Adulthood... with a chance of autism – Details, episodes & analysis

Random episode. I basically just dry-heaved for five minutes (not in the episode) and then got on here to record because talking helps settle my system. You're welcome?

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So had my first sleepover with one of our nieces. I survived, she survived. She's an autistic kid and it's the first time I've spent this long around any child, let alone an autistic one. So that made the experience for me way better. It went better than I thought it would!

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In this episode I talk about a vet visit with our new baby in which I struggled socializing with fellow autistics. I'm surprised because I thought conversing with EVERY autistic person would be easy but nope. Not even with my 11-year-old niece. So that's confusing to me.

Will this episode change your life? NO. Should you listen anyway? Of course. You'll feel better about yourself afterward 🤣

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I realize there are many autistic people who buy real food from the grocery store and make real meals. I am not one of those autistic people. In this episode, I read from several of my Instacart grocery list, so you can see the kind of odd items I buy on a weekly basis. I felt some shame about what I eat, and how I shop until I found out that I am autistic. So if you shop like this and have felt embarrassed, you're not alone.

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True story.

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I have a new room, money got stolen, and my card got declined when I was buying Spree.

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I read out loud the article “Seeking the Autism Diagnosis” in the Sep/Oct 2023 issue of Psychotherapy Networker. It was written by a therapist, who isn’t even autistic herself. She gives assessments to people who think they might be autistic, but in this article, she doesn’t seem very validating, and sounds kind of ignorant. ***

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Yes, this episode really is about a mouse.

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I watched an episode of the Amazing Race last night, and the contestants were in the airport, trying to figure out what flights to take. It reminded me of all the anxiety I had when I used to travel on airplanes all the time back when I was in the military. I haven’t been on a plane since 2007, however, I still think some of this information could be relevant to those of you who travel and experience some of the difficulties that I had when I used to travel.

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I go into depth about my routines in the hopes that somebody will listen to this episode and share with me as many details as possible about their own routines. Are yours as rigid as mine?

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