Adulthood... with a chance of autism

Many autistic people have coordination issues. I am definitely one of them. I fall down stairs, trip over nothing, and bump into everything. Hopefully you can relate! *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://w...

I share about the four types of intimacy and how I think being autistic makes intimacy challenging for me. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autistic-ang-87494030a/ Quora: https://ad...

Whenever I do something embarrassing (or naughty) in public, I run. Whenever someone I’m in public with does something embarrassing, I run. All throughout my life I’ve had people not believe me when I’m being honest, so whenever possible, I will escape a situation ASAP because if I wasn’t there when it happened, then it wasn’t me! Do other autistic people do this? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.co...

Just talking about my hellish day, which included sensory overload, a hike from hell, peopling...and NOT having a meltdown! *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autistic-ang-87494030a/...

Sometimes I get weird looks when I say out loud the things I wonder about. We autistics have such active imaginations... but is mine TOO active? Are there any autistics who are curious about all kinds of random shit and had people think those are weird things to wonder about? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal seri...

Sometimes I have difficulty tapping into feeling empathy for others. Even my own wife! This is baffling to me. I'd love to know if this is an autism thing or am I just a huge bitch? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com Link...

This episode is me complaining about things that don’t really make sense. The episode is not meant to be negative or bring anybody down, but I have yet to meet autistic people who view these things the same way as I do, but I know they're out there. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/...

Just some thoughts on a television show I recently saw that portrayed autism pretty accurately, in my opinion. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autistic-ang-87494030a/ Quora: https:...

It only took five minutes for my people allergies to kick up. This is me babbling about a chocolate shoppe visit that took a turn to Autism Land. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/au...

There are so many positives to being autistic and feeling deeply is one of them. When I'm not having sensory processing issues I’m having awesome sensory experiences that I feel on such deep levels that I try my best in this episode to describe. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/auth...

There are some things that were so embarrassing that not only do I wish I could forget them, but I wish my autistic mind stopped reminding me of them every other day. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://w...

I often wonder how people miss the things I see, smell, etc., and I can't figure out if this is exclusive to autism and neurodiversity or if ordinary people are like this too. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn:...

Most of the time I have no idea how to initiate a conversation with people or what to say in response in certain situations. I don’t know what else to say here. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.lin...

It doesn't take much for someone to hurt my feelings and for me to spiral as a result. I've been told my whole life to get thicker skin but now I'm learning to validate how I feel. Learning that I'm autistic allows me to be aware of what is going on in my head when I feel hurt and for the first time I realized I'm nonverbal when I shut down. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela...

This episode has nothing to do with a baby shark. But the chorus of that song that goes do do do do do is what is going on in my head right now which is the best way I can describe my current emotional state. My life doesn't make sense right now just like the title of this episode. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journa...

The holidays cause many interruptions to my routines, which results in so much frustration. This is just me venting about the craziness I feel at having my routines interrupted consistently at this time of year. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://a...

My preference for sameness extends to every aspect of my life. Learning that this is an autistic trait has allowed me to accept this about myself. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a...

Doesn’t catastrophic and neurotic kind of mean the same thing? Is there really that much of a difference? I am a catastrophic thinker on pretty much a daily basis. Is this an autistic thing or just plain neurotic? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https:/...

It's a few days before Christmas. People are out getting last-minute gifts. There's also a winter storm approaching, so even more people are out. And I'm autistic. Need I say more? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com Linke...

I went from having a purpose for many years to not having one for many years to now having rediscovered it. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autistic-ang-87494030a/ Quora: https://a...

Learning that I'm autistic has been so liberating. I changed some stuff immediately because it was getting too hard to keep the mask up, so autism gave me the courage to just be me whenever possible. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38...

To me, meltdowns are like minefields. You better step carefully or you might trigger one. Yesterday my minefield was a car dealership, but good news... I avoided a meltdown! This is me just talking about what I did to prepare for the trip to the car dealership, which was hours away, and the amount of time I spent making sure I didn't cause a scene. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course:...

More of a lighthearted episode about things ordinary people seem to understand or be okay with, but I just don't. Is it because I'm autistic? *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autist...

I have such difficulty being interrupted when I’m doing something. It's like I short circuit. Small barriers like these are so frustrating and I often feel like I can’t control my responses to them. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal series: https://www.amazon.com/author/autisticang Substack: https://autisticang38....

I don't know how helpful this episode is because it's just me talking about how I dealt with things in the past and I am still dumbfounded on how I got this far in life without knowing I'm autistic. Would services have helped me? I don't know because I forgot to talk about that. *** Email: autisticang38@gmail.com Online Course: angela-walker-s-school.teachable.com/p/adultautism101 Public Journal s...