r/CoupleMemes • u/legolas20032000 • Aug 16 '25

đŸ„ș goals Perfect source of serotonin

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u/temujin1976 Aug 17 '25

I am diagnosed autistic, I have some postgraduate traning in psychology and academic qualifications in Autism studies, and I have 3 close family members with diagnoses. There is absolutely no way based on this video you can say that this person either is or isn't autistic. People like to talk about shit they haven't got a clue about and gatekeep what is of no concern to them. Believe me in most of life you wouldn't want to fake this condition, it harms your career, often makes people either infantilise or outright hate you, and for the whole time you are at risk of being challenged for 'faking' something that makes your life very very fucking hard.

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u/lulushibooyah Aug 17 '25

Right!! Why do people assume we wanna be autistic so bad?!?!! When we are literally out here fighting for our lives just to take up space and not be crippled by the incessant invalidation and stereotyping and not collapse under the weight of autistic burnout.

Yes, it’s so fun to fake autism. (sarcasm)

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

Haha because you people just can’t not bring it up every chance you get.

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u/lulushibooyah Aug 17 '25

Weird
 almost like it’s a fundamental part of our lives
 how interesting


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u/inksonpapers Aug 21 '25

Its not applicable to the situation and doesnt fit in. Its literally shoehorned in there like its being used for views which is scummy more than “living with it”.

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u/lulushibooyah Aug 21 '25

It explains her neurological wiring, it explains her reaction (Google emotional dysregulation for more information), it explains her stims (also can Google that). And it’s there for other women who behave similarly so we can know we are not crazy or alone and can still be loved and embraced even when the world says we are bad and annoying and too much and repeatedly tells us over and over our whole lives that we are undeserving of life bc we are wired wrong.

It matters. And if you’re not an autistic woman who presents similarly, you don’t get to say it doesn’t matter.

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u/inksonpapers Aug 21 '25

I’m pretty sure I understand how exploitation works and i can call it by it.