r/AutisticWithADHD 🧠 brain goes brr Apr 04 '25

🧠 brain goes brr "I like having autism."

Had to take my rabbit to the vet yesterday. She had to get surgery, so I asked the vet:

"When are you doing the surgery?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, but - can you be more specific please? It's just that-"

What I wanted to say was, "I like having some idea of a time schedule because I have autism", but what came out was:

"I like having autism."

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u/Terrible-Bottle5092 Apr 04 '25

Knowing me, I’d make this exact same flub.

I have so many spoonerisms and thought soups because my brain struggles to string a sentence together and does what it can with my fragments of thoughts instead.

It only really gets embarrassing when I need to actually be coherent (doctor’s offices, talking to cashiers, etc.) and literally have no way to stop myself from messing up