Do you form deep connections with animals or do you find them unpredictable and anxiety producing?
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@autism101 @actuallyautistic I love animals. So much more than humans, my least fave animal.
When my GP first said when giving me my psych referral, that "you need to figure out who Loops is",
I did feel like I don't know who I am. Which one of the many things I'm into is really 'it'? Why does everyone else have a focus? When I try and answer who I am, why can't I decide? I know it's not many personalities or that type of thing. I know I'm not in conflict over that *I* like those things.
Slowly, that's changing.
The conflict was picking. I'm many things. And it's ok to be many things. I don't have to match others expectations of being one thing. That's me. I don't need to decide.
I hope you know, it's ok to be who you already are, too βοΈ
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ActuallyADHD #WhoAmI #PersonalReflection @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd
Reminder that we have literally zero idea what the actual covid case numbers are in Australia as most people aren't testing if they have symptoms, and most of those who do test positive aren't recording their results with official records.
So when you read about the increases and the new peak were entering in time for winter, that's only a tiny fraction of what's out there.
So please, please, put on a fucking mask.
Sat on the tram and this huge guy looked at me, wide-eyed, looked away, and then looked again -- like, he stared. It was intense. I started to get nervous: was he angry? Deranged? Hostile?
"Are you ok?" I asked
He jumped "Sorry," he said. "I was just trying to solve the equations on your jumper."
I laughed. We nodded, one nerd to another, and that was that.
π Sometimes people surprise you π
Something new - a #Tortie portrait for the fans of #Cats out there. β€οΈ Prints, etc. found here: https://mark-tisdale.pixels.com/featured/dilute-tortie-portrait-mark-tisdale.html
#catsofmastodon #DigitalArt #Painting #DiluteTortie #MastoArt #CreativeToots #ArtMatters #MarkOnArt
Another fun mindfuck of the past 12 years is the self deluded, self loathing capacity for redpill / Gamergate/ incel types to simuktaneously perceive they are wicked edgy free thinkers all while being platformed to lick boots and pleasure the taints of Apartheidist Elon Musk, Neofascist Peter Thiel, and the like.
This song always helps me relax. Maybe it will help you?
photographer on the street asked to take my photo for a japanese magazine, doing a feature on CDG. #throwbackthursday new york city, 2014
@TonyStark Anybody who says that both parties are the same is an absolute jackass. Vote like your life depends on it, because they are trying to kill you.
Overlooking Killary Fjord (or Harbour) in #Connemara #Ireland on a winter afternoon. Prints can be found here: https://mark-tisdale.pixels.com/featured/killary-fjord-in-irelands-connemara-mark-e-tisdale.html?product=art-print
#MastoArt #CreativeToots #Photography #Landscape #ArtMatters #MarkOnArt
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I was told today I would βsell more booksβ if I wasnβt βweird in public.β The thing is, my workbook doesnβt have mass appeal because itβs specifically for people new to the indentification of their #AUDHD. In the AuDHD community Iβm normal. This workbook will never have mass appeal, because it is for specific people and thatβs is okayβI knew that when I started this project. #actuallyaudhd #actuallyautistic #actuallyadhd
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.