Tag: autists

• Sorry, I’m Asimoving. Could you expound on that?

  

  One of the most universally “autistic” struggles I undergo is requiring a certain level of precision of language in order to be able to process the new information I’m receiving in a meaningful way.

  Jax Bayne

  9 Feb 2020

  autism, Autobiographical, communication, Life Update, Psychology, Random Thoughts, Rants

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• Recent Thought Trains

  

  Part of my black or white, all or nothing, rigid thinking includes me vacillating between thinking that I have super awesome unique talents, skills, traits, and attributes that are worthwhile, positive, useful, helpful, and beneficial and feeling that my strong personality, preferences, opinions, and ways of expressing myself are too difficult for people to find worth tolerating or putting up with.

  Jax Bayne

  22 Jan 2020

  Activism, Life Update, Psychology, Rants

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• Emotional Vulnerability

  

  Just a random factual statement made w/ neutral intentions: I appreciate when people let me know they care about me, but sometimes I feel smothered or overwhelmed if people do it too much

  Jax Bayne

  4 Jan 2020

  Life Update, Psychology, Rants

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