Some days you'll just get the robot me.I'm on autopilot.It's a form of self protection.

I guard my existence, sheltered by distance. Hidden and masked I parade, everyone oblivious to the grand charade.

Being the person that others expect me to be is so very tiring.I wish that I could just be me and my way of being a person is okay and accepted.

In real life I feel like I don’t fit in anywhere and I’m too nervous to talk to people. On the internet I feel like I fit in, I have found others like me.

Some things interest me a lot more than other things. An interest can take over my being in ways many can't even imagine. These interests can calm me but also be extremely draining.

Autistics are not trapped or lost humans. I'm here, get used to it.

Emotions are difficult for me to recognize. I feel something but have no idea what emotion it is, so all my feelings just blur into a pain.

People don't realize that some things just don't come naturally to autistics, it takes extra effort and concentration to be something we are not. We are okay as autistics, we shouldn't have to pretend to be a neurotypical when we are not. Acceptance and understanding is so important.

the world feels like it's always on full volume