticker and a poster in our merch store.

The map is available as a digital download in our virtual store if you’d like to print it for yourself. A training presentation to accompany the map is also available. Payment is optional but appreciated.

Table of Contents

• Areas of the Map
• Vocabulary of the Map
• Difficulties of Neuronormative Domination
• Flow States
• Stuck States
• Socializing and the Importance of Environment
• Using the Map
• What is Monotropism?
• Training

Areas of the Map

1. Attention Tunnels
2. Penguin Pebbling Cove of Friendship
3. Tendril Theory (@EisforErin)
4. Mountains of Ruminating Thoughts
5. Cyclones of Unmet Needs
6. Rabbit Holes of Research
7. Infodump Canyon
8. Rhizomatic Communities
9. River of Monotropic Flow States
10. Campsite of Cavendish Spaces
11. Meerkat Mounds (Gray-Hammond & Adkin)
12. Riverbanks of Monotropic Time
13. Shark Infested Waters of Neuronormativity, Behaviourism & Double Empathy Problems (Milton, 2012)
14. Beach of Body Doubling
15. Burnout Whirlpools
16. Panic Hills of Low-Object Permanence
17. Forest of Joy Awe and Wonder
18. Lake of Limerence
19. Tides of the Sensory Sea
20. Sudden Storms of Unexpected Events

Vocabulary of the Map

• Attention Tunnels – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Penguin Pebbling – “Penguin pebbling” is a little exchange between two people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. (Edgar)
• Tendril Theory – When I’m focused on something, my mind sends out a million tendrils of thought, expands into all of the thoughts & feelings. When I need to switch tasks, I must retract all of the tendrils of my mind. This takes some time. (@EisforErin)
• Rumination – When your thoughts are all swirly and you just keep chewing on the same thought over and over and you can’t stop thinking about it and it’s distracting you and sometimes even putting you in a really bad mood or making you irritable. (Chipura)
• Unmet Needs – Mismatch between the areas we actually receive support, compared to the areas we would ideally like support. (Cassidy, et al)
• Rabbit Hole – “Down the rabbit hole” is an English-language idiom or trope which refers to getting deep into something, or ending up somewhere strange. (Wikipedia)
• Infodumping – Talking a lot about a topic in great detail.
• Autistic Rhizome – A growing and evolving network of Autistic communities with no hierarchy or dependence on anothers existence. (Edgar)
• Flow States – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Cavendish Space – Psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction. (Boren)
• Meerkat Mode – Heightened state of vigilance and arousal that involves constantly looking for danger and threat. It is more than hyper-arousal, it is an overwhelmed monotropic person desperately looking for a hook into a monotropic flow-state. (Adkin)
• Monotropic Time – When absorbed in our special interests or passions it can feel like entering a portal. Normal time can feel like it is dissolving, the outside world may feel like it is melting away. This can be really rejuvenating for the sensory system and help to recharge the bodymind. (Edgar)
• Neuronormativity – Neurormativity is a set of norms, standards, expectations and ideals that centre a particular way of functioning as the right way to function. It is the assumption that there is a correct way to exist in this world; a correct way to think, feel, communicate, play, behave and more. (Wise)
• Behaviourism – Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful to how we learn, but is also oppressive, ableist, and racist. (McNutt)
• Double Empathy Problem – The ‘double empathy problem’ refers to the mutual incomprehension that occurs between people of different dispositional outlooks and personal conceptual understandings when attempts are made to communicate meaning. (Milton)
• Body Doubling – A “body double” is a person or even pet who is present with us while we work. This provides a gentle form of accountability — their presence serves as a reminder of what we’re supposed to be doing so we’re less likely to get distracted. (McCabe)
• Burnout – Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs. (Raymaker)
• Object Permanence – Autistic children have difficulties with their understanding of: what’s here, what’s now, what is permanent, and so on. (Lawson)
• Autistic Joy – Autistic joy is one of our favorite things about being autistic. It can be intense as a meltdown, but filled with overwhelming happiness and excitement. When we experience joy, we feel the excited vibrations throughout our bodies. To release the energy, we do a “happy stim.” We will jump up and down, excitedly flap our hands, sometimes even dance. (Blackwater)
• Limerence – Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person. The experience of limerence is different from love or lust in that it is based on the uncertainty that the person you desire also desires you. (Psychology Today)
• Sensory Experiences – Neurodivergent people are hypersensitive to mindset and environment due to a greater number of neuronal connections. They have both a higher risk for trauma and a large capacity for sensing safety. (Elisabeth)
• Unexpected Events – If an autistic person is pulled out of monotropic flow too quickly, it causes our sensory systems to dysregulate. This in turn triggers us into emotional dysregulation, and we quickly find ourselves in a state ranging from uncomfortable, to grumpy, to angry, or even triggered into a meltdown or a shutdown. (Rose)

Difficulties of Neuronormative Domination

There are many things that impact your ability to succeed in life and that affect your well-being if you are Autistic. This is due to the fact that the world is predominantly set up for the neuromajority of people, not the minority of Autistic/ADHD or other neurodivergent, disabled or marginalised groups. Historically, this has led to Autism research mostly being carried out by non-Autistic people with the aim of trying to fix Autistic people, to make them fit into neurotypical ways of being and to appear more ‘normal’ in society. As Ryan Boren said during a recent Stimpunks discussion, “Neuronormative domination is a public health crisis’, (Boren, 2025). We need to reframe our thinking and practice to ensure we are neurodiversity-affirming so that everyone can succeed and so that no one is left behind or stuck at the edges of society without support.

