A big source of autistic joy for my system is sensory euphoria - we get drained and overstimulated plenty too, but we come home to crawl into a pile of soft blankets and put on music we like and there's an intensity to how we experience the tactile quality of softness and sensory nesting that I think is pretty rare for allistic folks to experince, and I really value it. That and infodumping with friends <3
Hi! Sami (TACP'S new Content Manager) here. Sensory euphoria is a big source of autistic joy for me as well - there's nothing that makes me feel happier than being able to crawl into bed under lots of soft blankets and have my sacred stim/scroll in bed on phone time. Sensory nesting is something that makes me value the autistic experience so much - one of the many little areas of autistic joy that I am so grateful for. <3
A big source of autistic joy for my system is sensory euphoria - we get drained and overstimulated plenty too, but we come home to crawl into a pile of soft blankets and put on music we like and there's an intensity to how we experience the tactile quality of softness and sensory nesting that I think is pretty rare for allistic folks to experince, and I really value it. That and infodumping with friends <3
Hi! Sami (TACP'S new Content Manager) here. Sensory euphoria is a big source of autistic joy for me as well - there's nothing that makes me feel happier than being able to crawl into bed under lots of soft blankets and have my sacred stim/scroll in bed on phone time. Sensory nesting is something that makes me value the autistic experience so much - one of the many little areas of autistic joy that I am so grateful for. <3