Pablo 🎧
@pabloista.bsky.social
I am different. That’s not less, just different. And that’s enough. #Autistic
Trying to make sense of a world that never made sense of me. #Neurodivergent
Trying to make sense of a world that never made sense of me. #Neurodivergent
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Pablo 🎧
@pabloista.bsky.social
· Oct 20
It’s not that I refuse to conform, I can’t, even if I wanted to.
I’m not wired for this world.
My mind was rebelling long before I could think.
Disordered? Maybe, if the order doesn’t fit.
But I prefer different.
This puzzle isn’t for fitting in.
I’m me, and that’s just fine.
#Neurodivergent
I’m not wired for this world.
My mind was rebelling long before I could think.
Disordered? Maybe, if the order doesn’t fit.
But I prefer different.
This puzzle isn’t for fitting in.
I’m me, and that’s just fine.
#Neurodivergent
For us late diagnosed people, realising we can finally say what we mean is powerful. But being authentic doesn’t have to mean being unkind. Context matters. It’s about finding that balance, speaking in our own voice, standing firm in our truth, without flattening anyone else in the process.
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For us late diagnosed people, realising we can finally say what we mean is powerful. But being authentic doesn’t have to mean being unkind. Context matters. It’s about finding that balance, speaking in our own voice, standing firm in our truth, without flattening anyone else in the process.
I’ve spent my whole life having to learn this strange neurotypical language. The one built on hints, tone, implications, and unspoken rules. 1/3
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I’ve spent my whole life having to learn this strange neurotypical language. The one built on hints, tone, implications, and unspoken rules. 1/3
Neurotypical language baffles me. So much of it isn’t spoken, it’s implied. You’re meant to read tone, hints, sideways comments. A whole conversation happening “between the lines.” 1/6
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Neurotypical language baffles me. So much of it isn’t spoken, it’s implied. You’re meant to read tone, hints, sideways comments. A whole conversation happening “between the lines.” 1/6
One of the best things about being on Bluesky is realising I’m not on my own.
So many of us grew up thinking our struggles were “just us,” only to learn that our stories overlap more than we ever imagined. 1/3
So many of us grew up thinking our struggles were “just us,” only to learn that our stories overlap more than we ever imagined. 1/3
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One of the best things about being on Bluesky is realising I’m not on my own.
So many of us grew up thinking our struggles were “just us,” only to learn that our stories overlap more than we ever imagined. 1/3
So many of us grew up thinking our struggles were “just us,” only to learn that our stories overlap more than we ever imagined. 1/3
For years I thought I just had “mental health problems.”
Depression. Low mood. Exhaustion. Feeling like I was always one second from dropping.
I didn’t realise the root cause was undiagnosed autism. 1/6
Depression. Low mood. Exhaustion. Feeling like I was always one second from dropping.
I didn’t realise the root cause was undiagnosed autism. 1/6
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For years I thought I just had “mental health problems.”
Depression. Low mood. Exhaustion. Feeling like I was always one second from dropping.
I didn’t realise the root cause was undiagnosed autism. 1/6
Depression. Low mood. Exhaustion. Feeling like I was always one second from dropping.
I didn’t realise the root cause was undiagnosed autism. 1/6
When someone says they’ve “never directly racially abused anybody,” they’re telling you more than they think. 1/4
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
When someone says they’ve “never directly racially abused anybody,” they’re telling you more than they think. 1/4
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Many autistic adults, especially the late diagnosed live with alexithymia. It shapes daily life in ways most people never see. Emotions arrive fast, hit hard, and vanish before we can understand them. 1/5
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many autistic adults, especially the late diagnosed live with alexithymia. It shapes daily life in ways most people never see. Emotions arrive fast, hit hard, and vanish before we can understand them. 1/5
Many autistic people feel a strong need to explain what we’re doing and why, often in a lot of detail.
It’s not about justifying ourselves.
It’s about something which could be called Pre Emptive Clarity. 1/7
It’s not about justifying ourselves.