Outdated and inaccurate research influenced by non-Autistic perspectives has had harmful consequences for Autistic people. Viewing Autism through a deficit lens has led to a denial of autonomy and human rights, as Autistic individuals are perceived as abnormal and in need of correction. This has been reflected by the Shark-Infested Waters of Neuronormativity on the map. This water permeates all of society and seeps through the cracks, so people may not even notice its harm; yet it seeps through and affects families, relationships, work, education, health and social care settings.

We need to move away from deficit-based views of Autism and instead embrace neuro-affirming theories led by Autistic people such as the theory of Monotropism. By embracing neurodiversity and validating the lived experiences of Autistic people and listening to stories shared in community spaces, we can create an ecology of care and equity that supports everyone so we all have a chance to thrive.

Flow States

Monotropism is a neuro-affirming theory of Autism. Everyone benefits from flow states, but for Autistic people, flow is even more important. Everyone has a certain amount of energy and capacity to get through their days. For monotropic people (Autistic/ ADHD), their energy and attention resources are more focused on fewer things at any one time and flow states are essential to help you get through the day and balance your mind and body. Being engaged in a flow state if you are monotropic can feel like your energy is being restored.

We need to embrace flow states and our authentic Autistic identity. This will enable the river of monotropism to run through society, so Autistic people can thrive and not feel like they are constantly trying to swim upstream against the tide.

Really getting to know young monotropic people’s passions and centring their learning around their interests can be hugely beneficial. It enables greater academic progress and supports their bodymind, communication skills and sensory system. 

A happy monotropic bodymind = a happy flow state!

Sharing joy about your interests as a monotropic person is more than just sharing your hobby with someone; it can create deeper connections, which also allows your sensory system to become more regulated. A happy mind in a flow state generally means a happier body, and vice versa! Interest-led groups have been shown to be really beneficial for many Autistic people (Wood, 2018)

Stuck States

Being a monotropic person in a world that is designed for the benefit of the majority of polytropic people is exhausting. If you can’t access safe spaces, engage in your interests and feel connected, then you are more likely to enter a stuck state. 

If you are in a stuck state, it will affect your well-being. A stuck state affects everything, from how you experience and are able to understand and interpret your sensory needs (including interoception) to how well you can function and live the life you want. Stuck states are states of inertia, unable to start or may be unable to stop. You may feel trapped in a constant loop of ruminating thoughts.

Socializing and the Importance of Environment

By making changes to the environment in schools, workplaces, and other settings and providing opportunities that honour authentic ways Autistic people communicate and adaptations that may need to be in place to meet sensory needs it will benefit everyone. 

Embracing neurodiversity means embracing and validating the lived experience of everyone, including Autistic/ ADHD and other marginalised people. Enabling flow states and providing an environment where everyone’s well-being is supported will help whole communities to thrive. We need to listen to Autistic/ ADHD people and create a sense of pride around monotropic experiences.

Using the Map

• Where are you on the map?
• Where do you want to be?
• How can you get there?
• What support will you need?
• What is your biggest hurdle ?

What is Monotropism?

Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson.

Read about explanations and applications of the theory, its history, and what’s happening now.

Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you do not need to accept it as a general theory of autism in order for it to be a useful description of common autistic experiences and how to work with them.

If we are right, then monotropism is one of the key ideas required for making sense of autism, along with the double empathy problem and neurodiversity. Monotropism makes sense of many autistic experiences at the individual level. The double empathy problem explains the misunderstandings that occur between people who process the world differently, often mistaken for a lack of empathy on the autistic side. Neurodiversity describes the place of autistic people and other ‘neurominorities’ in society.

Monotropism – the mind as an interest system

https://youtu.be/qUFDAevkd3E?si=ngjxiXDFn2E-v92J

Training

Our training builds on the Map of Monotropic Experiences to help reframe how we understand ourselves and Autistic people, not through the deficit-focused lens of traditional autism research, but through lived experience and Autistic voices.

Our open source training offers a radical, affirming reframe of Autism, grounded in the theory of monotropism — a way of understanding the deep, focused attention patterns common among Autistic and ADHD individuals.

Rather than seeing Autistic traits as deficits, monotropism recognises our monotropic “interest-based nervous system” as a natural and meaningful way of engaging with the world.

At the heart of our work is the importance of embracing authentic Autistic identity, not as something broken or needing correction, but as a valuable and vibrant way of being. Building strong community connections and validating lived experiences are central to this journey.

You’ll Learn To:

✅ Understand the theory of monotropism and the importance of flow
✅ Recognise how environments can create “stuck states”
✅ Explore the detrimental impact of neuronormative domination on Autistic well-being
✅ Create flow-supportive environments where ALL minds can thrive
✅ Understand intersectionality and the Double Empathy Problem for deeper inclusion
✅ Celebrate authentic Autistic identity and the strength of community storytelling and shared experiences

Perfect for: schools, healthcare settings, workplaces, and community networks.
A creative tool for reflection, connection, and meaningful change.

Timing and Preparation: The training content is approximately 4,000 words, designed to cover around 45 minutes of presentation time. Delivered live as a workshop with space for discussion and Q&A, it typically runs for 1-2 hours and can be expanded into a full-day session if preferred.

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