01UndatedI'm okay with who I am.You might not understand me. That's okay as I don't understand you.We can still be friends, we just have to accept our differences.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
02UndatedI am now a faded image of my former being,I let that persona go.I like myself for who I am and I choose to be, me.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
03UndatedI don't knowwhat I'm feeling. Existing like I'm on auto pilot.I've put my Armour on now. Limiting everything gettingin but also not letting anything out.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
04UndatedI can't speak anymore, I open my mouth but nothing comes out. So many things to say. I wonder if you really want to hear it anyway?Instead, I leave my heavy mind exploding with unfinished thoughts.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
05UndatedEveryday feels the same and yet I crave sameness.Part of me wants to run away and be free.I feel trapped in my life I've created to protect myself.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
06UndatedShe had not been herself for weeks, yet no one noticed. She knew this feeling, it creeps up like sliding slowly into the darkness. Some days she clung on, other days she let herself slip further.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
08UndatedI find some things difficult to grasp. I need to be shown or taught a few different ways sometimes before I figure it outTina J. Richardson / quote ↗
09UndatedPlease don't obsess on the number of friends i have or don't have. I'll find my own way, it will be right for me.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
10UndatedI guess you were not my friend then, that's okay. I can see my true self, I can see yours, now. I guess that you did not look hard enough at mine. Or you would never have let me go.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
12UndatedThat sad sinking feeling you get when you don't fit in even with other autisticsTina J. Richardson / quote ↗
13UndatedShe felt lost and misunderstood. She felt like she was drowning. Overwhelmed. Unaccepted. Alone.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
14UndatedI sometimes shock the people around me with how I see things. I come up with very unique solutions to things. As I can picture things in my mind and move them around to design and understand them.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
15UndatedDon'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.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
16UndatedStop assuming I don't have any emotions. My inner thoughts might not be easily seen on my face. I do think and feel.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
17UndatedBefore my diagnosis.I used to be a collection of other people.An Actress,Now I'm finding out who I actually am.It's been a journey, but I have made it.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
19UndatedSometimes there are not the right words for my thoughts. Speech feels like it's not a natural way to communicate. This is when typing the words makes my thoughts come out easier.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
20UndatedI don't have to look at your eyes to listen that's whatmy ears are for.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
21UndatedConversations sometimes are so hard to follow.People are so confusing with the wrong facialexpressions for their words.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
22UndatedI'll always be there for you.I promise to protect and nurture you.Hopefully one day soon, true Autism acceptance will besomething that just is.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
23UndatedI look out onto this world I'm in and hope that one day all people will be accepted and valued as they are.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
24UndatedI 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.Tina J. Richardson / quote ↗
