Emma Rose
@emmarose90.bsky.social
Australian 🦘 Autistic. Thinker 🧠 Aspiring writer 🖋️ Dog lover. 🐶 🌈❤️
Today I learned a new form of self compassion; holding other people accountable. I've been blaming myself for something for weeks, loathing myself and spiralling into depression. I wanted to believe the other side didn't do anything wrong and as usual it was my fault 1/
March 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today I learned a new form of self compassion; holding other people accountable. I've been blaming myself for something for weeks, loathing myself and spiralling into depression. I wanted to believe the other side didn't do anything wrong and as usual it was my fault 1/
Everything I read this week. Thought I'd share for #worldbookday
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Everything I read this week. Thought I'd share for #worldbookday
I don't understand why people say things they don't mean. But it hurts and it just feels cruel.
March 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I don't understand why people say things they don't mean. But it hurts and it just feels cruel.
Damn so true. Pre-diagnosis I used to think the reason I was so much more tired than everyone else was because I lived two lives, the intense rehearsal and the intense real thing that never went to plan anyway 🙃
“You can hear me muttering under my breath, like I’m setting a curse on my nemesis,” Wilkes told us. “Except I’m just saying things like, ‘good thanks, how are you?’ and ‘bit nippy out there, isn’t it?’”
Red-handed! Autistic woman caught on Ring doorbell rehearsing conversation
An autistic woman has been captured on her doorbell camera rehearsing social interactions, eyewitnesses have reported. Emma Wilkes, 29, from Warrington - who installed the camera after a security sca...
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March 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Damn so true. Pre-diagnosis I used to think the reason I was so much more tired than everyone else was because I lived two lives, the intense rehearsal and the intense real thing that never went to plan anyway 🙃
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The autistic experience of overapologising because you’ve been taught to feel guilt and shame for having feelings, needs and behaviours that neurotypical people don’t understand
#AuDHD #autism #disability
#AuDHD #autism #disability
March 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The autistic experience of overapologising because you’ve been taught to feel guilt and shame for having feelings, needs and behaviours that neurotypical people don’t understand
#AuDHD #autism #disability
#AuDHD #autism #disability
trauma dump incoming; the worst thing for me about being late diagnosed autistic, being traumatised repeatedly by the medical system is that when I'm suicidal I have nowhere to go. I will not retraumatise myself going to hospital again. I can't trust professionals or helplines or crisis teams 1/
March 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
trauma dump incoming; the worst thing for me about being late diagnosed autistic, being traumatised repeatedly by the medical system is that when I'm suicidal I have nowhere to go. I will not retraumatise myself going to hospital again. I can't trust professionals or helplines or crisis teams 1/
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I am so tired of seeing how both the education and healthcare system fails neurodivergent people over and over again.
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am so tired of seeing how both the education and healthcare system fails neurodivergent people over and over again.
Been telling myself to "just do it" for a week and getting frustrated at myself for not just doing it. So today my whole to do list is just to make a bloody to do list. And I'm still struggling 😭😭
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Been telling myself to "just do it" for a week and getting frustrated at myself for not just doing it. So today my whole to do list is just to make a bloody to do list. And I'm still struggling 😭😭
I know I'm absolutely not meant to say this but it's where I'm at. I wish I could just have someone say yes you're right, your life isn't worth living. Let's end it together in peace with someone holding your hand so you don't have to do it at home and worry about the dogs or who will find you.
February 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I know I'm absolutely not meant to say this but it's where I'm at. I wish I could just have someone say yes you're right, your life isn't worth living. Let's end it together in peace with someone holding your hand so you don't have to do it at home and worry about the dogs or who will find you.
I don't understand the way people say always here to talk. Until you really need to talk and then they're like no not about that. Mental health matters until it's life or death 🤷♀️
February 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I don't understand the way people say always here to talk. Until you really need to talk and then they're like no not about that. Mental health matters until it's life or death 🤷♀️
Sigh. Today is not a good day. I have been collecting cans for the recycling scheme introduced here for extra cash. I keep a tub down at our communal bins and have done for a year without issue - everyone has been great and know me as the collector. But today it was stolen when it was full 😔
December 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Sigh. Today is not a good day. I have been collecting cans for the recycling scheme introduced here for extra cash. I keep a tub down at our communal bins and have done for a year without issue - everyone has been great and know me as the collector. But today it was stolen when it was full 😔
Great message. Having recently got back into reading which can be hard at times for my #audhd brain I have been going back to a lot of the YA books I used to devour when I was young. It's really bloody nice, nostalgic and the stories are fantastic! Read anything that tickles your brain! #autism
Just a random and totally not self-serving reminder that middle grade and young adult books are often fun reads, and quick reads, and not forbidden to you just because you grew up! If a book where the protagonist is a kid sounds like fun, give it a look! Ain't no shame in it!
