Oh, That’s Just My Autism

When your therapist asks how many friends you have and you have no idea how to answer because there is no set way to quantify what a friendship is. I think I have two friends. But I don’t know. Can someone make a chart or some rules for me to follow please?? Thanks for listening - if you’d like to reach out you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or follow on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism

The past few weeks have been a little rough. Been battling some depression and feeling pretty lonely. The seemingly enormous task of integrating back into the world socially is incredibly daunting though, so I feel stuck. Thanks for listening, and don’t worry, I will be ok! If you’d like to reach out, you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.con or find me on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism

After all my ranting about the media’s representation of autism on the last episode, I wanted to elaborate a little more about why I feel like representation matters. Thanks for listening! If you want to reach out, you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or follow on IG at @oh.thatsjustmyautism

Spoiler alert: I didn’t like it. Is this an unpopular opinion? Am I the only one who found this show super cringe and upsetting?? Here is the link to the panel interview that I mentioned in this episode: https://youtu.be/tbqaotMiCl8 and here is the link to the episode of Mayim Bialik’s podcast interview with Bill Prady of The Big Bang Theory: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tC6wn1Prcz2qgtD5MN18L?si=OkuGq5uETnG32xhqyNX07w

Fluctuations in temperature are an actual nightmare. I especially hate being cold! Even something as simple as getting undressed to change my clothes in the morning can be a very uncomfortable task. Can the world and everything in it just stay at a reasonable 78 degrees at all times? If you’d like to reach out, you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or follow on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism

I thought I was a good communicator, but after thinking about all the ways that I can get hung up when it comes to talking to others, I’m realizing that maybe I’m not as good as I thought I was. Which is fine. It’s just my autism, right? :-) If you’d like to reach out you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or follow me on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism

Hey guys! I am back after a bit of a hiatus. Things have been wildly busy over here but are starting to settle now. Today I want to tell you about my first week of school and the unorthodox accommodations that I think would help me. If you’d like to reach out, you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or find me on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism - also if you can leave a review for this podcast please do! It will help more people find the show :-)

Ooof. Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve is NO JOKE. It’s like regular Vegas on steroids. As the clock struck midnight, I was nearing full meltdown status and just wanted to go home. Not the ideal way to ring in the new year! In this episode I unpack all of the things that went wrong on this trip, and give myself a little pat on the back for how well I handled it all. As usual, you can reach out via email at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or find me on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism

Ok guys, two holidays down, one to go! On this episode I talk a bit about how the week between Christmas and New Year’s is absolute unstructured hell, as well as how the holidays can be a hard time for those of us with fractured families, and how estrangement from certain family members can feel conflicting. I’m just glad I’m back in therapy! If you’re enjoying the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on whatever platform you’re listening on. If you’d like to reach out you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or find me on IG at @oh.thatsjustmyautism

How in the heck do people stay in touch? It seems that frequent contact is an integral part of friendship maintenance, but I am not good at keeping in touch with people AT ALL. This is not because I don’t care, I just really can’t figure out how to do it in a way that I’m comfortable with. If you’d like to reach out, you can email me at ohthatsjustmyautism@gmail.com or follow me on IG @oh.thatsjustmyautism