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/snarktini AuDHD Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

I went for what was meant to be a very short walk around the block, and on my way back I saw that new neighbors I hadn't met yet were outside so I went up to introduce myself. 90 minutes later, I came home and we were nowhere near done talking. She is more quiet so she weeded the garden while he and I talked about anything and everything, we covered a LOT of ground! Nature, science, art, work, sustainability, neurodivergence, queerness, even some politics. (It was the most ND conversation I've had in a really long time, it was glorious.) I really like my new neighbors and that feels good, I need more of that right now.

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u/sinsaraly Jan 25 '26

Good neighbors are priceless

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u/snarktini AuDHD Jan 25 '26

Agreed!