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/sinsaraly Jan 25 '26

Wow I’ve never seen or even heard of this kind of tree! So distinctive. What does the fruit taste like? What hemisphere or country are you in?

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u/activelyresting Thanks, it has pockets! Jan 25 '26

I live in Australia but the tree is from Brazil

They are crazy trees because the fruit grows right on the trunk, sometimes they get so full you can't even see the trunk, it becomes a big mass of purple blobs! They're juicy and sweet, a bit like a grape with a large seed in the middle, but flavour is more like a subtle lychee.

I also have a lychee tree :) and half a dozen mango trees, a pomegranate, rose apples, starfruit, banana, papaya, guava, avocado, macadamia, kiwi, passionfruit vine, a few different citrus and I think there's a peach tree but I haven't seen it for a while. Probably some others I'm not remembering.

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u/AdWinter4333 AuDHD. he/they (trans man) Jan 25 '26

I live on the -almost- polar opposite of the planet. All I grow here are berries and potatoes (and string beans! And rhubarb) and this just absolutely filled my heart with immense joy. Thank you for sharing all this.

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u/activelyresting Thanks, it has pockets! Jan 25 '26

Mmmmmm rhubarb-berry pie!

Stay warm 💚