It’s about something which could be called Pre Emptive Clarity. 1/7
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Many autistic people feel a strong need to explain what we’re doing and why, often in a lot of detail.
It’s not about justifying ourselves.
It’s about something which could be called Pre Emptive Clarity. 1/7
It’s not about justifying ourselves.
It’s about something which could be called Pre Emptive Clarity. 1/7
Hyperfocus
When ideas related to my special interests pop into my head, I often go on a complete writing spree (as evidenced by the block of threads I just posted!).
My time management skills struggle when this happens, and I know throwing too many threads at you at once can be overwhelming.
When ideas related to my special interests pop into my head, I often go on a complete writing spree (as evidenced by the block of threads I just posted!).
My time management skills struggle when this happens, and I know throwing too many threads at you at once can be overwhelming.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hyperfocus
When ideas related to my special interests pop into my head, I often go on a complete writing spree (as evidenced by the block of threads I just posted!).
My time management skills struggle when this happens, and I know throwing too many threads at you at once can be overwhelming.
When ideas related to my special interests pop into my head, I often go on a complete writing spree (as evidenced by the block of threads I just posted!).
My time management skills struggle when this happens, and I know throwing too many threads at you at once can be overwhelming.
My Posting Style Explained
I like to take my time and ensure my threads are coherent and fully formed. Because of this, I generally post my content in blocks rather than single daily posts. 1/2
I like to take my time and ensure my threads are coherent and fully formed. Because of this, I generally post my content in blocks rather than single daily posts. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My Posting Style Explained
I like to take my time and ensure my threads are coherent and fully formed. Because of this, I generally post my content in blocks rather than single daily posts. 1/2
I like to take my time and ensure my threads are coherent and fully formed. Because of this, I generally post my content in blocks rather than single daily posts. 1/2
Back and forth debate on social media is something I can do, but it comes at a cost.
I get the anxiety first. Then it’s like the emotional part of my brain takes over and the logical side just can’t break through.
I don’t run logic and emotion at the same time, it’s one or the other. 1/4
I get the anxiety first. Then it’s like the emotional part of my brain takes over and the logical side just can’t break through.
I don’t run logic and emotion at the same time, it’s one or the other. 1/4
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Back and forth debate on social media is something I can do, but it comes at a cost.
I get the anxiety first. Then it’s like the emotional part of my brain takes over and the logical side just can’t break through.
I don’t run logic and emotion at the same time, it’s one or the other. 1/4
I get the anxiety first. Then it’s like the emotional part of my brain takes over and the logical side just can’t break through.
I don’t run logic and emotion at the same time, it’s one or the other. 1/4
People talk about “thinking with your head and heart together.”
That’s not how my brain works. I don’t run both systems at once. I switch between them. 1/6
That’s not how my brain works. I don’t run both systems at once. I switch between them. 1/6
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
People talk about “thinking with your head and heart together.”
That’s not how my brain works. I don’t run both systems at once. I switch between them. 1/6
That’s not how my brain works. I don’t run both systems at once. I switch between them. 1/6
I can believe what I want. My worldview comes from my own lived experience, the things I've learned, struggled with and made sense of over time
But here’s the bit people miss: lived experience doesn’t automatically make me right or wrong. It just explains why I see the world the way I do 1/3
But here’s the bit people miss: lived experience doesn’t automatically make me right or wrong. It just explains why I see the world the way I do 1/3
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I can believe what I want. My worldview comes from my own lived experience, the things I've learned, struggled with and made sense of over time
But here’s the bit people miss: lived experience doesn’t automatically make me right or wrong. It just explains why I see the world the way I do 1/3
But here’s the bit people miss: lived experience doesn’t automatically make me right or wrong. It just explains why I see the world the way I do 1/3
I don’t think logically and emotionally at the same time.
My brain runs one track, then the other.
Sometimes I work something out logically, and the emotion only arrives afterwards.
Other times the emotion hits first, and I make sense of it later. 1/2
My brain runs one track, then the other.
Sometimes I work something out logically, and the emotion only arrives afterwards.
