I'm so tired of non-autistic people co-opting the autistic experience.
No, autistic stress is not the same as non-autistic stress.
Let me show you why:
Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty physically speaking when only "mildly" stressed.
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No, autistic stress is not the same as non-autistic stress.
Let me show you why:
Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty physically speaking when only "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have trouble with executive function to obtain food when only "mildly" stressed.
Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have 0 appetite or nausea when only "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have 0 appetite or nausea when only "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have sensory pain to sounds, lights, smells, processing speech when only "mildly" stressed.
Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty making NT facial expressions when "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty making NT facial expressions when "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty making sure your tone of voice is "correct" (NT) when "mildly" stressed.
Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty masking/forcing eye contact when "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty masking/forcing eye contact when "mildly" stressed.
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Unless you have a specific related disability, you don't have difficulty knowing you are too hot, too cold, when it's too loud, too bright, too smelly, when "mildly" stressed.
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And unless you have ALL OF THOSE COMBINED -
You are not experiencing autistic stress.
You are not experiencing autistic burnout.
Stop speaking over our experiences. Stop pretending we're the same.
That is the problem.
You keep treating us like it's the same and it's not.
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You are not experiencing autistic stress.
You are not experiencing autistic burnout.
Stop speaking over our experiences. Stop pretending we're the same.
That is the problem.
You keep treating us like it's the same and it's not.
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We are not the same as you.
You can relate to some of our experience.
That does not mean you have autistic burnout.
That does not mean you have autistic stress.
Allow us to have our own narrative and space.
Stop watering it down to your experience.
Let us have our own.
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You can relate to some of our experience.
That does not mean you have autistic burnout.
That does not mean you have autistic stress.
Allow us to have our own narrative and space.
Stop watering it down to your experience.
Let us have our own.
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Addendum:
I have 2-3 disabilities completely unrelated to being autistic. I have hypersomnia.
I get why some people are relating to my burnout post.
But I can tell you right now that these things are Absolutely Not The Same as someone who experiences both.
They're just not.
I have 2-3 disabilities completely unrelated to being autistic. I have hypersomnia.
I get why some people are relating to my burnout post.
But I can tell you right now that these things are Absolutely Not The Same as someone who experiences both.
They're just not.
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