• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Nose blindness is terrible when you’re autistic. Or when you just had a vacation with no plans and just spent it all inside killing time being depressed.

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      1 month ago

      I’m pretty fucking autistic, and I’ve never used nose blindness as an excuse to carry my stink out of my house.

      Now to be clear, I’ve also dealt with depression, and my environment has not always been the cleanest. I have had a depression den in the past. But I always put an effort into separating my clean clothes from my room stink, and making sure I always showered before I left the house.

      But I also have the high masking flavor of autism, so maybe that’s why that level of effort has come naturally.

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        1 month ago

        You didn’t, somebody else did. Or maybe you didn’t know it. Or maybe you have such a metabolism. Whatever.

        But I always put an effort into separating my clean clothes from my room stink, and making sure I always showered before I left the house.

        There is a huge space called depression, in some parts of it people can shower, in some other parts of it people can’t leave the bed.

        But I also have the high masking flavor of autism, so maybe that’s why that level of effort has come naturally.

        “Masking” and “natural” kinda contradict each other.