Support for Flowerlove22

@ArraDreaming Yea it must be annoying so your on the move all the time?

@Sunnyside226 kinda, like I'm usually stimming in some way shape or form. Like if I'm sitting, my leg is almost always bouncing. Or I'll be fidgeting with my phone or something. Sometimes when the restlessness is extra bad, it'll feel like if I don't do something I'll explode.

@Jynx one question

Do you have hand flipping? I get everyone's different with this

I'm just preparing myself for next week

Also do you squeal

If you know what I mean

Alright that was 2 questions not 1 😂 maybe 3 are we still pals?

@Sunnyside226 we're still pals!

Hmm not so much on the hand flapping though I've been known to have 'T-rex arms' sometimes, kinda like in this pic:

I do like a bit of hand flapping but it's not my main stim. I don't squeal, unless I'm super upset of course haha. I do however make a lot of random noises, little grunts and squeaks and stuff.

Aye a good summary @ArraDreaming for sure! Like when I first got diagnosed, my mum was all upset and said "I just don't like to think of my baby having a condition!"

Like... it's not a condition, it's simply a different way of moving through the world. Or a different operating system. Like neurotypicals are Mac, ADHD are Windows (and autistic folk are Linux? Haha all my autistic friends would totally laugh at that, I'm absolutely gonna tell em), and whilst they do still perform the same set of tasks, some might have features others don't, or perform certain tasks more quickly or efficiently.

So yeah, I might forget appts or run late all the time or lose stuff a lot, but I also can think outside the box, I'm full of random facts, and I have a creative streak a mile long. Oh, and I'm very funny 😋

exactly… it’s not a “condition” because we’ve always had it and it’s always been there, I always think… nothing changes when you get that label, it’s what happens AFTER
a peice of paper saying “this is the name of some of the things you do” (not literally)
Ok cool?
If I want to use that in the future to get supports or adjustments in the work place or something I can, but for now it’s an explanation of why I am the way I am, nothing more nothing less
the label is just a word… it says this is the reason you are the way you are, we made a word for it

It’s about how you choose to use that label and that’s entirely up to you @Jynx (sometimes sadly it’s not up to you all the time and there can be stigma, I think we are moving forward though)

Hehe thanks @ArraDreaming 😊

Yeah exactly, the label serves only as a gateway to understanding and support, in my books. The stigma is definitely improving too, I think it's becoming way more known/understood/accepted. Is good.