Other times the emotion hits first, and I make sense of it later. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I don’t think logically and emotionally at the same time.
My brain runs one track, then the other.
Sometimes I work something out logically, and the emotion only arrives afterwards.
Other times the emotion hits first, and I make sense of it later. 1/2
My brain runs one track, then the other.
Sometimes I work something out logically, and the emotion only arrives afterwards.
Other times the emotion hits first, and I make sense of it later. 1/2
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Migrants didn't cut council funding.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Migrants didn't cut council funding.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
COP30 is an utter waste of time. It’s not even greenwashing anymore, it’s just burn baby burn.
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
COP30 is an utter waste of time. It’s not even greenwashing anymore, it’s just burn baby burn.
Today i will be mainly listening to Social Distortion and hanging up Christmas Decorations.
...and why not 😜
...and why not 😜
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today i will be mainly listening to Social Distortion and hanging up Christmas Decorations.
...and why not 😜
...and why not 😜
If you want to distract from bad news at home… start a war.
#WagTheDog
#WagTheDog
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you want to distract from bad news at home… start a war.
#WagTheDog
#WagTheDog
Punk, Post Punk, Hardcore, Psychobilly, Grunge, Pop Punk, Ska Punk, Emo…
If it’s loud, messy, defiant or emotional, I’m in.
My taste isn’t a genre, it’s a lifetime membership to chaos with guitars.
If it’s loud, messy, defiant or emotional, I’m in.
My taste isn’t a genre, it’s a lifetime membership to chaos with guitars.
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Punk, Post Punk, Hardcore, Psychobilly, Grunge, Pop Punk, Ska Punk, Emo…
If it’s loud, messy, defiant or emotional, I’m in.
My taste isn’t a genre, it’s a lifetime membership to chaos with guitars.
If it’s loud, messy, defiant or emotional, I’m in.
My taste isn’t a genre, it’s a lifetime membership to chaos with guitars.
I grew up on my brother’s Clash, Damned and Ramones records.
Then came Social Distortion, Nirvana… and finally Green Day and Rancid blew the doors off.
My taste was born in the UK, but it flowered in the USA.
That’s the America I loved, loud, restless, and full of possibility.
Then came Social Distortion, Nirvana… and finally Green Day and Rancid blew the doors off.
My taste was born in the UK, but it flowered in the USA.
That’s the America I loved, loud, restless, and full of possibility.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I grew up on my brother’s Clash, Damned and Ramones records.
Then came Social Distortion, Nirvana… and finally Green Day and Rancid blew the doors off.
My taste was born in the UK, but it flowered in the USA.
That’s the America I loved, loud, restless, and full of possibility.
Then came Social Distortion, Nirvana… and finally Green Day and Rancid blew the doors off.
My taste was born in the UK, but it flowered in the USA.
That’s the America I loved, loud, restless, and full of possibility.
Autism isn’t one shape. Some of us think in pictures, some in words, some in patterns or movement. Our minds build the world in different ways, not better or worse, just wired differently. 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Autism isn’t one shape. Some of us think in pictures, some in words, some in patterns or movement. Our minds build the world in different ways, not better or worse, just wired differently. 1/3
I’ve realised I don’t think in words first, I think in pictures and patterns. When someone speaks, I literally see what they say in my head, even metaphors. “Crawling out the woodwork”? Yep, full visual. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’ve realised I don’t think in words first, I think in pictures and patterns. When someone speaks, I literally see what they say in my head, even metaphors. “Crawling out the woodwork”? Yep, full visual. 1/4
You want change? Then you need an alternative. Change the system or the system will change you.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You want change? Then you need an alternative. Change the system or the system will change you.
If the left want to win, they need an actual alternative. A movement without one isn’t progressive,it’s just a different shade of a broken system, defending the same walls while pretending they’re painting them a new colour.
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the left want to win, they need an actual alternative. A movement without one isn’t progressive,it’s just a different shade of a broken system, defending the same walls while pretending they’re painting them a new colour.