@erinrackham: Thank you to @douglassthevisioneer for facilitating the conversation that sparked these thoughts for me this morning! 🙏🏻 #pathologicaldemandavoidance #pdaautism #pdaparenting #autisticparenting #traumarecovery #deschooling

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janesnotacat
KeenJane :
I have an actual photo of THE EXACT MOMENT I lost the light. it's a fun thing my parents bring up all the time 😬
2024-09-02 02:22:27
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kosmo_not55
kosmo-not :
huh... my wife deeply offended my parents one time by remarking that I'm a totally different person and not "lit up" around them... I don't think I ever lit up until I met her 💜
2024-09-02 05:31:05
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maurisue
✨💗MJ💗✨ :
My mom always says my 1st grade teacher crushed my spirit and I was never the same. I didn’t realize this was a thing. 😢
2025-03-28 01:55:36
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rabidcommenter
rabid commenter :
Yeah I’m a behavior tech and my kid is just super happy and smiley, just always happy to be here. And I’m scared because he’s going to school, and it’s a sketchy public school
2024-09-02 01:29:25
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jillirvin233
jillirvin233 :
Mom of a 28 yr old, level 3 ASD son. If I could do it over again, no public school & VERY limited "therapy". I'd focus on life skills, sensory regulation and exploring life
2024-09-02 02:19:00
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xxbatt3ryac1dxx
selene🌙 :
I started seeing the world how I did when I was a small kid. Brightly coloured, I see the good in people, I’m not constantly in fight or flight- I’m calm…
2024-09-02 19:35:39
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sunshine_and_stardust
Sunshine & Stardust :
I begged to be homeschooled. I never was. I’ve struggled till I was 40. Then my light started coming back after divorce. I do lots to heal my inner child. Like we went to build a bear because I always
2024-09-02 03:55:19
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teri_the_npc
Teri the NPC :
I don’t think I’ve ever had a light.
2024-09-02 01:15:47
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erronymousbosch
erronymousbosch :
I remember one year before third grade(?) started my parents asked if I was excited for school. I shrugged and said I guess, when all the previous years I had actually been excited to go.—
2024-09-02 13:58:42
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littleprimal
Xylexia :
I'm pretty sure I'm autistic but it's gona be hard to piece together what I was feeling when I was a child cause my parents didn't pay attention in that way & I was always in survival mode & can't rem
2024-09-02 11:28:58
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mariew519
Marie :
This explains so much about my family. 1st grade I was puking every Friday because everything was just too much. When my oldest was in first grade we started seeing it and pulled him to homeschool. My
2024-09-02 15:01:49
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bshell1994
Billy Shellman :
damn this hit hard. I remember when the light left my eyes starting in 6th grade. didn't know I had autism or add and now everyone is just mean for no reason. I just wanted to exist, but the (1/2)
2024-09-02 14:39:09
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hufflepuffpufpass
Johnny Pickler :
My light came back briefly in college but my parents also paid for me and I didn’t have a job so 100% of life was fun. I loved learning and got to choose my friends. When I graduated it was worse than
2024-09-02 13:49:31
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daniellababi
daniellababy :
My dad told my sister that one day it’s like I stopped smiling one day. Also my mom calls me Eyore
2024-09-03 18:52:27
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boldhews
Bold Hews :
I saw it happen with my son 😭😭😭
2024-09-02 02:40:21
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frootjuice606
FröötJuîce🇵🇸🇵🇸 :
Oh god… I was about to say I didn’t have that but then I memebered my mom talks about how I went from outgoing and rebellious to really complacent and anxious when I was like 5…😖
2024-09-03 05:00:45
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thetalesofabookishmom
🩵The Tales of a Bookish Mom🩵 :
My kid is adhd and we struggle with this too but he’s VERY social and cannot be away from peers or it kills him. So he wants the school friends but not school. It’s heartbreaking to not know how to best serve him.
2024-09-02 03:45:50
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nichoaam0nx
nichoaam0nx :
In my twenties now, I’m just now realizing how self destructive I became as a child just to get through day by day. I went undiagnosed and my parents thought they could tough love this behavior away.
2024-09-02 17:30:29
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glot.friend
GLOT :
I hate watching it happen every Fall with back to school because we strive to cultivate a home life where they can shine, but schools where the resources are for my kiddos special interests of art and music. So hard.
2024-09-02 13:56:51
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raysussman
Ray Skullman :
my oldest tells me everyday he hates school he's starting second grade tomorrow but he's like any kid one day he's interested and one day he's disinterested but he's ADHD so it all depends on the subj
2024-09-02 15:02:12
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h.h.moss_author
H.H. Moss | Author :
I'm so glad my kid's school district is so good at accomodations. They have a small sensory room the autistic kids can go to when they're getting overwhelmed!
2024-09-02 15:54:03
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jenstock3
jenstock3 :
My mom talks about how I stopped crying at five. She remembers that one day I cried all the time (I processed with tears) to nothing. At 45, I’m learning to cry again, and I feel lighter inside.
2024-09-03 01:39:58
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_brooklyn_343_
🏳️‍⚧️Brook0343🏳️‍⚧️ :
My mom tried to blame it on my dad
2024-09-02 14:01:22
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fightingwhileonempty
FightingWhileOnEmpty🆘🇺🇸 :
This is why I want to homeschool. Properly, lots of city kid group activities on top of learning at home. Lots of play with others outside home but within their limits. Mine is only 8mo but I already-
2024-09-02 14:12:09
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