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Merrsiful
@Merrsiful
Authenticity advocate, connection seeker, language lover. She/her. Autistic I ADHD I C-PTSD
Feb 4, 2022 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
New pet theory.

My meltdowns and panic attacks are because I am in an emotional flashback. I've triggered a part of my brain that has developmental trauma and C-PTSD.

This is a thread about what I have learned about trauma and meltdowns, and how I conceptualize healing. (1/25) The trauma becomes my entire reality. I spiral. It's incessant. Usually I don't realize I am in a flashback.

At different points in my life, trauma flashbacks have lasted for hours, days. Months. My masking and irrational understanding of the world made that all worse. (2/)
Oct 6, 2021 • 42 tweets • 7 min read
New pet theory:

A. What if autism were actually a lot more common than we had previously thought?

There has already been nascent discussion about how ADHD might be just a gendered interpretation of autistic traits. (1/) Structure of this post
A. Thesis
B. Autistic characteristics (traits, co-morbidities, trauma)
C. How Autism is characterized by society
D. Privilege
E. Recap
F. Why do we define autism like this?
G. What if it's more common?
H. Autistic joy
(1a/)