Kristin Light (AuDHD)
@kristinmelight.bsky.social
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Crying, but trying. 🌐
https://www.kristinlight.ca/
I just learned the term “anticipatory anxiety” and honestly, it’s the whole vibe.
about 2 hours ago
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I gotta say, the entire
@thedailyshow.com
cast is absolutely killing it this week. 🔥
7 months ago
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Kristin Light (AuDHD)
Canada's National Autism Network
7 months ago
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Maybe respecting the existence of neurodivergent minds is the real punk rock.
#Neurodiversity
#Superman
7 months ago
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Too many peeps out there bringing feelings to a fact fight.
#CognitiveDistortions
#MentalHealth
7 months ago
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Hey hey BlueSky, it’s been a minute! Glad to be back… the last few months have been a LOT and silly me brain-glitch blanked that this amazing community exists. 💕 So what’d I miss?
7 months ago
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It blows my mind how many conservatives still assume that meritocracy and DEI are opposing approaches, rather than complementary.
#DEI
is necessary for
#MEI
to be factual. It’s NOT about handing jobs to folks unqualified to do them. Never was. Why is this so hard for folks to grasp?! 😫
about 1 year ago
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Please don’t blame Elon’s actions on autism. Blame them on Elon.
about 1 year ago
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Kristin Light (AuDHD)
Keith Edwards
about 1 year ago
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Reminder: It’s
#BlueMonday
. You’re not actually that unlikable | untalented | unattractive | uncreative | unpleasant | or unintelligent… Your brain is just being a saucy dick today. Hang in there. It’ll pass like gas.
#SAD
#Depression
#LowSelfEsteem
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
Last week the ward’s co-op student was attempting to paint a cartoon bear. So I grabbed my pencils and designed my own. This bear is a definite vibe. Bummer.
#Depression
#BPD
#Recovery
#MentalIllness
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
I find it endlessly fascinating which items get confiscated by the inpatient nurses and which don’t. For example; freshly sharpened pencil crayons? Have all you like. Dental flossing sticks? DANGER! ABSOLUTELY NOT!! 😱
#Depression
#BPD
#Recovery
#MentalIllness
about 1 year ago
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Welcome to Blue Sky, fellow fans of facts, fairness, and free love. 💕 Follow me for
#TalesFromThePsychWard
and other mental health and neurodivergent chatter. (currently in week 4 of inpatient ECT)
#ActuallyAutistic
#ADHD
#HappilyEverAverage
#Recovery
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
Overheard in the common area tonight: “Is that my pop or is it somebody’s urine?” I might need to paint that over the entrance door.
#Depression
#MentalHealth
#ECT
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
Me: I think I'll take it easy tonight... Also Me: ...but first I'll tackle this 1000-piece puzzle of an all black-&-white fuzzy vintage photo that may or may not have all its pieces. 😬 It's a Psych Ward Saturday Night.
#Depression
#BPD
#Recovery
#MentalIllness
about 1 year ago
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2025 Goal: Collect Joy. … because it must be possible. 😔
#Depression
#Inpatient
#Hope
#Resolution2025
#MentalIllness
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
Nothing gets us all up and out of our rooms faster than hearing a Code White* alert for our own ward. Ironic self-preservation bested by our desperate craving for a tangible interruption of the monotony. 🫣 * white = violent incident (usually not that bad)
#MentalIllness
about 1 year ago
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In case you missed the discussion around the term
#Neurospicy
, a significant portion of the neurodivergent community has very clearly expressed that the term is offensive for them and rooted in racial othering. I admit I’ve used the term previously as well, rather recently even, and initially… 1/2
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
A dear friend visited today and brought me a much-needed oat latte. ☕️ I keep requesting coffee with my hospital-issue meals but alas, someone keeps substituting a daily cuppa lukewarm brown sadness water instead. Plonkers. 🤨
#Depression
#MentalHealth
#Recovery
#Inpatient
about 1 year ago
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Saturday
#AuDHD
Thoughts: Sometimes I wish I’d gotten the useful Math ‘Tism but instead I ended up with this extra spicy (but mostly useless) Portmanteau T’ism. I’m Portmanteautistic, if you will. 😏 😁
#Autistic
#Neurospicy
#Neurodivergent
#Portmanteau
#IllSeeMyselfOut
about 1 year ago
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Me earlier this month, pre-hospital. Usually I’m a vibrant & vivacious keynote speaker. And I will be again!
#Determined
#MentalHealth
#Neurodiversity
#AuDHD
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
After a few days inpatient I get REALLY BONKERS PROUD of anything I’ve coloured. Like “could this be taped to the wall?” level proud. I’m normally never proud of anything I do; but in here? Full on kindergarten brag. Exhibit A below. 🥹 Praise welcome.
#Depression
#Recovery
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
TMI Friday: Dunno why this happens, but over my 3 stints in psych wards (+ tales from fellow inpatients) why is it that our bowels go on strike as soon as we get admitted? It’s like Constipation Nation up in here. A High Fibre Filibuster.
