Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

My brother is autistic, and I have signs of both Autism and ADHD, so we're getting me tested for both.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko My brother has ADHD... I might have Autism but I'm not 100% on that yet.

I mean I didn't know I had learning disabilities until I was 15. So waiting to find out I have something seems to be a trend for me lol.

I hope the test went/goes well.

This gives me major 2012 AD vibes. That is a very good thing.

My sister has been blaring Christmas music all day. I know it shouldn’t affect me, but every time she does this I am so tired of Christmas stuff by the time it is actually Christmas time, that I am just burnt out on the holiday.

@Kairu

@blindsquarel It's beginning to be ThanksChristmas time.

My brother is actually very smart, despite having autism. When people think autism, they think some kid who can't think properly, or do pretty much anything. But this isn't true. My brother is the smartest, most kind person on this entire planet. And you can't do anything to change my mind, because he's the best person in the entire universe.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko People with autism are normal people, they just have a different way of "seeing" the world.

Exactly. My brother is very kind and will try to make you happy when you're sad. He'll go through emotional pain to help people.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko He sounds really kind and caring.

@Kermit1 He is. That's why I love him so much. He's the best brother in the world.

It actually is a spectrum. My brother has high-functioning autism and he's not great at talking to people, but he's really smart and he has a lot of talent. But if someone is to yell at him, he doesn't know how to respond or waht to do. I sort of have the same problem. I'm also really sensitive to some sounds, like church bells. I once stood on the sidewalk for 10 minutes covering my ears and crying because the church bells just kept being hit and I couldn't take it. I also have problems talking to people, and I have fight or flight responses when I shouldn't (Like if you're to tap my shoulder, I might automatically hit you. I don't try to, my body does it on its own.)

@Eagly Yup, that's the one! I remember seeing it once when I was in school, and seeing it again the other day. I still remember the twist on the bad guy, lol.

@Tyranexx That's understandable. Also, hopefully that hasn't been too hard. The only animal I can remember getting into the house was a raccoon. Going back years ago, a raccoon broke into the house. What a night, we had to get animal control to get it out of our house. Meanwhile, I was safe in my room with my door closed, unable to sleep because of it, I was playing a game on my laptop at the time.

@blindsquarel Basically me today, I wait all year for Christmas music. Usually it's outdoor decorations and shopping I do early (in event of snowstorm in December, not safe traveling in it).

Being someone with autism, this. I've had autism since I was a kid, but never really spoke about it since the subject was never brought up (I possibly did drop a hint because I mentioned special needs high school in the past). Honestly, always been afraid to since I've seen "autistic" thrown around as an insult online.

This is also me. I haven't spoken much about my autism (aside from dropping the hint I went to a special needs high school), can say when this happens, it's frustrating and sometimes causes a meltdown. Autism meltdowns are not fun to deal with, especially when others see it like a tantrum, though it's always something else that bothers me. Worse when you're with someone who doesn't know how to handle it or stop it and makes it worse.

People have told me I'm smart, so that's always a good thing.

@MarioLover92 thank you! 😃

I got a new cat today and her name is Daisy. She's three months old and cute as anything.

@Eagly Told ya my family loves cats.

How are ya'll on Twitter doing? I've heard only good things.

@Kermit1 Congrats on the new kitten, such a princess name too! Wouldn't know, I left Twitter a few years ago. Too toxic and negative for my taste.

@Sunsy Thank you, Princess Daisy, I now have a Mario character living with me lol.

I picked here over Twitter, thanks to people like you. (even though one day I will start a facebook account for family reasons, I shouldn't dread it, but I can't help it)

@Kermit1 You're welcome!

I have a personal Instagram account, that's about it. I stopped going to Twitter because people kept making things (sorry for saying the word here) political and people just being nasty in general.

I like chatting here, I can talk games, cartoons, be myself, and you guys seem to put up with my Trolls shenanigans, lol. Seriously, thanks for not being mean to me over stuff I like, because other sites, probably would be.