GUESS WHO FINALLY GOT THEIR AUTISM DIAGNOSIS, FUCK YEAH

GUESS WHO FINALLY GOT THEIR AUTISM DIAGNOSIS, FUCK YEAH

i told my sibling and they just went “yeah i guessed” and then my friend went “Tbf it isnt that hard to tell lmao” 

daydreaming and talking to yourself in order to cope so much that when you find out this isn't normal you're shocked.

When someone slightly raises their voice at you and you have a panic attack

I see a lot of talk about how neurodivergence evolved and stayed in the gene pool because it was somehow ‘useful’ to our ancient ancestors. While I don’t necessarily disagree with this theory, I would like to propose an alternative. A theory that we already have physical evidence for. Humans just love each other and care for each other. Don’t you think that a species that cared for it’s people while they recovered from broken bones, or nursed their elderly well beyond their ‘usefulness’ would leave a member out because they didn’t make eye contact, or couldn’t stay focused on a particular task, or whatever other trait you associate with neurodivergence? I really don’t.

Sure, maybe it was useful to have someone around who didn’t mind making arrowheads all day, or who knew absolutely everything about all of the local flora and fauna, or who keyed in on every little distraction. At the end of the day, though, these people weren’t kept around because they were useful, they were cared for because they were loved.

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An infographic with a red heading, titled “Empathy Explained”

A simple picture of an empty glass, labeled “Cognitive Empathy,” with caption “Cognitive empathy is the ability to recognise and understand the emotions of others”

A simple picture of a drop of liquid, labeled “Affective Empathy,” with caption “Affective empathy is the ability to feel the emotions you percieve others having as your own”

Two pictures, one of a half-full glass on the left, and one of a full glass on the right. Captioned “Empathy is a spectrum, regular empathy levels look like anything within this range. The water is in the glass and you have enough to take a drink.”

Three pictures, on the left an overflowing glass, in the center a glass half as tall which is also overflowing, on the right liquid without a glass. Captioned “Hyperempathy, high levels of affective empathy that cause the person who has it great distress, looks like anything with this range. No matter how big the glass is the water is overflowing.

Four pictures, from left to right. A short glass with barely liquid at the bottom. A tall, empty glass. A medium sized glass with condensation forming on the sides. A large, empty glass with a much smaller, half-full glass. Captioned "Low empathy, defined by affective empathy is a wide range that can look like many different things. No matter the size of the glass it could only have a few drops at the bottom, condensation forming on the side, be completely empty, or have a seperate glass you can’t drink from.

Text: You cannot change what level of affective empathy you experience, you cannot develop it if you missed your chance growing up. Empathy has no moral value, do not glorify the suffering of people with hyperempathy and do not demonise people with low empathy for lacking something they cannot control.

/End ID] Described by @aranealux

I wish I could look at myself in the mirror without being disgusted at what I see. I can tell my friends to be strong and to love themselves but I can't do it myself. I feel worthless. Like I don't deserve to be loved.