My Life With Autism in a Single Sentence.

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cyberdad
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20 Feb 2014, 12:30 am

LupaLuna wrote:
I am an alien from another planet trying disparately to integrate with the local inhabitants while marooned on this planet and dreaming and longing to go back to my home planet.


Pretty much describes me, just call me Buzz lightyear :wink:



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20 Feb 2014, 12:47 am

I am an autistic old woman who is discovering that the more I fight for my autistic brothers and sisters to be treated with the respect they deserve, the more difficulty I have fighting against negative feelings towards many NTs'.



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20 Feb 2014, 1:32 am

A blurry haze of sensory overload, frustration with other humans, near constant anxiety and a few moments of intense excitement and glee.


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20 Feb 2014, 5:59 am

A walk alone in the dark woods, with the occasional sunlight shining through on crisp orange leaves.


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20 Feb 2014, 6:21 am

It is what it is, life isn't easy or fair to most.

LupaLuna wrote:
I am an alien from another planet trying disparately to integrate with the local inhabitants while marooned on this planet and dreaming and longing to go back to my home planet.


That too.



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20 Feb 2014, 6:39 am

A massive pain in the arse.



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20 Feb 2014, 6:45 am

I don't know what you want from me and also you're pretty annoying.



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20 Feb 2014, 7:37 pm

Someone else I know accidentally used this line to describe it.

"It's awkward, and no one understands"

otherwise "I don't understand what I did wrong?"



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20 Feb 2014, 9:39 pm

iammaz wrote:
Someone else I know accidentally used this line to describe it.

"It's awkward, and no one understands"

otherwise "I don't understand what I did wrong?"


I heartily agree, but I would use it deliberately

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21 Feb 2014, 12:01 am

I don't want to talk about it.


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21 Feb 2014, 4:50 pm

There is an elastic wall that separates me from the rest of the world. It is transparent, so I can what it's like on the other side, and it stretches when I push against it, so I feel like I am progressing, but then it snaps back, and I return to the same place as before.

That's more than one sentence, but it describes my situation.



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21 Feb 2014, 9:35 pm

Always on the outside looking in...



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21 Feb 2014, 9:49 pm

In a pure sensory way, I am both calm and alert.


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22 Feb 2014, 1:12 pm

I'm willing to pretend that my sky is blue, like yours, instead of the bright, glaring yellow it is, but please understand that I have to close my eyes every once and a while to keep me from going blind.

o0iella wrote:
There is an elastic wall that separates me from the rest of the world. It is transparent, so I can what it's like on the other side, and it stretches when I push against it, so I feel like I am progressing, but then it snaps back, and I return to the same place as before.

Beautifully written, and I can relate.


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22 Feb 2014, 1:43 pm

LupaLuna wrote:
I am an alien from another planet trying disparately to integrate with the local inhabitants while marooned on this planet and dreaming and longing to go back to my home planet.


I "fourth" this one.



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22 Feb 2014, 1:45 pm

I figured it out! no one cares, oops almost homeless again. 8O