When You Get Stuck: An Autism Essay

An essay I wrote when I was sick and frustrated in January. It helped me a lot. It might help you too.
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My name is Christian Swenson. I'm a 29-year old autistic man with interests in philosophy, art history, and all sorts of things. I made this channel to talk about the experience of autism from an autistic perspective. Autistic consciousness isn't normal consciousness. The autistic world isn't the normal world. I want to explore that world with you.

[@michaelacobb1209]

I am in this exact position right now and have been here before. I have been stuck in my car for 50 minutes, waiting for something to compel me to open the car door and get out.

[@t3g3b3]

I cannot thank you enough for sharing this.

[@arasharfa]

this is me every single day. I haven't been able to work or study for a decade now. meanwhile the pressure builds up because I have to catch up a race i will never catch up and in turn it blocks me even more.

[@MothLand]

This is my experience. Like.. my body is just a bunch of parts jumbled together and it hurts to try and coordinate everything. Its difficult. And that's just on the physical limbs. All the mental, emotional and mechanical parts of my brain are scrambled. Organizing them and understanding them is out of grasp

[@purplemonkeycats]

This resonated with me so much, I don’t have words to describe it. But thank you for sharing yours

[@bunny-xc6hi]

uhhhh this feels a little too relatable to me.... very amazing and engaging essay tho! as an ND teenager that just doesn't have a diagnosis but is secretly looking into autism because I'm kind of desperate, this was really interesting and thought provoking :3

[@eve_joleen_joli5630]

Spot on

[@minksrule2196]

Thank you

[@pamelabrinkmeyer9931]

So true! So true! Thank you so much! ☂️

[@joe-hanhairy3882]

me 2

[@MarianoBulaBlackOrpheus]

where you diagnosed growing up?