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I feel like I sometimes stim mainly to communicate "I am autistic and feeling overwhelmed right now" to onlookers when I can't easily talk. Can anyone else relate? (kbin.social)
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Of course I also stim for the typical reasons, but I feel like I'll sometimes sort of "play up" certain autism-associated traits as a form of body language... I've also experienced people not understanding what stims are and misinterpreting mine, so maybe it's a bit naïve of me to do this.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take your time. :-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I swear I haven't forgot but I can't decide on a background and I can't really get the sparkles right, and last but definetly not least I still am not sure if I really have autism, I dont really know if I should be interacting with the autism community because I dont know if I'm even apart and that seems to be stifling progress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You shouldn't doubt yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I took my time, I really couldn't decide on a background, then I really couldn't get it to look the way I wanted, then I couldn't get the sparkles to look good. But I basically just gave up but didn't want to leave you hanging so here is the best I could come up with, sorry that it's not really what I originally promised. You could probably print these out and tape/glue them together, or print them with a printer that supports printing on both sides, or you could print them on card stock if you're really feeling creative.