Autistic Hedgehog
Month
o.o Thank you. I mean, I really love some of the autism memes on tumblr, but seriously, thank you! :)
This is why I didn’t take his autism spectrum quotient test, even though there is one. I had a feeling the sheer stupidity of the questions would make me headdesk more than the human skull is meant to bear.
That’s a bit of a tough one for all of us to figure out, I think.
I’m a non-worker, so most of my experience with burnout is of a slightly different kind. But I generally try to make sure, if I’m burnt out on people, that I have time to myself every day. Even just an hour, even if it means I have to tell people not to bug me for that time. Sometimes knowing that I have Me Time can help.
Certain relaxation techniques, like yoga (you can find yoga routines on Youtube), can also help. I know that sounds a bit cheesy and cliche, but it is something that might help and I’ve had a bit of luck with it myself.
Anyone else got some advice? What sorts of strategies do y'all use to recover from passing burnout?
…and I know P!nk has donated to A$, but I really couldn’t resist. Honest. Poor impulse control.
(For anyone wondering, the lyric I um, modified for this is from U and Ur Hand by P!nk.)
I mean really, research peeps. It took you this long to figure this out? It’s 2012. I am so not impressed with your capability levels, guys.
(I have to be flippant about this right now, or I will break. I will break, I will break, I will break.)
It’s a hobby
not a Special Interest.
[Why is it that everything and anything an autistic person shows interest in, or proficiency for is a “Special Interest”? I know the difference between my perservations and my hobbies and general interests, thankyouverymuch.]
This morning I was feeling upset and prickly about pretty much the entire world, and I kind of wished I could combat it the way a hedgehog would: Curl up and let my spiky bits do the rest. Sadly, I don’t have actual physical spiky bits.
Still, it gave me the idea to start Autistic Hedgehog. There are already several meme tumblrs and other tumblrs for things like allistic privilege and autism confessions, but I’m hoping to provide a place to blow off a little steam–perhaps with a bit of humor. You can be angry. You can be sarcastic. You can be facetious.
(That’s a joke, obviously. I would never eat allistic people for breakfast or any other meal. I don’t know where they’ve been.)
Here is Autistic Hedgehog: http://memegenerator.net/Autistic-Hedgehog
I’ll try to make sure I get a sidebar link for that.
Anyway, I’m crap at introductions, so there you have it. Feel free to submit something or ask anything.