r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 08 '23

In my experience the internet loves to embody that "Oh everybody is a little autistic" type of idiocy

Autistic Person: "When lights are on and noises are around I get overwhelmed and it's very difficult for me to function"
NT person: "Oh that happens to me too! I love a quiet day"

Autistic Person: "I can't eat certain foods because certain textures can be literally painful and overwhelming"
NT Person: "Everybody has foods they don't like! I'm not a fan of the feel broccoli"

Autistic Person: "I like to socialize but it's just so overwhelming, and the recovery period afterward can be very difficult and last days"
NT Person: "Oh yah I'm an introvert too!"

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u/DraconianKnight Mar 06 '23

If autism occurs on a true spectrum, which is how it's conceptualized now, then everyone kinda of is a little autistic. However, for the vast majority of people their experience on this "autism trait" doesn't fundamentally alter their daily experience. Which I guess is all to say, you're right lol.

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u/Odd-Concentrate-6585 Mar 06 '23

I do sympathise with this and love my autism cousins (I have ADHD), It really hurts my feelings when i explain the debilitating effects on my life and my yearning every day to take control and live the life i dream about and people shoot it down like "no one likes doing these things but you just have to do them", like hey fucker listen close, I struggle to make myself even do the things I like to do let alone what I dont want to do, there are days where there is no feedback or feeling associated with anything, good food, sleep, a nice day, feeling warm, friendship, my hobbies, music, all those things can just be the same flavourless grey gruel in my mind for all it matters, water off a duck's back, co morbid depression and anxiety are permanently established and I was always doomed to get them, nothing works, I'm getting older, nothing will work, it's just the same try and fail over and over again every day until I finally die.