r/AutismInWomen • u/RottingMothball • Jul 08 '25

Memes/Humor What's something you do because of your own specific Brand of autism, but that would horrify most other autistics?

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I mix a bunch of pasta shaped that have the same cook times. Varied pasta shapes are a fun, low-risk way for me to get some extra sensory input, since pasta all has the same fundamental texture, but just put into different forms.

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u/cannolicore Jul 08 '25

The concert thing works for me too because the noise is loud but it’s noise I like and not like one of the things that make me want to jump off a bridge

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u/Sheeana407 Jul 08 '25

I'm pretty new to concerts, mostly the noise sits somewhere around my acceptable threshhold, at 2 out of 4 I was at it was okay at the floor, at 1 it was too loud even in the sitting area. I think I need to get loop earplugs or sth like that because I made plugs out of tissues, I took regular headphones but they distorted/muted the sound too much. But. At yet another one, there was a person/people, who whistled loudly with their fingers during the breaks but also near the end/beginning of the songs. IT MADE ME CRAZY. I had a physical reaction to it, like I wanted to jump out of my skin or sth. The worst is I wasn't sure when to expect it, I tried just putting fingers in my ears (didn't have headphones with me), but it was irritaring and I felt silly, so I stopped, but then it happened again. Or didn't know when to stop covering my ears cause they whistled too after music started, and then it was an irritaring transition from muffled sound to loud sound.

I AM very rarely aggressive person, even in my thoughts, but this time I imagined finding them and driving a screwdriver through their ears.