#Depression
#MentalHealth
#Recovery
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
My hospital bed flashes red lights whenever I sit on it. It continues all night long. I figure I’m either being prepped for launch and/or fat shamed by an adjustable bed – like it’s screaming “Nooo get off! Halp! NURSE!!” the whole time. Much restful.
#Depression
#Recovery
about 1 year ago
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#TalesFromThePsychWard
I have a stuffed moose with me. I’ve named him “Crackers the Mental Moose” and for some reason I find that absolutely hilarious.
#DarkButFunny
#Depression
#MentalHealth
#Recovery
about 1 year ago
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So I got admitted to the psych ward a few days ago (3rd trip for me) to await ECT and i might start sharing random thoughts and (anonymous) observations as
#TalesFromThePsychWard
. Both for lolz (iykyk) and to destigmatize the place. Because it’s not actually all that bad.
#MentalHealth
#Depression
about 1 year ago
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I’m not fat, I’m just built for optimal photosynthesis.
about 1 year ago
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Seems fitting that I'm spending today's International Day of People with Disabilities filling out complicated Short Term Disability insurance paperwork. 😔
#IDPD2024
#LOA
#ActuallyAutistic
#MentalHealth
#Burnout
about 1 year ago
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Packing to attend a conference in a tropical location can mean only one thing: The entirety of my summer wardrobe spread out across my bed as I panic-stress about which dresses are the 'right' dresses for such an occasion. Sometimes a gal just really needs a John Hughes gettin-it-done montage. 😵💫
about 1 year ago
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That
#AuDHD
need to follow all outside world ventures with an equal length of time wrapped up in a silent blanket burrito.
about 1 year ago
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I just aced an online
#Alexithymia
test and I’m not sure how I feel about it. 😐
#ActuallyAutistic
#lolz
about 1 year ago
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So I’ve just returned to Minecraft after a multiyear hiatus and have noticed two things: 1. There’s lots of cool new stuff to explore. 2. I’m still ignoring 90% of it in favour of the
#autistic
satisfaction of just sorting blocks into multiple labelled chests. I’m realizing a life parallel… 1/
about 1 year ago
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Omg it me. Every time I need to wean off one med so I can be put on a new one, there’s this funky in-between of I AM BURDEN OF DARKNESS AND CHAOS while I burrow into a blanket burrito of twitchy sadness. 😖
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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The World: “You’ve got to do your best every day!” My Literal
#Autistic
Brain: “Assignment understood. I will push myself to the brink of emotional collapse each day, for that would be my best.“ The World: “Well no, that’s not—“ My Brain: “TOO LATE. I AM BEST.” 💥 💥 💥 Burnout: “So, the usual?” 🍟
about 1 year ago
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Hey fellow
#Autistic
folx, Do the rest of you have that one ear that is always more irritated (earritated?) than the other? My right ear is “ear-otypical.” My left ear is just a $&@!. 🤨
about 1 year ago
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Sometimes
#AuDHD
is having that one spoon that you absolutely refuse to use, even if it’s the last one in the drawer. You’re laughing because you can immediately identify your “no-go” spoon. You’re laughing again because it feels so good to know you aren’t the only
#neurospicy
weirdo on this app.
about 1 year ago
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The same peeps hellbent on "freedom" seem to be really committed to forcing their religion on the rest of us. 🤨
about 1 year ago
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Dear fellow hyperfocussed legends, Just a friendly reminder that water exists. 💧 Stay hydrated. It’s thirsty out there.
#ADHD
#Autistic
about 1 year ago
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I wish the Feelings Wheel worked like a Ouija Board and could just move itself over what I'm apparently feeling. Cuz I dunno.
#alexithymia
#neurodivergent
#autism
#ADHD
about 1 year ago
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Calling to order this meeting of the Invalid Handles...
about 1 year ago
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Best news to wake up to. 🤣
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Fellow late-diagnosed
#AuDHD
or
#Autism
pals... how are y'all doing with this sudden holiday lighting onslaught?! Walking through the mall to pick up my repaired iPhone felt like... (see below; gif you dare)
about 1 year ago
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Right. So here's my personality-salad: -
#Autistic
-
#ADHD
-
#CPTSD
- with
#Depression
&
#Anxiety
to keep it fun. But also: -
#KeynoteSpeaker
-
#MentalHealth
#Advocate
-
#Polyamorous
Seeking other
#Neurodivergent
comrades to explore life's hilarious mysteries with. 🤪
about 1 year ago
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Hey there
@bsky.app
... (nudge nudge) could ya do me a solid and introduce me to some of the awesome
#AuDHD
folx in here? Me = Mayor of ShyTown. K thx so much. 💕
about 1 year ago
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I mean, it was bound to happen eventually…
#FirstPost
about 2 years ago
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