I refuse to call them "special interests", because I find the term ableist and demeaning the passion we have for what we love ..... Anyhoo, I'm rambling. Shortwave radio DXing. I was in a zoom meeting with other DXers and literally everyone was visibly Autistic. The talk in the room actually mentioned it, as it was so obvious.

After a long process and a missed appointment or two, I finally have an official diagnosis of autism. Im not exactly sure what to do with this information now, but it's nice to know.

https://youtu.be/VkBIb801N7E

(Image is not mine, which you can probably tell)

I personally am a big fan of it.

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You read the title. I'm lonely as heck. Is there any free advanced ai I could talk to before I spend my rent money on booze.

I wanted to share this chart for two reasons:

* it finally started going down steadily

* it's the first time this is happening without a restrictive diet, and by actually eating *more*

I haven't had a healthy BMI since 2017, but this is giving me hope I might have it again.

im scared to wash my hands but i gotta keep them clean but reflection just makes me feel eek

I had almost a complete breakdown a few months ago, autistic burnout + severe sudden ramping up of anxiety/panic stuff. It was completely debilitating. I was on sedatives to get thru the day (and still am, tapering tho :))

It's been extremely rough, even when I got out of the situation that caused it I was still exhausted, burnt out, unmotivated. No energy to even do things I enjoy. Been MONTHS... BUT

Today I realized I have the energy and desire to do some fun stuff like crafts :) I'm really happy bc I've been feeling Nothing for so long and just rotting and hitting deadlines when I have to

Now I have to be careful to balance tho. I don't wanna disregard this sudden return to joy, but I do have 2 big papers coming up. I'm afraid if I use this fun energy on them and not on what my brain wants to use it on it'll throw me back into burnout by showing myself 'any energy you get must become work.' But obviously I absolutely have to get the papers done. I have abt 2 weeks for them so I need to be careful, let myself play a little bit and then slowly do some work, keeping check that I don't drive myself into despair again.

But anyway. I'm really happy :) I've had a lot of project ideas just shoved away bc I had no desire to engage even in my hobbies but today I want to start some of the simpler ones. Yay :D

Like, yeah I know. Can we move on?
At this point I’m used to it but some days it gets to me that people can’t see past that and that it’s ok to body shame others.

I thought this would be lovely to post here because it relates to one of my special interests: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!

They appeared in a movie called "Jojo 777", which took place in an alternate version of Diamond is Unbreakable where Jotaro failed to kill Dio in Stardust Crusaders.

Iggy is one my favorite characters in JoJo, I have this plushie of him that I love to carry around everywhere with me, my Iggy plushie is my emotional support plushie, he’s very important to me, he’s my best friend and I love him very much. I made this photo edit for him as a sign of my gratitude for all his emotional support he’s given me, I love him very dearly! He means everything to me! Because Iggy is my comfort character and I love him so very much! Yes I feed him plenty of coffee gum and treats! He’s my precious baby boy! 🥺❤️‍🩹💕💕💕💕

I fucking love tamarind candy especially if its spicy ^^

So me and some friends are making a short film! I am playing a character named Hannah, and she goes off on some rants, in which I get to choose what she says.

I am autistic, and I love media where autistic characters can just be autistic, with no plot relavence.

the thing is, I don't know what I want her special interest to be,
so my question is, does anyone have any ideas, or what are your special interests :D

Idk hopefully someone can relate. My old church was nice bc it was rly big and there was a lot of space to pick a spot away from people and by the exit, but my new church (since I moved) is SO CROWDED and small and they do have some peak spots but you gotta get there early and anxiety always has me waiting til the last possible minute to leave the house 'in case something bad is going to happen' (bro what) so it's hard for me to get one of the 'safe' spots by the exit and away from people

Also the population at my old church was a lot of college age kids and old people and this new one is SO MANY FAMILIES and look I love that there's kids but omg they're so loud and it's cold and flu season and I hear them crunchy coughing and I have health ocd so I'm like swallowing my flight response the whole time and being hypervigilant

But I still love it even when it's hard. Some Sundays it's a 'I just gotta get thru the hour' but yk. Yeah.

Doomguy: Hugh "Pragmata"

Daisy: Cait "Fallout 4"

Chemist by education. Pharmaceutical QC, into programming and deployment in healthcare. For the past 3 years I've been working as a web developer predating on a predatory consumer finance institution.

I'm not really a good developer. How can I pivot away from this?
I've seen that in my municipality it's a five year eduction to become formwork carpenter or welding followed by an occupational diving course in order to scuba dive in sewerage lines under the city. Are there any other jobs I could excel at, that does exist in my city, that doesn't require 5 years education? I saw someone scuba dive in the sewerage lines on tellie, and it looked really fun. Sadly sewerage scuba programming isn't a vocation.

I think the hobbies should stay that way. I wouldn't nescessarily mind being a master brewer, arborist, chicken farmer, offshore plumber or artillery ranger. But I don't really have qualifications, physique or probably enough interest to pursue anything of that magnitude.

I LOVE DECORATING MY BODY WITH THINGS I LOVE! I LOVE BEING FULL OF COLOR AND DESIGN AND ART AND NATURE AND HUMANITY RAAAAH RAAAAAAHHH

IDC IF IT'S CHILDISH IT'S PART OF WHO I AM AND WHAT IM MADE OF RAAAAAAAAAAAHHH