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My understanding was that we would get everyone together later that eve or the next day (since our one housemate lives at her boyfriend's place most of the time) so I could tell them we have a flea issue and need to be vigilant.Īfter this brief convo with my housemate, I immediately started cleaning and didn't stop all day (never even to eat) because I was so hyperfixated on the task at hand. She also mentioned that our other housemates should know. She said that I probably thinks she doesn't care about the issue but that she actually does and 'Believe it or not, but I actually do care about the issues that happen in this place ' Then she started arguing out of the blue that I was blaming her for not being on top of things even though I literally just asked her to get her cat checked.

She seemed to think getting the cat checked wasn't worth the time or money but she would do it eventually. As I was bringing my laundry downstairs, I saw my one housemate and told her what was going on and that she needed to get her cat (the only cat in the house) inspected and treated. I slept in but eventually got out of bed and went directly to the store and back home to start cleaning. I also planned to tell my housemate about the issue. Since I had worked 12 hours that day, I decided I would just sleep through the night and in the morning go get foodsafe diatomaceous earth and start cleaning every nook of my room. Last night I found the culprit which was a flea (or maybe two, honestly couldn't tell since they move so fast). I also wondered if maybe they weren't bites at all but allergic reactions to something since I'm extra sensitive to a lot of things like laundry detergent and body lotions. I was worried it could be bed bugs or maybe a rougue mosquito. The last week I had been waking up with intense itchy bites on my feet and legs but didn't mention anything because I wasn't sure what the source could be. Today I found myself uncontrollably angry at my housemate because she did not seem to be too concerned about the fact that I had found fleas in my bed the night before: I'm wondering what meltdowns look like in autistic adults and if they are always due to sensory overload or can they also be connected to emotional/mental distress? As blogger Autistic Hoya puts it: I don't 'have' autism, my dog is not named Autism. We also use identity-first language ('autistic people' not 'people with autism') as identity-first language is generally the preference of the autistic self-advocate community. We do not allow surveys aimed solely at parents and caregivers of autistic people, as this subreddit is aimed at autistic people ourselves (and those questioning if they themselves are autistic), not our neurotypical family members and caregivers.

AUTISM MELTDOWN ADULT MODS

Please message the mods first if you have a research or survey request for participants, and we will let you know if we think it is appropriate to post here. We have just established a new rule about research and survey requests. Its creation was inspired by the following twitter thread, which caused countless 'Aha!' moments for undiagnosed autistic adults: This subreddit is for #actuallyAutistic folks to talk about what it feels like to be autistic. So many autistic adults go undiagnosed their whole lives, and a large part of the reason why is that the diagnostic criteria are written in clinical, dehumanizing terms.

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