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I do. Not sure if I have any examples in mind right now. It might come up for me later.

Hey guys, i have forgotten the password for this account, but i have fixed it all and now i can log back into this account.

So, while i was gone (I was using u/kitkitkate2 for some reason but i am sure it has something to do with not knowing the password for this account after a long break off of Reddit), i had been assessed by the provincial developmental services agency, and the results came back stating that i was on the 73rd percentile which meant i am moderate support needs.

Which was so relieving, but now after a while, i was falling into the spiral (As i had posted about on my u/kitkitkate2 account) of thinking that the assessor was somehow wrong or that my mom had been lying even though she isn't known to lie. She hasn't even lied to me in these past few years.

Anyway, i am relieved to know that i was indeed medium support needs after a long time of guessing and just... Spiraling. But that ended with the results paper being handed to me.

Edit: before anyone asks how i know, here is a quote from the report that listed my support needs: " u/AutistiKait is in the 73rd percentile on the Supports Intensity Scale – Adult Version, 2nd Edition. This means that, generally u/AutistiKait ’s support needs fall in the mid compared to other adults with a developmental disability."

Edit 2: Here is the link to the post talking of me spiralling about my support needs. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpicyAutism/s/jsDsfKHh5h . I will have a link that sends you to a comment that helped me understand my percentile and what it meant for me in terms of support needs. Here is the comment link: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpicyAutism/comments/1vqwwws/comment/p4auvw7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

For those who are fans of Hugh Dancy's other autistic character Adam Raki, there is a Craftify campaign going on for a plush for Adam! He is such a comfort character for me (as I am also autistic) and I truly hope to see this campaign do well! If you are able to, please support the campaign! 🌌💙

I’ve developed a new sensory comfort of a deep guttural cough due to vaping thc. I don’t really crave the weed but the cough I crave. Edibles don’t do it for me which is how I found out it’s the cough and it’s only from vapes. Anyone else have this problem and how do you find a new sensory comfort and continue vaping? I’m on a t break and it’s so hard cuz I wanna cough and get that nervous system reset from the feeling of the cough and lack of oxygen for a moment but I don’t know how to fix this please help

It needed to charge for hours just to get 2 hours of usage. I also had to twist and bend the charger cord to make it charge, and sometimes it would randomly stop charging, and once I got the charger in the eighth way, I had to keep it in its position or else it would stop charging again, all that for just 2 hours of use.

That literally describe me. Neurotypicals are like the latest MacBook plus a state of the art backup generator that can turn on with a flick of a switch. They can work full time, have a partner and kids AND an active social life, and still be refreshed by a simple weekend and maybe a week vacation every year.

Meanwhile I have no friends, work 10 hours a week and I’m having a meltdown because I’m starting ONE college class in a few weeks and I haven’t had 2 weeks off this summer. Sure, work is only 10 hours a week max, but my battery dies at like 3 hours and like my old computer, I never know when I’m gonna be totally charged.

I have some things that help me, but then if something unexpected happens (even minor), that cord was moved and now it’s not charging, so I have to settle down again and start recharging. Who knows when my body will do that.

And I hate this. I have the want and need for the life these NTs have, but I’m already dying just doing 1% of it.

I know there really isn’t anything I can do, but oh my god please tell me there’s something that can help… medication, therapy, CBD, supplements have all done nothing. I hate my life because of this.

Celebrating one’s birthday on a different day than their actual birthday.

For example, celebrating it on September 17th when their actual birthday is on September 19th. That’s always felt unnatural to me and I prefer to celebrate my own birthday on the exact day I was born.

Also i don’t really like the idea of celebrating my birthday with someone I don’t know well. This is why I have told my parents not to tell anyone who works at a restaurant we plan to go to that I’m celebrating my birthday.

There have been times when I read about something unfortunate that happened to a person, or even a certain negative comment they received, and i thought “I hope this never happens to me” and then I realized that i don’t have anything to shield myself from it happening to me aside from hope. Do you understand how scary that is?

I wish I knew how not to be extremely scared because of this. It’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever experienced.

I dont really have big loud meltdowns that people around me would notice, but sometimes I still feel like Im having a meltdown internally. I hear the voice screaming in my head and feel the urge to crash out (like break smt, etc.) but I just act like everything's fine, keep going. It sucks but it's not THAT hard for me to act calm.

I don't have enough memory of my childhood to be able to tell if what I had were tantrums or meltdowns, but Im pretty sure I was actally feeling big emotions and not just tryna be dramatic. Whenever I started acting like that my parents made me stop pretty fast or even got angry.

I think I was having meltdowns but learend that showing these things would just make my situation worse so I leaned to mask it? Im just teally confused because I haven't heared anyone talk about this.

I often times have trouble feeling empathy for others, which can sometimes be due to stress or me disliking them, but I've noticed it often times happens when I feel completely normal or fine; no stress, anxiety, boredom, or tiredness during it, so why could this be?

I could answer yall's questions to help understand myself better and why I don't always feel affective empathy for others, even in the exact same situation.

It's good to have a little circle as we often know we want to talk in a way that lets us unmask.

If you think you are one , or feel inclined towards it, let's chat.

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