4. Autism and loneliness: social anxiety, vulnerability and dating apps

Explicit content warning

04/08/24 • 31 min

The Autistic Mystic Podcast

I went to a queer brunch and had the most fascinating experience. This episode discusses my reflections on:

Social Anxiety, Solipsism and Self-Awareness

The fundamental loneliness of being an adult

The Harsh Realities of Adulthood

The Complexities of Dating and Social Expectations

Group Vulnerability and Shared Experiences

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I went to a queer brunch and had the most fascinating experience. This episode discusses my reflections on:

Social Anxiety, Solipsism and Self-Awareness

The fundamental loneliness of being an adult

The Harsh Realities of Adulthood

The Complexities of Dating and Social Expectations

Group Vulnerability and Shared Experiences

Please leave a review on Apple podcasts so that other late-diagnosers can find the show

Check out my other podcast: https://linktr.ee/mukundwa_

Join my Patreon: https://patreon.com/autisticasfuck

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/autisticasfpodcast

Find a therapist or counsellor: https://ndtherapists.com and https://neurodivergentpractitioners.org/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

3. Leave Amanda Seales alone! Her bullying and silencing and its implications on black autistic women

Amanda Seales is being unfairly dog-pilled on. When people are cut down because they're honest and direct, what does this say about society at large? If it's unsafe for a successful, effective, beautiful allistic woman to be unflinching in her anti-establishment critiques, what hope is there for the average black autistic woman? This episode dissects bullying dynamics, the price of honesty, Hollywood, blackness and the isolation that comes from being a truth-teller.

00:35 The Unfair Treatment of Amanda Seales and Its Implications on black autistic women

03:00 The Intersection of Autism, Likability, and Professional Success

05:44 Black Hollywood, oppression, bullies thrive in silence

10:38 Hollywood archetypes and bullying

Please leave a review on Apple podcasts so that other late-diagnosers can find the show

Check out my other podcast: https://linktr.ee/mukundwa_

Join my Patreon: https://patreon.com/autisticasfuck

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/autisticasfpodcast

Find a therapist or counsellor: https://ndtherapists.com and https://neurodivergentpractitioners.org/

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5. Autism and Suicidality: the will to live amidst societal collapse

TRIGGER WARNING: S*icide

I've been having a hard time making meaning out of life - what with societal collapse, genocides hustle culture - and wanted to share some conclusions I made about why it is better to stay alive than to opt out. I hope this episode makes you feel seen and a little less alone.

Themes discussed:

Arguments in favour of staying alive

Finding joy while the world is burning

Finding ones place in the world

Autism and justice sensitivity

Magic and nature

Please leave a review on Apple podcasts so that other late-diagnosers can find the show

Check out my other podcast: https://linktr.ee/mukundwa_

Join my Patreon: https://patreon.com/autisticasfuck

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/autisticasfpodcast

Find a therapist or counsellor: https://ndtherapists.com and https://neurodivergentpractitioners.org/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.