I'm having obsessive thoughts about this ginormous cyst in my stomach and I wish I could stop them. I'm hoping that this episode helped me get all that crap out of my head but if not, maybe someone can relate to my craziness.

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I had a meltdown at the ER. It was SO EMBARRASSING!!!

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I've never liked touch and now I know it's because I'm autistic. People have always made me feel weird for not wanting a hug or for not wanting someone to stand so close to me. I hope someone can relate to this.

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I recorded this episode minutes after I got done with the dentist to show what it's like for me at these kinds of appointments. I am pretty anxious (more than usual) in this episode so hopefully it makes sense.

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I want to talk about something I love about being autistic, which is having an active brain. It just keeps going and going with all kinds of thoughts and ideas. I mean, I'm never bored! But I wonder if there are autistic people out there who think about the same kinds of things that I do because I haven't come across any yet. Can anyone relate?

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So rumination is pretty common among us autistics. I've been doing a lot of it lately. This episode is just word vomit about all of the irrational thoughts I have about things, specifically all that I've had going on this past week, and why I don't think rumination is always a negative thing.

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I was able to prevent myself from having a meltdown but it wasn't easy. Now that I think about it, I don't think I explained how exactly I prevented it. But that's not the point of this episode. The point is that hopefully you'll find this experience relatable so you know it's not just you. Why do us autistics get so worked up about seemingly small matters? Well, because they're not small to us.

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It sucks feeling like you don't belong, until it doesn't. I talk about how it felt being different pre-autism self-identification and how awesome it feels now knowing that I do, in fact, fit in.

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I talk about what employment has been like for me. Having an autism lens through which to look back at my various issues in this area is super helpful because it all makes sense now. But still... I'd rather get shanked than have to work with/for idiots ever again.

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I'm not very good at handling change, even if it's a positive change. This is just me processing out loud all the things happening in my life in such a short amount of time and how overwhelming it feels.

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