tendingverses
Sojourner “Hughes” Davidson (They/Them) | Poet, Writer, and Author | Owner of Tending Verses, LLC | From the Yellow House and On (2023) | Poems I Shouldn’t Write (2026)
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Up late I had a very overwhelming day and my system is still reeling. I’m autistic and I have internal “meltdowns” and shutdowns when I get overwhelmed. Today I was fighting not to scream and I had to pretend I was okay to interact with people. I’ve been experiencing more emotional activation lately. The overwhelming distracts from reading.
Asking autistic folks only:
What have your experiences been with overstimulation or shutdown and reading?
Also, what are some engaging books about helping yourself sit with your feelings in ways that don’t ignore your nervous system’s needs?
You can also rec fiction with autistic rep.
Outside of reading and books, what are some tricks for calming overstimulation and recovering from shutdowns.
tendingverses commented...
Yes, the power of teamwork.
If this question has been done before a mod can tell me, and I will delete it
But what's 3 or 4 books yall think are overhyped , underhyped and just hyped enough? I sound like Goldilocks when I spoke that outloud
Mine would be (And very controversial in ways)
Overhyped: Heated Rivalry because I tried but the third person point of view kind of irked me at first . I will try again
Unerhyped for me would be one barely anyone has talked about : Nite Shift. It's a basketball romance , they are college aged so that's always a bonus in my books
Just hyped enough: This might also be controversial like my overhyped book but Good Spirits . Yes , you barely get alive person x ghost but I think it was just hyped enough
Again, if this has been asked, I can delete this it's not an issue . I just like asking questions to make people think
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