Pandoras_Can_Opener

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My exfather deliberately cooked food I didn't like to prove I actually like it and just do it for attention. He's a trained chef. It started when I was three and only stopped when I moved out and stopped eating his meals.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The weirdest thing about this discourse is that people against it somehow seem to be very convinced self diagnosis is exclusively done based on internet memes or something along those lines. I spend years researching, reading multiple books by actual experts, reading scientific publications and hanging out in autism spaces to see if I fit in.

... Almost like somebody who tends to ... Oh idk have a special interest.

And the contra side also dismisses privilege. It's known that autism is under diagnosed in minorities. And things like I'd need to travel 5 hours (one way) multiple times to get a diagnosis. Potentially staying overnight. They'd want to talk to my abusive parents. I'm chronically ill. It's not realistic and I live in a country that has reasonable health care. I wouldn't magically be employable afterwards anyway or have some other tangible benefit. I'd just get somebody in a 15 € white coat tell me what I already know. Or dismiss me because they read me as the wrong gender and yolo autistic people don't have humor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Same. What a dismissive person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Dodo had all her teeth pulled because of this too. Nerve wrecking but she seems rather well adjusted now. 💚

May buster live pain free now!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I love this post idea!

I've recently commited the unforgivable crime of leaving Dodo for two nights. She had other favorite two leggers show up but how dare!!! When I came back she tried very hard to be mad at me but she just loves cuddles too much.

For your champ: have you tried anti anxiety music for dogs? It's free on YouTube and Dodo likes the cat variety a lot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I have two chronic illnesses. Hashimoto, an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid and endometriosis, a VERY painful under researched condition that for me affects the lower belly.

I've researched the shit out of both conditions in a way that autistic people with a biology degree do. I follow the TH1/TH2 immune imbalance research to support my immune system via foods that balance this (avoid peanuts, mushrooms, melissa (the plant, I hope thats the English name), eat tomatoes, onions, turmeric, garlic). Also gluten triggers my autoimmune response. No gluten for me.

As a result my thyroid looks A LOT healthier than it should be at this stage and still has retained a good bit of functionality. Which is a minor miracle.

For endometriosis I'm lucky enough that the visanne pill works for me. That in addition to avoiding estrogen in food means I'm nearly pain free. There's some people for whom nothing helps, they've had dozens of surgeries and they still often enough can't think straight due to pain. Being comparatively pain free is at least a medium sized miracle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That wasn't my point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Germany enters the chat.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Personally I find it a lot more disturbing that intersex babies are still assgined a binary gender by a doctor and then get surgery to shape their genitals. The parents are often scaremongered and pressured into consenting and the affected people don't know it was done to them until firmly into adulthood. It's often a sterilising surgery too.

If you are against doctors doing gender changing surgery, please start with the babies? But oh no! Then the argument that there are only two genders falls apart.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

True. But I'd also like to see a reduction of seemingly general purpose down voting. There seem to be users who do nothing but down vote everything in sight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
 
 
 

Why do humans have ears but never listen? What is water? How is my bowl always empty!

 
 

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If yes any recommendations what I want to look out for when buying one? If no any alternate recommendations?

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