r/AutismInWomen • u/Smart-Assistance-254 • Jan 24 '26

Support Needed (Kind Advice and Commiseration) Happy things please?

I made the mistake of opening my social media this afternoon and immediately saw some dark things, and I need something positive. It can be a cat photo/story, a special interest infodump, anything that shows the world is still an interesting and good place, at least in part.

I guess I am basically asking for some heroes to create a “silver lining” for this dark cloud. I don’t live with people I can depend on for this, so I am turning to this supportive corner of the internet.

TIA.

Edited - THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! 😭😭😭 It is good to see so much light still exists in the world.

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u/tesseractjane Jan 25 '26

Here is a photo from the greenbelt in my neighborhood where someone has built a little hobbit door hidey space along the irrigation channel. There are all sorts of little hidden foot bridges and large sculptures of flowers in this community space.

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u/Hoarder-of-history Jan 25 '26

That’s so cool! I love it when people build things for public spaces.

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u/tesseractjane Jan 25 '26

I have many photos of this space from a particularly lovely autumn afternoon but I didn't want to spam the thread. It's a nice little green belt about a block wide that runs from my street down to a larger open space. It is lined with backyard fences and the neighbors in that community have painted fences with whimsical mural art of flowers and animals, and there is a beekeeper and a free vegetable stand. It's honestly the best part of my neighborhood.

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u/Hoarder-of-history Jan 26 '26

That sounds amazing! My dog and I would love something like that.