This might be a hot take, I don’t know, but…

When we’re struggling with anything in life, we should be taking advice from people who’ve experienced the same struggles as us and have responded to them in the same ways at first…

FYI if you’re autistic and on anxiety meds for an anxiety disorder... but the meds aren’t really working... it’s because anxiety meds treat anxiety disorders... not autism.

Autism & mental health... 3 strategies that have massively improved my life as an autistic person

1. Cutting out coping strategies that were bad for me

As an autistic person, I have an extremely complicated relationship with food…

This is going to seem random, but since stomach issues are extremely common for autistic people, I feel like this might help some of you, so here goes.

If you struggle with food cravings... as in, you have an insatiable appetite and are either constantly eating or constantly thinking about food... look into candidiasis... the version that impacts the gut.

This might be a controversial opinion, but I don’t think autistic masking is inherently bad. I think it’s harmful if forced, not harmful if chosen.

As an autistic person, I choose to mask all the time for my own benefit and to achieve my own goals…

Did you know there’s a word for the pathological fear of being misunderstood? It’s ambiguphobia... and I feel like it needs to be studied in the context of autism because I’m convinced they would find the prevalence to be off the charts for autistic people.

But, anyway, a lot of you said you’d be interested in hearing about my strategy for dealing with this, so here it is…