@erinrackham: Thank you to @douglassthevisioneer for facilitating the conversation that sparked these thoughts for me this morning! 🙏🏻 #pathologicaldemandavoidance #pdaautism #pdaparenting #autisticparenting #traumarecovery #deschooling
I have an actual photo of THE EXACT MOMENT I lost the light. it's a fun thing my parents bring up all the time 😬
2024-09-02 02:22:27
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kosmo-not :
huh... my wife deeply offended my parents one time by remarking that I'm a totally different person and not "lit up" around them... I don't think I ever lit up until I met her 💜
2024-09-02 05:31:05
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rabid commenter :
Yeah I’m a behavior tech and my kid is just super happy and smiley, just always happy to be here. And I’m scared because he’s going to school, and it’s a sketchy public school
2024-09-02 01:29:25
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✨💗MJ💗✨ :
My mom always says my 1st grade teacher crushed my spirit and I was never the same. I didn’t realize this was a thing. 😢
2025-03-28 01:55:36
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selene🌙 :
I started seeing the world how I did when I was a small kid. Brightly coloured, I see the good in people, I’m not constantly in fight or flight- I’m calm…
2024-09-02 19:35:39
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jillirvin233 :
Mom of a 28 yr old, level 3 ASD son. If I could do it over again, no public school & VERY limited "therapy". I'd focus on life skills, sensory regulation and exploring life
2024-09-02 02:19:00
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Sunshine & Stardust :
I begged to be homeschooled. I never was. I’ve struggled till I was 40. Then my light started coming back after divorce. I do lots to heal my inner child. Like we went to build a bear because I always
2024-09-02 03:55:19
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GLOT :
I hate watching it happen every Fall with back to school because we strive to cultivate a home life where they can shine, but schools where the resources are for my kiddos special interests of art and music. So hard.
2024-09-02 13:56:51
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Teri the NPC :
I don’t think I’ve ever had a light.
2024-09-02 01:15:47
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FröötJuîce🇵🇸🇵🇸 :
Oh god… I was about to say I didn’t have that but then I memebered my mom talks about how I went from outgoing and rebellious to really complacent and anxious when I was like 5…😖
2024-09-03 05:00:45
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LU_7192 :
My face and body warped once I started school. The environment was horrible for my sensory issues and the difference from 3-4 to 5-6 was HUGE and horrible. I’ve had autoimmune conditions since teen
2024-09-03 17:29:52
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Baba :
I saw my son going through that. when covid hit, we started homeschooling, but now he's coming into himself and I don't want him to be crushed.
2024-09-03 01:21:05
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jenstock3 :
My mom talks about how I stopped crying at five. She remembers that one day I cried all the time (I processed with tears) to nothing. At 45, I’m learning to cry again, and I feel lighter inside.
2024-09-03 01:39:58
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Billy Shellman :
damn this hit hard. I remember when the light left my eyes starting in 6th grade. didn't know I had autism or add and now everyone is just mean for no reason. I just wanted to exist, but the (1/2)
2024-09-02 14:39:09
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Johnny Pickler :
My light came back briefly in college but my parents also paid for me and I didn’t have a job so 100% of life was fun. I loved learning and got to choose my friends. When I graduated it was worse than
2024-09-02 13:49:31
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erronymousbosch :
I remember one year before third grade(?) started my parents asked if I was excited for school. I shrugged and said I guess, when all the previous years I had actually been excited to go.—
2024-09-02 13:58:42
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Kayla Jane :
🤯🥹 the little glimmers of light are coming back - so slowly, but they’re there. I love watching my friends in this community heal.
2024-09-02 04:16:27
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Marie :
This explains so much about my family. 1st grade I was puking every Friday because everything was just too much. When my oldest was in first grade we started seeing it and pulled him to homeschool. My
2024-09-02 15:01:49
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nichoaam0nx :
In my twenties now, I’m just now realizing how self destructive I became as a child just to get through day by day. I went undiagnosed and my parents thought they could tough love this behavior away.
2024-09-02 17:30:29
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hotmessholly89 :
It looks like joy and peace.
2024-09-03 02:01:05
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Xylexia :
I'm pretty sure I'm autistic but it's gona be hard to piece together what I was feeling when I was a child cause my parents didn't pay attention in that way & I was always in survival mode & can't rem
2024-09-02 11:28:58
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H.H. Moss | Author :
I'm so glad my kid's school district is so good at accomodations. They have a small sensory room the autistic kids can go to when they're getting overwhelmed!
2024-09-02 15:54:03
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Ray Skullman :
my oldest tells me everyday he hates school he's starting second grade tomorrow but he's like any kid one day he's interested and one day he's disinterested but he's ADHD so it all depends on the subj
2024-09-02 15:02:12
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daniellababy :
My dad told my sister that one day it’s like I stopped smiling one day. Also my mom calls me Eyore
2024-09-03 18:52:27
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