Another round of snow today. Just a light snowfall like a constant drizzle of rain all day. Had to go to college anyway. Had to walk from the parking lot to class and then move from one building to next for the next class. It was gloomy at 4pm and quite cold at 36 F.
Thunderstorm Haikus
Not used to getting so many severe weather alerts on phone.
Severe Thunderstorm warning.... 60 mph wind gusts. Half Dollar size Hail... 1.25 inch. Damage to Vehicle is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Luckily it stopped at just heavy rains with thunder and lightning. We missed the 13mph twister that devastated 50 miles of Selma, Alabama located just south of where we are.
In the meantime, dry California, which is not used to rain, is getting battered with the relentless rain deluge, wind gusts, flooding, mudslides and sinkholes with seven consecutive storms starting just before the start of 2023. Flooding is inevitable when you get 1 month worth of rain falling in one day with a cumulative effect with storm after storm. The annual wildfires and the continued drought had left behind bare hills and parched soil, which aggravate the mudslides and floods.
Climate change in action.
Autistics must not Stim
Autistics and stims. Please rethink.
Autistics MUST NOT stim.
Please rethink….
Stimming serves a purpose, its true
A coping mechanism, a way to soothe.
Calming nerves, reorganizing thoughtsA brush with Somatosensory body remapping
Engaging in stims... is quite typical for neurotypicals!!
Society accepts these stims with ease
Oh, the irony!!
... nonstop clicking of TV remote
... mindless paper doodling
... obsessive loop of tik-tok and youtube shorts
... head buried in phone when walking - accidents waiting to happen.
So should autistics be allowed to stim mindlessly too?
Au contraire, it's not always a breeze.
Stimming is exhausting, Energy consuming
A switch on repeat, an obsessive desire.
Runaway motor movements. No pause or stop
Maddening. All consuming. Overwhelming
Autistics and stims. Please rethink.
Some stimming can be beneficial, it's true.
But cross a threshold, and it becomes OCD,
The cutoff is something you need to determine.
Find balance in stimming, it's key,
To regulate emotions and bring inner peace.
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