Autistic State of Mind: The chaotic symphony of a late-diagnosed woman's mind

by Kayla Francis

I process my own thoughts and emotions is by writing them down in real time. Since I tend to flip through thousands of thoughts and ideas every minute, writing down intense emotions and new realizations as I experience them is how I am able to properly process the world.

One of my biggest triggers whenever I told someone that I thought I was autistic or even after being diagnosed is, “yeah, but you’re so smart.”

I suffer from living in a neurotypical world that consistently tries to change, erase, or “cure” me in order to conform to its societal norms.

somebody asks me to do something that I was already going to do, I immediately want nothing to do with that thing any longer.

sound so smart in my head. The thoughts, ideas, and explanations are perfectly organized. When I go to open my mouth to speak those into existence, it looks nothing like that.

I always overshare or don’t share enough. There is no in-between, and I still haven’t figured out how to find a good balance there.

“You have to step outside of your comfort zone.” I quite literally exist outside of my comfort zone. What more can I do?

“Being alone together” is exactly what it sounds like. Most of the time, I don’t want to be alone, but I also want to be doing my own thing. This type of bonding is when two people do separate things in the same room as one another.

juego paralelo¿?