Autistic Travel Vlog | Come To Sweden With Me 🇸🇪 ✈️ My First Trip Since Getting Diagnosed!

[@InterDivergent]

Good to see that you are accommodating towards your capacity and not pushing beyond what you're capable of. I'm also affected more by lighting when I'm at capacity. It's one of the first signs for me I think that I'm at my limit, and I'll get my blue light blocking glasses out to limit the additional stimulation. I also did not link this before to over-stimulation or pushing my capacity. I had gone to the doctor and the optometrist to try and figure out what was happening with my vision, and both said my eyes were fine. Turned out it was my brain interpreting the signals differently it seems. I don't mind the background music occasionally throughout the video, but if it's playing at the same time that you're talking as in other videos, I just cannot focus on either one or the other. It becomes a jumble in my head and I cannot focus on either one (but the shower noise appeared to be ok ~ white noise?). I wonder if this is also why I prefer to listen to music with very little to no lyrics. Thank you for sharing. It helps so much to relate to someone else's experiences, when we are otherwise just pushed back into the World with a (self- or professional-) diagnosis of Autism, and no relearning of how to cope with it after previously learning everything the wrong way.

[@Sonicforcesfan2020]

Can you do a room tour video 😊🍀

[@DiariesofaDisabledmom]

I’m terrified of planes so never been on one and if I was I’d be scared to go to the bathroom too. I have bladder issues so I’d prob not be able to go 4 hours without using it

[@tracik1277]

I’ve only been abroad once when I was on a school ski trip. That was 40 years ago and I decided there and then that I’d never get on a plane again. I fainted when it took off, I guess it was the pressure or something, then I felt terrible claustrophobia the whole time.

[@tracik1277]

I understand what you mean about looking up at the big ship! I get that feeling too when underneath a tall building. I remember the first time I felt it and it was when I was a little kid walking past the great big hull of a ship in a dockyard. It’s like a kind of inverse vertigo. Especially the way the shape of the hull was looming over me. It was nice to hear that you felt you were settling into yourself again after how unsettled you felt right after you got your diagnosis.

[@paunesjourney]

There are ups and downs of course, but overall it’s true I don’t experience as much imposter syndrome as I did right after getting my diagnosis 😊 slow progress!

[@radishraven9]

Hi if youre still in sweden, tell me if you want a tour of stockholm! I'd be happy to help if it's on a weekend!

[@paunesjourney]

Unfortunately we came home two days ago! Thanks for offering though 😊

[@radishraven9]

​@@paunesjourney aw ok, I'm looking forward to the video 😊

[@radishraven9]

You got such good shots of stockholm! 😊 i love the science fiction store 😊 Your struggles are unfortunately pretty relatable for me, particularly overly planning the airplane trip and the overstimulation from noise. Interesting how you got some help thanks to the lanyard 🙂🌻 Also, what kind of loops do you use? I might buy a pair! 😊

[@paunesjourney]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Pretty sure I have the Engage Plus loops; at first I would take the ‘mute inserts’ on and off depending on the situation but now I just leave them on at all times 😊 highly recommend!