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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/22/27-eating-disorder-treatment/
27: Eating Disorder Treatment – Autistically Alex
I’ve now been in treatment for about a month. My first steps out the gate might be best described more as stumbles and falls, but every scrape I earn on the...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/10/27/ritalin-liferaft/
24: Ritalin, My Life-raft – Autistically Alex
What started as a series of sleep and nap studies ended in me getting parts of my life back, some of which I hadn’t realized were missing. In a similar fashion...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/05/what-not-to-say/
10: What Not To Say – Autistically Alex
What Not To Say So I’ll admit, I haven’t had a ton of experience in this yet because I haven’t told many people about my diagnosis (and therefore haven’t...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/sick-while-autistic/?like_comment=365&_wpnonce=074f98dc7e
26: Sick While Autistic – Autistically Alex
Ah, cold and flu season. Never fun for anyone, but doubly less so for many Autistic people. I’m currently experiencing a particularly nasty virus and it’s been...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/12/01/seeking-sara-finding-alex/
30: Seeking Sara, Finding Alex – Autistically Alex
Looking for Seeking Sara? Don’t worry; you’re not lost. Turns out, a big part of the Seeking is discovering far more than I set out to search for. I began...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2020/12/20/32-transitioning-at-30-injecting-testosterone-and-self-acceptance/
32: Transitioning at 30: Injecting Testosterone and Self-Acceptance – Autistically Alex
I identify as non-binary trans masculine. For me, this means that I do not identify as the gender I was assigned at birth, and I experience a lot of dysphoria...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/05/13/empathy/
17: Empathy (Part 1) – Autistically Alex
There’s a misunderstanding still floating around that Autistic people don’t feel empathy. This is inaccurate and misleading. True, some Autistics have...
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Contact – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/06/like-night-day/
11: Like Night & Day – Autistically Alex
When I was about 12-14 or so, my anxiety, depression, and panic attacks were at their very worst. The world was a terrifying place. Night was the scariest...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/mental-health/
Mental Health – Autistically Alex
Posts about Mental Health written by AutisticallyAlex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/intrusive-thoughts/
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/allies/
Allies – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/01/13/i-have-an-eating-disorder/
25: I have an eating disorder. – Autistically Alex
Trigger and content warning: eating, food, weight, eating disorder, bingeing, restricting, treatment, recovery. I have an eating disorder. It’s taken me a full...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/mental-health/
Mental Health – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/11/fibromyalgia-and-chronic-pain/
14: Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue – Autistically Alex
Fibromyalgia and the associated chronic fatigue are also things I am passionate about talking and writing about more publicly. They are invisible disabilities...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/07/13/chronic-illness-compromised/
28: Chronic Illness: Am I “Broken”? – Autistically Alex
Chronic illness is something that I talk about a lot in therapy. With diagnoses of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, PCOS, Hashimoto’s Disease, a narcolepsy-like...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/resources/
Resources – Autistically Alex
(Continually) Under Construction Books: Naming Adult Autism: Culture, Science, Identity by Dr. James McGrath–available in epub format The Reason I Jump by...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/awareness/
Awareness – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/ocd/
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https://autisticallyalex.com/about-sara/
About – Autistically Alex
About Alex Alex is a 32-year-old Autistic non-binary person with diagnoses of ADHD, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue. They blog about their experiences in...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/04/small-talk-and-eye-contact/
3: Small Talk & Eye Contact – Autistically Alex
Small Talk [Note: As with every post on this blog, I can only speak for myself. Some Autistics are extroverts! I am not and this definitely contributes to my...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/07/07/596/
21: Coming Out (Again): Part 2, The Sequel – Autistically Alex
Today I posted my first ever official Youtube video! Hooray! Why come out again, you ask? Thank you for asking, kind stranger! Well, back in April, I came out...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/11/24/accessibility-interview-screen-readers/
How to Be an Accessibility Ally: Screen Readers – Autistically Alex
When I first started blogging, I had no idea that there were some simple steps I could take to make my posts much more accessible to my audience. I began...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/05/my-support-system/
9: My Support System – Autistically Alex
Church Although I am not religious now, I am grateful for my ELCA Lutheran upbringing. My father was the pastor of our church when I was a child, and being a...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/rumination/
rumination – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2026/02/07/the-pathway-to-the-parking-lot/
The Pathway to the Parking Lot – Autistically Alex
The Path of Safety Rumination and perseveration are worn paths in the woods, so well-worn that even the roots of trees have somehow withdrawn to create an...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/neuropaths/
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2024/06/02/my-100-is-actually-my-500/
My 100% is Actually My 500% – Autistically Alex
There is a unique and devastating grief I tend to feel after big days and events as a chronically ill autistic disabled person.
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/07/17/4-things-i-want-people-to-know-about-my-autistic-self/
4 Things I Want People to Know About My Autistic Self – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2020/06/25/complex-ptsd/
31: Complex PTSD – Autistically Alex
I recently realized just how many of my mental health struggles actually relate back to one thing. Trauma. I would argue that most Autistics sadly experience...
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I have a secret. An unintentional one, but a secret all the same. In a sense, I live a lie every day. I wear a mask that I can’t remember putting on. When did...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/coping/
Coping – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/masking/
Masking – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/05/why-im-writing-this/
6: Why I’m Writing This Blog – Autistically Alex
If you’ve read the post on my homepage, you’ll have a pretty good idea of why I started this blog. I have three main goals: To look back at my childhood and...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2020/10/17/left-behind-autistics/
13: The Autistics Left Behind – Autistically Alex
Autistics are left behind when stereotypical Autistic behaviors or traits are used as the sole criteria when evaluating and diagnosing Autistics. While this...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/tag/perseveration/
perseveration – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2019/04/01/autisticorganizations/
Autism Speaks… – Autistically Alex
Ok, so…I’ve been debating how/if/when to address this for a full year now. After all, one of the main reason I started this blog back in April 2018 was to...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/09/12/sensory-taste-texture/
23: Sensory Series (2) “Picky” Eater – Autistically Alex
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been ashamed of what I do and don’t eat. The stigma of being a “picky eater” has followed me around my whole life, bringing...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/sensory-overload/
Sensory Overload – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/04/pillars-and-meltdowns/
2: Meltdowns & Pillars – Autistically Alex
Meltdowns It’s rare that I have a true meltdown. I do experience sensory overload (which I’ll talk about in another post) quite often, but a meltdown is a true...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/category/meltdown/
meltdown – Autistically Alex
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2022/10/06/my-hysterectomy-grief-regret-joy/
My Hysterectomy: Grief, Regret, & Joy – Autistically Alex
Grief, like so many emotions, is an experience that relentlessly evades my expectations no matter the circumstances. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to...
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https://autisticallyalex.com/2018/04/04/sensory-overload/
5: Sensory Overload & Control – Autistically Alex
I have a lot of sensory issues. I have enough that I will be writing multiple posts where I talk about each sense and how I experience it because there’s just...
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