December 18, 2024 at 3:18 AM
I'm one of few Australians who hate Summer. I get Summer blues. Being hot muddles my thinking even more. It messes up routines because everything needs to be done earlier to avoid the heat, can't sleep because the nights are hot, bills go up because of the aircon, stress 📈! #autistic #autism
December 17, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Today is my last day at work for a month!! Yay. Breaks are so important and for me, a week has never been enough to rest and recharge let alone actually have time to do things that I enjoy! #Autistic
December 13, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Today is my last day at work for a month!! Yay. Breaks are so important and for me, a week has never been enough to rest and recharge let alone actually have time to do things that I enjoy! #Autistic
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Christmas reminders (autism edition) 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Christmas reminders (autism edition) 🎄
Been wondering why my finger has been aching the last couple of days. Just realized it's because of my new flicking stim 😭 need to find something else to scratch the itch. 🙄😖
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Been wondering why my finger has been aching the last couple of days. Just realized it's because of my new flicking stim 😭 need to find something else to scratch the itch. 🙄😖
Scottish slang. English telly, - especially Bad Girls as always! English accents 😅 (I'm Australian for context!)
December 10, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Scottish slang. English telly, - especially Bad Girls as always! English accents 😅 (I'm Australian for context!)
People always tell me to just try using the calendar and reminders on my phone. I'll often pick up my phone to do one thing and realise hours later, I'm still on my phone but not done the original task. Telling me to use my phone is like sending a kid into a toy store to do their homework. #AuDHD
December 10, 2024 at 4:23 AM
People always tell me to just try using the calendar and reminders on my phone. I'll often pick up my phone to do one thing and realise hours later, I'm still on my phone but not done the original task. Telling me to use my phone is like sending a kid into a toy store to do their homework. #AuDHD
One thing that I find the most frustrating is #Autistic inertia. I don’t see it spoken about so curious if anyone can relate. I find it incredibly disabling. Before diagnosis, I always thought I had a lack of willpower. That I simply wasn’t trying hard enough to get started on a task. 1/
December 8, 2024 at 2:20 AM
One thing that I find the most frustrating is #Autistic inertia. I don’t see it spoken about so curious if anyone can relate. I find it incredibly disabling. Before diagnosis, I always thought I had a lack of willpower. That I simply wasn’t trying hard enough to get started on a task. 1/
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People with ADHD do not LACK attention.
We have plenty of attention. There's no deficit. What we *lack* is the capacity to REGULATE our attention.
In other words, ADHD is a poorly named neurodevelopmental condition. 🙄
We have plenty of attention. There's no deficit. What we *lack* is the capacity to REGULATE our attention.
In other words, ADHD is a poorly named neurodevelopmental condition. 🙄
December 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
People with ADHD do not LACK attention.
We have plenty of attention. There's no deficit. What we *lack* is the capacity to REGULATE our attention.
In other words, ADHD is a poorly named neurodevelopmental condition. 🙄
We have plenty of attention. There's no deficit. What we *lack* is the capacity to REGULATE our attention.
In other words, ADHD is a poorly named neurodevelopmental condition. 🙄
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if you avoid writing your book for long enough and start another book to procrastinate, then eventually you start procrastinating on the new book, which leads you to finishing the first book
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December 4, 2024 at 9:31 PM
if you avoid writing your book for long enough and start another book to procrastinate, then eventually you start procrastinating on the new book, which leads you to finishing the first book
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What's everyone's special interest?? Some of mine are animals, Bad Girls (UK tv show), Fawlty Towers, Pokemon, accents (and Scottish slang is currently my thing 😅) puzzles and many more tv shows and books from over the years. I'm curious to hear what others are :) #Actuallyautistic #autism
December 5, 2024 at 3:08 AM
What's everyone's special interest?? Some of mine are animals, Bad Girls (UK tv show), Fawlty Towers, Pokemon, accents (and Scottish slang is currently my thing 😅) puzzles and many more tv shows and books from over the years. I'm curious to hear what others are :) #Actuallyautistic #autism