#neurodifferent — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #neurodifferent, aggregated by home.social.
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This is a very good read for everyone, autistics and non-autistics, alike: “Why does masking autism contribute to burnout?” By Eloise Stark, an Autistic Ph.D. candidate from the University of Oxford, who was diagnosed at age 27.
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“I am who I am, I’m autistic and proud, I’m different, and for the first time in my life, I’m okay with that.”
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“Following the attack, I developed a recurrence of mental-health problems from my youth. I grew more and more unwell. I was anxious, obsessive, depressed, and began to have suicidal feelings. I was overwhelmed by the world, by just being, and didn’t know how to cope with it.”
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“Masking autism wasn’t a sustainable or safe option. I was admitted to the hospital, yet every clinician disagreed on my diagnosis. Most remarked that they felt they were ‘missing something’.”
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“‘All your life you have been masking autism.’”
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(me: Yep, that's me.)
Read her journey: https://www.urevolution.com/en-eu/blogs/magazine/masking-autism-nearly-killed-her
[Tags: #Autism | #AutismSpectrum | #ActuallyAutistic | #OpenlyAutistic | #Autistics | #ActuallyAutistics | #OpenlyAutistics | #Autistic | #Masking | #Burnout | #Neurodifferent | #Neurodivergent | #Autist | #Autists ]
[Groups: @autistics | @actuallyautistic | @neurodivergence ]
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This is a very good read for everyone, autistics and non-autistics, alike: “Why does masking autism contribute to burnout?” By Eloise Stark, an Autistic Ph.D. candidate from the University of Oxford, who was diagnosed at age 27.
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“I am who I am, I’m autistic and proud, I’m different, and for the first time in my life, I’m okay with that.”
…
“Following the attack, I developed a recurrence of mental-health problems from my youth. I grew more and more unwell. I was anxious, obsessive, depressed, and began to have suicidal feelings. I was overwhelmed by the world, by just being, and didn’t know how to cope with it.”
…
“Masking autism wasn’t a sustainable or safe option. I was admitted to the hospital, yet every clinician disagreed on my diagnosis. Most remarked that they felt they were ‘missing something’.”
…
“‘All your life you have been masking autism.’”
---
(me: Yep, that's me.)
Read her journey: https://www.urevolution.com/en-eu/blogs/magazine/masking-autism-nearly-killed-her
[Tags: #Autism | #AutismSpectrum | #ActuallyAutistic | #OpenlyAutistic | #Autistics | #ActuallyAutistics | #OpenlyAutistics | #Autistic | #Masking | #Burnout | #Neurodifferent | #Neurodivergent | #Autist | #Autists ]
[Groups: @autistics | @actuallyautistic | @neurodivergence ]