Showering And Sensory Issues

showering and sensory issues

dont go well together. I hate showering because when I get out I have to put on my clothes and my skin is all wet and sticky. I was reading compound fracture and idk why i never thought of just... waiting until I was dry...

Thank you ajw you are the reason I can take showers regularly 👍

yapping (and advice?) 👇

Now I just sit in my towel until I feel okay enough to put on clothes and it's like my life has been changed completely. This is why neurotypical people can't give advice to neurodivergent people because everyone else just told me to put on baggy clothes but the autistic people really pulled through with this one.

Btw if you have problems with remembering when to eat and knowing when you're hungry I highly recommend setting alarms periodically throughout the day (mine go off for lunch, snack, and dinner). Also a lot of my friends find it helpful to call a friend and eat while on the phone, or otherwise have social interaction while eating idk but it's pretty nice for some reason.

I told y'all that the best AuDHD advice comes from AuDHD people lmao 💛💛💛

NOW GO DRINK WATER

saw a locked tomb version and knew what I had to do

(og by florkofcrows)

It is really fun to draw on colored paper

(Quote from "the spirit bares it's teeth")

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Release date: 3 September 2024

Genre: young adult contemporary horror/thriller

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis

A gut-wrenching story following a trans autistic teen who survives an attempted murder, only to be drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them.

On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him.

The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud’s latest victim as the sheriff’s son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death.

In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles’s bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff’s heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they’re willing to put everything on the line—is Miles?

Content warnings

Transphobia, misgendering, deadnaming

Death, murder, violence, blood, gore, body horror, injury, fire injury

Gun violence

Hospitalisation

Car crash

Mentioned animal death/abuse

Implied sexual assault

Toxic friendship

Drug abuse/drug addiction

Ableism

Classism

(I did my best to get all the content warnings, but I might have missed some things so do be warned)

Review

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC!!!

I have heard nothing but good things about the author's other works, so I went into this book excited, but trying to temper my expectations in case I got let down.

Y'all. This book is pure FIRE.

This book is horrifying and visceral, but at the same time, it's moving and sincere. While this book tackles heavy topics like transphobia and classism, it's also very much about the importance of family and community.

Not to mention that the story/plot is absolutely gripping. I was tempted to finish this in one sitting, but I made myself pace it out so that I could enjoy it longer. Every chapter ended on a cliffhanger that made me want to keep reading. The author does a great job of interspersing the really dark moments with hopeful ones, so the book never gets too bogged down in despair.

One thing I have to mention is that I was very much NOT prepared for how dark this book got. I think I underestimated it because it's categorised as young adult, but this book gets really heavy.

If I had to critique something, it would be the formatting. The first page of each chapter is all black with white text, and all the other pages are the regular white with black text. The changes in page and text colour threw me out of the story a little, but TBH this is like a really minor nitpick, and also the only negative thing I have to say about this book.

Send help I love this book so much

Daphne stole my heart the minute she introduced herself