But also, depression, anxiety, and existential dread is really common in Autistic people and we should be allowed to talk about our experiences. Many of us (including myself) were diagnosed after a very major mental health crisis and it takes time to ‘find’ ourselves. - ThreadSky

lillyjade.bsky.social • 34 days ago

But also, depression, anxiety, and existential dread is really common in Autistic people and we should be allowed to talk about our experiences. Many of us (including myself) were diagnosed after a very major mental health crisis and it takes time to ‘find’ ourselves.

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lillyjade.bsky.social•34 days ago

If you didn’t get to that point before you found out you were Autistic and managed to turn your life around, that’s wonderful. But it’s not the experience of many of us.

fodderfigure.bsky.social•34 days ago

I really appreciate you saying all of this. It's very close to what I felt about the subject in general before I started to question myself and spiral after seeing that. Now that I'm coming around again, I agree. I am also a crisis diagnosis person, and my story is messier than what's acceptable now

fodderfigure.bsky.social•34 days ago

And I do worry about the way that anything that came out—and anyone who wrote any of those things—is being treated by the new wave. How did we become so disposable? Do our stories really not matter now because some people have decided they're too dark and give the wrong impression?

lillyjade.bsky.social•32 days ago

Even here, I see people misinterpret something someone (often a long time advocate) has said but they don’t know the persons background and start making accusations without trying to understand where they’re coming from. It’s frustrating.

lillyjade.bsky.social•32 days ago

I still consider myself new (diagnosed 2018 but didn’t connect with others until 2020) so hesitate to speak up as I’m constantly learning but it’s difficult to see how little room their seems to be for diverse experiences, especially from some of the influencers.

lillyjade.bsky.social•32 days ago

When I first created a Twitter account to find other autistic people, there were a lot of people (I believe you were one of them) talking about the importance of understanding history and varied experiences and I am so grateful for that and the way it has shaped my understanding.

thistleburr.bsky.social•32 days ago

I think that you're giving a lot of these people way more of the benefit of the doubt then they deserve. Most of them aren't making any kind of real good-faith argument or being sincere, they're just running a grift for views to profit from

thistleburr.bsky.social•32 days ago

I personally wouldn't assume that the person who made this video was trying to understand your point of view or to engage with what you wrote in good faith. It's likely she saw an opportunity to use what you wrote for financial gain by misrepresenting it.

fodderfigure.bsky.social•32 days ago

I don't think she was operating in good faith, but I'm not sure it was for money in this case. I just think she needed someone to throw under the bus to protect another influencer/big name autistic she liked more.

I'll confess that I do get tripped up because I assume everyone means well, though.

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