The Solar System. Theory of the Seasons.
from: ’General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition.
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Self-stimulating soothers in social situations: Part One: Introduction and Stim Kit
This is a series for neurodivergents and people on the autism spectrum as well as anyone with social anxiety, agoraphobia, or other socially-induced anxieties. I would like to note that I, personally, suffer from mild agoraphobia, strong social anxiety, and am neurodivergent (or as Howie put it, ‘near-autie’). These are things that I have utilized on social situations based on my own personality, specifically my proclivity to ritualistic behavior, low frustration threshold, overstimulation, hypersensitivity, and shutdowns/meltdowns.
…huh. I do all this stuff without even realizing that it was a Thing. (Why are all of my neurodivergent tendencies like that?) Anyway, yeah, I never go anywhere without a big-ass Slytherin messenger bag that has all sorts of stuff (books, iPod, headphones, notebooks, sketchbooks, pencils, etc) even though I rarely get a chance or have the need for them. It’s a “better have it and not need it” sort of thing. And the bag itself is kind of a comfort object.
reblogging for @jtr, curious about your thoughts on these coping mechanisms. These seem appropriate for anxiety disorders and ptsd as well as neurodivergents.
this shit is USEFUL. i definitely need to start putting together a kit to give me things to use to redirect my anxiety from pulling off parts of me.
thanks @bird for the tip, thanks @OP for the post!
My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn’t live much longer. … deep inside me there’s a perpetual seething, like the bottom of a geyser, and I keep hoping that things will come to an eruption once and for all, so that I can turn into a different person. Perhaps you regard this thinking about myself as a waste of time - but how can I be a logician before I’m a human being? Far the most important thing is to settle accounts with myself!
— Wittgenstein to Russell, Xmas 1921 (via whyexistence)
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