Oh, don't worry about being off-track! I'm just glad you can find some use from my experiences, haha.
I was homeschooled, so while I didn't experience getting bullied by classmates, my siblings were really no better, and in the places I did go to try and "get a social life", there wasn't much I could do outside of those things and so I was very low priority (ah, church, i don't miss thee). Online friends and spaces were really the only places I could have friends, actual friends.
But yeah! It's no biggie, I'm always open to chat and give advice on how to cope with certain things. Autism's been a real beastie to deal with, but naming it is definitely a big step in working with it.
I'm real awkward, and I can find others with the same quirks online, so it is really the best place for me to make friends.
Also, people have always thought it was weird that I found such comfort in being alone. I often say that I'm the most amusing person I know, and it's true to me at least. I could keep myself occupied for hours, and I guess that seems weird to people who aren't like that. When you don't have any friends, you just kind of.. find comfort in being your own friend?
It really is. It also helps soothe a LOT of insecurities relating to your quirks and traits.
And oh, man, that's similar. Ever since my siblings moved out, I've been enjoying being the "only child" at home just dandy. When I'm doing things irl, I'll generally just talk to myself and even hold little conversations while doing things. Even taking the space to just write things for myself as of late has been a treat just for me.
But I mean, you understand your own jokes, your own humor -- of course you'd be your own best friend! Sometimes, you just need a space to be by yourself, for yourself.
Honestly, if there's a single light, I'm just. Who let Sauron into my room. Let me sleep. When I have trouble sleeping, though, I often make up little stories! It helps me drift to sleep and it puts my creative juices flowing...granted, at an odd time, but. You know.
It kind of feels like a privilege to others to be let in with being your own best friend. "If you won't treat me right, I will!"
I have read that, due to sensitivities, we (Autistic people) do not like lights when we sleep. I, however, hate the dark and sleep with a light strip, a light box (the kind where you can put little letters in it so it has a message and it lights up), and a lava lamp. I have a TERRIBLE time trying to fall asleep if there's no light.
Yes!! I'm a creative person, and I think best at night. It does seem odd.
swirltraveler
Oh, don't worry about being off-track! I'm just glad you can find some use from my experiences, haha.
I was homeschooled, so while I didn't experience getting bullied by classmates, my siblings were really no better, and in the places I did go to try and "get a social life", there wasn't much I could do outside of those things and so I was very low priority (ah, church, i don't miss thee). Online friends and spaces were really the only places I could have friends, actual friends.
But yeah! It's no biggie, I'm always open to chat and give advice on how to cope with certain things. Autism's been a real beastie to deal with, but naming it is definitely a big step in working with it.
3 years, 1 month ago
I'm real awkward, and I can find others with the same quirks online, so it is really the best place for me to make friends.
Also, people have always thought it was weird that I found such comfort in being alone. I often say that I'm the most amusing person I know, and it's true to me at least. I could keep myself occupied for hours, and I guess that seems weird to people who aren't like that. When you don't have any friends, you just kind of.. find comfort in being your own friend?
3 years, 1 month ago
It really is. It also helps soothe a LOT of insecurities relating to your quirks and traits.
And oh, man, that's similar. Ever since my siblings moved out, I've been enjoying being the "only child" at home just dandy. When I'm doing things irl, I'll generally just talk to myself and even hold little conversations while doing things. Even taking the space to just write things for myself as of late has been a treat just for me.
But I mean, you understand your own jokes, your own humor -- of course you'd be your own best friend! Sometimes, you just need a space to be by yourself, for yourself.
3 years, 1 month ago
Exactly!!
And I have trouble sleeping too (Insomnia, tch), so if I'm stuck awake I can literally talk to myself for HOURS until I fall asleep.
I guess that's pretty odd to neurotypical people or anyone who doesn't like being alone, but I highly enjoy being my own best friend!
3 years, 1 month ago
Honestly, if there's a single light, I'm just. Who let Sauron into my room. Let me sleep.
When I have trouble sleeping, though, I often make up little stories! It helps me drift to sleep and it puts my creative juices flowing...granted, at an odd time, but. You know.
It kind of feels like a privilege to others to be let in with being your own best friend. "If you won't treat me right, I will!"
3 years, 1 month ago
I have read that, due to sensitivities, we (Autistic people) do not like lights when we sleep. I, however, hate the dark and sleep with a light strip, a light box (the kind where you can put little letters in it so it has a message and it lights up), and a lava lamp. I have a TERRIBLE time trying to fall asleep if there's no light.
Yes!! I'm a creative person, and I think best at night. It does seem odd.
3 years, 1 month ago