notscicomm.bsky.social
actually a creature
queer, autistic, and mad
microbiology PhD student (she/her)
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Excellent podcast discussion with Dr Wenn Lawson, a developer of the concept of monotropism
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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Quick blog post introducing the how this cognitive theory can be applied in day to day life
spacedoutandsmiling.com/blog/2022-08...
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An excellent animation explaining the topic (4 minutes long)
drive.google.com/file/d/1PEpG...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA5Z...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLF...
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In British English, moose are called "moose". In Norwegian, moose is "elg"
lille.snl.no/elg
I didn't know there was a seperate animal known as elk or "wapiti".
snl.no/wapiti
These are very cool animals.
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This pleases me
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I don't know whether the idea of the broader autistic phenotype is useful (or favourable) at all, but if you have autistic experiences and you have many autistic family members - you're almost certainly captured by that concept.
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Not sure if responses are wanted, but all of those things make sense: suspected autism, probably autistic, autistic traits, autistically inclined, have autistic-style *trait here*. Sentence context probably biggest factor.
Neurodivergent, like someone else mentioned, may also work.
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Calming vibes coming your way 😺🌈
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you're "bad" at multitasking because noone is supposed to be good at it.
Multitasking doesn't exist - when you think you're doing it, you're actually task-switching. This is a fantastic way to make yourself feel exhausted and get nothing done particularly well.
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I know I'm lucky, and my ED was relatively short lived (initially <2 years, with some relapses over the following years)
Idk, I just wanted to share this weird little positive recovery moment.
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I was someone who, when I watched shows focusing on eating disorders, thought that could never be me.
I was wrong.
When I had my ED, I thought that I would die I if I gained weight and I would never have an easy relationship with food again.
I was wrong.
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Obviously, I can't necessarily trust the perception of my body, but I've never really had a good solid sense of what I look like or what the edges of my body is supposed to feel like.
However, when I was younger, before I developed an ED - I did actually have an intuitive eating style.
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And the thing is, I also would have been okay with having gained weight. I was expecting to have gained weight, I just wanted to know what the number was.
As said before, weight can be an indicator of health changes (classic example: thyroid).
My intention wasn't to respond by restricting.
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I had thought, without weighing myself, that I must have put on weight. I was sure that I could feel that the dimensions of my body had changed.
Weighed myself today: nope. Within 1% of the last time I weighed myself.
I really think I've gotten back my ability to just trust my appetite.
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I intentionally did not weigh myself over the last 6 weeks while I was writing this report, because I was eating in an exceptional manner (lots of sweets and chocolates during the day, irregular meals).
It was a stressful period, and I was mindful that checking my weight could cause a spiral.
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That sounds tricky - I hope information about the restructuring reduces uncertainty, and you have space to process the other thing.
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I've had this for certain jobs. A big sign that I'm not happy and something needs to change. Unfortunately, got dropped from one and left the other because they basically said "see how you feel after a holiday" when I was asking for a reasonable adjustment (please email when things are changing).
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I don't know if it's stopped yet, all I can hear is soothing classical background music 🎶
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Got a taxi round trip. Insufficient spoons and time for a bus.
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A character that turns into a cat-person to express emotions is … it’s hard to call that Autistic “coding” at that point. It’s practically Autistic canon at that point.
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I like this and want to share it with my partner. I've looked and found the post on sensory diet, which makes sense.
I'm wondering if you've written anything or come across any useful resources about figuring out spoons: how many spoons you have and what gives spoons and what drains them?
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At the moment I've been having to write a report, which is something that I know can cause me to burnout - but working in a more flexible way, allowing my attention to flow, and not beating myself up (much) over not writing enough on a given day has been quite helpful.
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I would love to see this as a poster on a therapist's wall.
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I don't know mark entry, but my experience with propranolol:
I think it does affect my concentration and drowsiness sometimes. I think it may be related to blood pressure, because these things can improve quickly when I lie down.
I take 80mg xr (currently half, for above reasons)