Hey guys! As some of you may know, I’m taking a break from blogging for a bit, but in the meantime, I wanted to share some Instagram posts I’ve seen recently, that relate to a bump in the road I’ve been having in my life lately, which sadly, has been affecting my motivation to sit down, and write. I’m just in utter shock that these posts have been coming up on my feed at such a perfect timing for what’s been going on in my life right now, and I want to share them with all of you so you can learn. The universe sent them to me for sure. When talking about us or having thoughts about us, please take a moment to think twice about the thoughts you’re having, and to think before you speak about us.
Click on these links and scroll through the entire threads to learn more! https://www.instagram.com/p/CVAmHnjAmix/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CVDpkNKMZ_S/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CVDjGD-ASVm/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZX3xGvvgX/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd7e8UsG-x/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CUachttpygW/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CVJPQYzMDde/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog! For this weeks post I will be writing about autism and fight or flight mode. This is something autistic people/people with autism do that may rub NT’s the wrong way, so I wanted to write about it. And I too, have done this. Both fight and flight. Neither of them are ideal or fun!
“Fight or flight mode” (also called “survival mode”) occurs when the human brain perceives danger and responds to the stress by producing hormones such as the stress hormone adrenaline. This changes in our brain instinctively and reactively guides us into one of two distinct thinking patterns/types of action: fight or flight. We either fervently stand up for ourselves or back away quietly”. -adulting_with_autism_ on Instagram. I decided to use the exact wording he used on his post because I liked it so much, and pretty much explains everything perfectly. Fight or flight mode is talked about a lot with anxiety, but autistic people/people with autism are 4 times more likely to experience anxiety because of sensory overload or being hypersensitive, so we always have something on our minds. Our brains can’t even shut down for 2 seconds. Not only that, we get overstimulated very easily in social situations or when we have to make forced eye contact. That leads to our brain producing cortisol that our bodies can’t handle. Before I go on, I’m going to share an example of when I used fight or flight mode, and it went south…. Whenever I’m in a situation, I almost always choose fight because I don’t want people to judge me, and I don’t want to get into conflicts. I do recall many times I’ve used flight. I had this teacher in middle school who I did not like. (I had her in 6th and 7th grade which I was NOT thrilled about lol). She wasn’t my biggest fan, which I don’t understand why because I hardly did anything for her to not like me. She was just extra hard on me compared to other students. Lol I’m done with that vent. She sent me in the hallway for a reason that I don’t remember, and she told me she’d come out and talk to me in a couple minutes. It was not a couple minutes that I waited. I was out there for a while (at least it felt that way with having ADHD and autism), so I got antsy, and walked to end of the hallway and sat at the table. She must’ve thought I fled the scene completely, but I was still within distance of her classroom. She then went on to email my parents about what happened, and I asked my mom what she said in the email back. She said she explained to her fight or flight mode and that’s what happened in that incident. I really appreciate my mom sticking up for me. I have more stories about this teacher, but we’re just going to stick with this one. To all the teachers who didn’t like me (I can think of a few on the top of my head who made it obvious), GOOD RIDDANCE! I’m doing well now, and I’m a badass autism advocate online! Besides our uncommon ways of processing things (I felt that one hard), and how we experience stimuli, we also have to deal with the stress of being grouped, which can make our stress worse in our brains. The worst part of having autism/being autistic is being lumped into one big group. Yes, we have the commonality that we’re on the spectrum, but we still have different strengths and weaknesses. Like for example, I’ve been expected to be good at math because it’s an autism stereotype, but I’ve been horrible at math my whole life (week 27). Not only does grouping stress us out, we’re living in a world that doesn’t revolve around our needs, so we feel isolated and we’re always in survival mode, which is why some of us may mask a lot (week 19). I still mask big time because that’s what I’m used to at this point, but I definitely do mask less than I used to. I now am brave enough to say “I’m doing this because of an autistic trait, please don’t hold this against me”, instead of pushing my autism to the side like I used to. I now want people to put my autism in mind when interacting with me. There’s more in this post that I did not cover, but in Callum’s post, the last slides he’s talking about his experiences, so if you want to hear another person with autism/autistic persons experience with fight or flight, I recommend checking his Instagram post out. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you all next week! Email- [email protected] Instagram- @embracingmysuperpower Facebook- Embracing my Superpower https://www.instagram.com/p/CTfXbzYMC9c/?utm_medium=copy_link |
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