when you try to take a shower and you’re completely unsure whether or not you have gotten yourself clean or cleaner
Tag: actuallyautistic
autism problem #548
when it’s hard for you to say no in the first place and when you do the people around you go “are you sure? why? you’re really sure? I just don’t understand. I was sure you would like to do this!”
me: *encounters something slightly difficult*
brain: you have to cry
me: why
brain: you gotta
autism problem #547
when people ask you how you are feeling or why you did something and you don’t know but they don’t believe you
autism problem #545
being unable to stop laughing for hours
autism problem #535
not being able to remember people’s names after asking multiple times and seeing them regularly so you wait until someone else calls them by name and repeat it to yourself over and over
autism problem #523
when someone asks you a question when you’re not expecting it and you freeze up in fear and can’t think or answer
autism problem #520
sometimes ‘im working on it’ means ‘executive dysfunction is kicking my ass rn and even though i’m clearly Not doing the thing i am trying very hard to get into a state where i Can do the thing and i probably will be doing it soon’. but no one understands this, they just get mad at you
does anyone else ever feel guilty for not being mentally ill enough? like your anxiety or depression fucks you up but then you have good days and you’re productive and it’s like, wow clearly I was faking it bc look at me! I’m fine! and then you feel guilty for wasting everyone’s time
This is exactly why mental illness should not be a contest. People should not be guilt tripped into thinking they have to feel bad all the time; it’s extremely anti recovery. It’s okay to get better and it’s okay to have good days.
autism problem #519
when you want to interact with people and people want to interact with you but you just do not have the spoons
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