“I find talking difficult as my brain goes much faster than I can say the words. So most of the time my sentences are all jumbled up. That’s why I have a collection of phrases I’ve stored and mostly just use those instead.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“Dreaming is escaping. Daydreaming is a form of self protection. Dissociation is Survival”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“Standing alone, walking my own path. Rearranging my thoughts. Pushing worries away. Climbing out of the fog, towards freedom of mind.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“I could sum up my younger life in one word.-Misunderstanding. Most of my school life was spend in protection mode. Which made any ‘benefit’ I could get from socializing, useless.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“I look out onto this world I’m in and hope that one day all people will be accepted and valued as they are.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“Don’t be sad that I’m autistic. Love me for who I am. All of me. Some things are difficult for me but I’m okay as I am.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“That sad sinking feeling you get when you don’t fit in even with other autistics”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“Old memories are always there. Like they happened yesterday.”
— TinaJ. Richardson
“Some days I just want to climb inside my own skin and hide.”
— TinaJ. Richardson