I was just making a joke :)

Tylenol does not cause autism. Given how often people with autism experience RSD it is funny to think that an imagined cause of autism could also be a treatment for one of its symptoms

The commenter that you replied to was expressing despair at how difficult their life is because they have AuDHD. They are not saying that Tylenol can turn off their brain, they are instead asking for recommendations to escape their misery.

You could try understanding the comment chain and comments before saying something that sounds cruel like:

“Are you a nice, forgiving person? It works for good people only”.

Many neurodivergent people grow up abused by their parents because of their needs, and struggle with feeling like they are not good, not good enough, and not worthy of love. Saying what you did, unprovoked, to a ND person can send someone into a self-hatred spiral that is wholly unnecessary and has nothing to do with what they actually said.

RSD is not limited to people with autism or ADHD. It’s just very common among neurodivergent folks

Edit: When I made this comment the person above was being unfairly down voted. What they said has scientific merit and the reader can easily verify.

I’m on clonidine for ADHD. I can actually stop myself from speaking out of turn now, so maybe it has been a little sedating xD

Dating is kind of a nightmare. I know people say anyone can find a partner, but that doesn’t take into account things like sensory issues or hard boundaries around other things that keep us sane. I told myself a few years ago that I didn’t want to date while I’m university, but honestly it’s been so nice not forcing myself to fit into other people’s boxes that I might just stay single even after I earn my doctorate

I’m also with you on refusing to participate in a misery machine for a living. I hope you can hash out some kind of misery escape plan with your therapist tomorrow

My physical therapists love to say “motion is lotion”, moving is what keeps our joints moving smoothly

I hear you, I’m ND too. Reading about things like RSD being common in people like us has at least helped me be easier on myself.

Existence is goddamn difficult and I wish I had an answer, because turning my brain off sounds wonderful. Alcohol can do that, but it comes with some awful consequences. I’ve also abused quetiapine, but eventually that fucked me up too. Weed does not play nice with my brain

This is pretty funny given the recent political assertions that Tylenol causes autism, because rejection sensitive dysphoria is a symptom of autism/adhd

Edit: that N.B. is pretentious as fuck. Don’t take an incredibly tiny study with very little scientific traction as fact. Presenting it as fact demonstrates how little the OP understands about research

It’s okay to use the word “British”, it’s not a slur or anything

Why are they eating a pinecone? That sounds uncomfortable

Countries with extensive cctv networks still have lots of crime, almost like surveillance is the wrong answer to lowering crime or something

I feel like Spotify’s recommendations have seriously gone downhill in the last two or three years. Most of the new music I actually like I’ve found in music comms on Lemmy

He’s famous for creating a conservative organization while in college, called Turning Point USA. The org puts out a lot of smug memes to appeal to young conservative folks, so naturally people made fun of them and counter-memed.

He’s said a lot of very vile things, like “Black women don’t have the same kind of brain processing power” (paraphrased) when talking about how bad DEI is.

My BFF hadn’t heard of him either, but they curate their feeds to be mostly uplifting fluff, and they aren’t terminally online like I am lol. I was kind of surprised that he was the influencer that got shot though, I might have expected someone like Loomer or Fuentes

I loved when they got tired of putting the eye candy in those scenes and started throwing in random characters like Porthos.

When I was going through the diagnostic process, my therapist kept telling me “we don’t want to change people’s way of thinking for being autistic, that’s no-win scenario”. You could force yourself to eat everything someone throws at you, but what’s the cost? You’ll remember and feel that forever, and they’ll expect you to be cured.

Be kind to yourself, the way you eat doesn’t need to change if you aren’t experiencing health problems. You are already eating normally even if that normal isn’t part of your families normal

I think you have different needs than your family does, and it’s most apparent to them when it comes to food. Some people show their love by sharing food, and this is also very common in a lot of cultures. If I turn down food at one friend’s house they get extremely hurt, like it’s personal, when it’s nothing to do with them. With these people I give a specific list, with brands, and tell them that more than anything I’ll be happy with water and a fresh orange to squeeze into it. (partly because oranges are easy to have on hand, and partly because people get so excited when they find me an amazing bunch of oranges xD)

My brother and I were born with different genetic mutations, but his affected his eating and that’s what my parents noticed first. He would be diagnosed with ARFID now, but at the time they just thought he was picky. Turns out he physically couldn’t eat the same way. But once my family thought they had it figured out, they berated him for never putting weight on (like my fat ass did). The reason I’m sharing the story is that he never developed that food-is-comfort thing that other people do. He needs food that is safe to eat, that he can actually chew and swallow, and sate hishunger with.

I don’t know if you like chicken strips, but that’s usually considered a bland, ergo “safe” to the NT mind, type of food. There is little risk in that food to them. I have friends who can’t handle any pepper, and straight up refuse to eat certain brands of chicken strips. I can’t stand the texture or the risk of that rare bit of gristle. People who don’t understand it and don’t try, won’t. And I think that might be where a lot of your frustration is coming from. They aren’t really trying to understand your needs

So besides a very specific list of foods to help your family support your needs, I would ask if there’s anything that isn’t food related that your family likes to do? Board games? Planning trips? Most people connect over food and it helps to have an alternative connection activity when eating the way you and your family want is stressful and frustrating for everyone

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The best hugging pillow I ever had was a ridiculously large plushie, because the fill density was different. I haven’t figured out the head pillow yet, because sometimes as a side sleeper I try to hug those, too. I’ve mostly landed on ignoring the shaped memory foam pillows, because even if it says “for side sleepers” it usually feels better using as a traditional sleeper

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I’m not a cis man, but every man I’ve dated has had “friends”, but not people they can really talk to. Like, one guy I dated had a really big social circle and they regularly had gaming events. But he didn’t text or talk to anyone outside of planning and going to those events. Others had maybe one friend that they hung out with outside of work.

It is sad. And it was jarring when I was young, because I had lots of friends I could turn to on a bad day or for something more serious. It makes me so angry with “the patriarchy”, because it isn’t just keeping women down, it’s also hurting and sometimes killing men.

I had a cat die a very painful and sad death right in the veterinarian’s parking lot. I was completely devastated, but my poor boyfriend kept trying to hold back his tears because he “needed to be strong” for me. Bitch no, cry with me, that was super heavy. I’m going to carry that death with me until I die, and not just because my cat didn’t deserve that. It’s not fair for men to have this expectation that they need to hold back expressing emotion so they appear strong. (that particular ex also has a fear of dying, so he really needed to and should have felt free to express himself at that time)