Being Autistic

Most Autistic brains have negative thinking styles such as "All or nothing thinking", "black and white thinking", and "negativity bias" among others. In this episode, I talk about how these thinking patterns work, give some examples, and explain why they are not always a bad thing!

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Decision making tool (while recording I couldn't remember the name!): Ruminate.io

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Autistic people often get misunderstood as selfish or self-centered. In this episode I'm going to give many examples of ways Autistic people are viewed as selfish and explain how this just isn't true in the way that neurotypical people think it is.

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What is Autistic burnout? Although it can be different for everyone, there can be some of the same signs and symptoms. In this episode, I give my experience of Autistic burnout as well as give some other examples of how others have described it.

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The Double Empathy Problem is where autistic people and neurotypical people both misunderstand each other. In this episode, I give some examples of this and talk about misunderstandings and communication differences in general.

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In this episode, I give a general overview of how my life journey has been so far, starting as a young child not fitting in with the world up until now as a 50-year old recently diagnosed Autistic woman.

I briefly cover the main points of my life (which I'll go more in detail with in future episodes), including;

What life was like for me as a child

Social struggles

Friendship struggles

Work struggles

How I masked for decades and finally unmasked

How I learned I was Autistic

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