I want to preface this Day in the mind essay by saying: although all of these disabilities and disorders can have a huge variation of effects on the person with it, autism is a subject Ive slightly been avoiding to cover because the variety is so huge it can stick out like a sore thumb or be completely invisible.
Thank you for this. You have the ability to help people find deeper empathy for those for whom you write. I felt like I was right there by her side and I now understand autism a little better.
I am diagnosed with autism and definitely felt some situations that you wrote really deeply. Especially the food situation!! Someone wants to make you a favour but you want something very specific but don’t wanna disappoint the other person. It’s such a hard situation, most of the time I’m just masking and pretending to be fine with eating what they prepared. But internally it’s such a struggle to not be fine with it but having to act like it’s fine… but also rationally knowing that eating something else is nothing bad at all. Still felling the guilt 🙃
This piece is written with such clarity and empathy. You invite readers to step into an inner world that many never pause to understand, showing how small disruptions can feel seismic and how structure becomes safety. Thank you for giving voice to this perspective. Subscribed to learn more.
I had an idea to write this exact piece. You nailed it on the head. Thank you for shedding light on what it’s like. If only people understood the internal struggle, maybe the world might be a little easier.
Worked with people who were on spectrum for twenty years and had special experiences which made me realise it’s just a human rainbow and the older I get the more I realise that we are all on this rainbow spectrum 🌈💓🎉🫶🕊️👍😝🥰🤣🎉🫣🫨😛🥹😂🥳🦄🦋💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓together!!
Thank you for this. You have the ability to help people find deeper empathy for those for whom you write. I felt like I was right there by her side and I now understand autism a little better.
Thank you so so much for your support and your comments 🫶🫶
I am diagnosed with autism and definitely felt some situations that you wrote really deeply. Especially the food situation!! Someone wants to make you a favour but you want something very specific but don’t wanna disappoint the other person. It’s such a hard situation, most of the time I’m just masking and pretending to be fine with eating what they prepared. But internally it’s such a struggle to not be fine with it but having to act like it’s fine… but also rationally knowing that eating something else is nothing bad at all. Still felling the guilt 🙃
Thank you so much for the insight! Im so glad you could resonate with some of my words :)
This piece is written with such clarity and empathy. You invite readers to step into an inner world that many never pause to understand, showing how small disruptions can feel seismic and how structure becomes safety. Thank you for giving voice to this perspective. Subscribed to learn more.
I can tell you really understand my goal :) thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot
I had an idea to write this exact piece. You nailed it on the head. Thank you for shedding light on what it’s like. If only people understood the internal struggle, maybe the world might be a little easier.
Seriously!! Everyone needs more empathy and im trying to spread that :)
Thank you!
Worked with people who were on spectrum for twenty years and had special experiences which made me realise it’s just a human rainbow and the older I get the more I realise that we are all on this rainbow spectrum 🌈💓🎉🫶🕊️👍😝🥰🤣🎉🫣🫨😛🥹😂🥳🦄🦋💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓together!!