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“And then panic set in. My brain started to ping-pong unintelligible thoughts. Pictures and garbled jargon held a few slivers of phrases and images that were almost recognizable, but nothing coherent stuck together. My mind got louder, bolder, more intense, more pressurized. I couldn't explain my thoughts, or my feelings, or what I needed or wanted right then and there to let the pressure go. I just wanted to settle. I just wanted someone to take care of me. I just wanted to settle.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
“I was tiny, with no idea of why, or how, or even where I was on fire all of the time.
"You're not on fire!" people metaphorically told me. "We're all on fire! Everyone feels this way."
But they were wrong.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
"You're not on fire!" people metaphorically told me. "We're all on fire! Everyone feels this way."
But they were wrong.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
“projections
a lot of what people say
is a projection of themselves.
sometimes,
when you're clinging to hope and someone says to you,
"but everyone feels this way..."
it's because they feel that way.
it also means that
somewhere,
somehow,
someone told them that they shouldn't complain either.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
a lot of what people say
is a projection of themselves.
sometimes,
when you're clinging to hope and someone says to you,
"but everyone feels this way..."
it's because they feel that way.
it also means that
somewhere,
somehow,
someone told them that they shouldn't complain either.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
“little me
i run my fingers over her sharp edges.
"don't they hurt you?" she asks,
in her little voice.
"no, they don't," i reply.
"you gave me such strong hands
your edges aren't sharp to me.
i was made to run my fingers over the hard parts of you,
and i will hold the most painful parts of you
for as long as you need--"
i don't know if it's my voice
or my calloused hands,
but she becomes softer.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
i run my fingers over her sharp edges.
"don't they hurt you?" she asks,
in her little voice.
"no, they don't," i reply.
"you gave me such strong hands
your edges aren't sharp to me.
i was made to run my fingers over the hard parts of you,
and i will hold the most painful parts of you
for as long as you need--"
i don't know if it's my voice
or my calloused hands,
but she becomes softer.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
“We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind psychiatrists who will diagnose us with anything and everything else, because they know that people have a negative view of autism. We're hidden behind an education system that dehumanizes us and makes us sure everyone else treats us like we are less than human. We're hidden behind the mask that we create ourselves to try and blend in, to not be caught.”
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
― But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
