Autistic joy
Autistic people tend toward being extra sensitive, sometimes to a point of being unable to control our emotions, when things don't go right, clothes don't fit right, it is suddenly super suffocatingly hot (see interoception), etc.
We might feel miserable and overwhelmed over what others might consider minor issues.
However, it stands to reason we are also capable of experiencing incredible depth of feeling in other ways, including joy!
Please add your personal examples below. :)
Examples
These may be personal or generic examples. Naturally, some may find the following distressing rather than joyful.
- The amazing bliss you can generate by running your feet back and forth over freshly changed bed sheets, coupled with the joy of getting into bed after a long day of masking!
- The joy of finding good information on one of your special interests.
- Seeing an insect or bird you've never seen before and watching in rapt attention as it does whatever it does. Then going home and trying to find out everything about it --Fire Eider (talk)
I, Fire Eider, decided to put my name there since its a personal example and I'm okay with my name being there. If anyone else wants to do so, put three of these ~
It's actually four tildes: ~~~~
Four tildes for name AND time, 3 for name only. 3 is less messy/clunky when only wanting to ID whose experience it is. When making a comment, name and time makes sense (so people know how recent the comment is --Fire Eider (talk) also, 5 tildes for time only 18:21, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
