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Recent content by ariannegarcia

  1. ariannegarcia

    Intense anxiety and making friends.

    Try meetup.com in your city. Think of activities that you'd like to do with other people. Something I think would be comfortable are playing board games, drawing, kareoke (if you like to sing), or even just talking about different topics. Meeting people from online sounds creepy, it does, but...
  2. ariannegarcia

    social skills camps totally work

    Did you read the article? There's more to it than that. If you read why something works you can recreate it yourself. For example, with the knowledge that social skills camps work, you now know that learning social skills will help you. You don't need money to learn something.
  3. ariannegarcia

    social skills camps totally work

    I read a study about social skills camps and I had something to say: Autism and The Importance of Social Skills
  4. ariannegarcia

    autism anxiety and alexithymia

    I had a panic attack the other day, and I tried to work through it. I wrote about how I was "feeling" and this is my understanding of my experience <3 I Need A Break: Autism, Anxiety, and Alexithymia
  5. ariannegarcia

    Is there an "ASD culture" If not, should there be?

    Omg no not preachy at all please tell me how I can help you
  6. ariannegarcia

    Is there an "ASD culture" If not, should there be?

    I would love a culture that didn't make me feel like I'm a freak. People judge my looks one way and then when they start talking to me they assume everything I'm trying to say and then get offended when I tell them I'm not saying that. I get all wound up and anxious and by the time we get to the...
  7. ariannegarcia

    Comment by 'ariannegarcia' in media 'Giraffe'

    @toothless aww thank you, that's so sweet, it took me about three or four days with lots of breaks :) maybe like 4-5 hours all together :)
  8. ariannegarcia

    My name is Arianne <3

    Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! :)
  9. Joshua

    Joshua

    My husband, Joshua
  10. Maggie

    Maggie

    This is a painting of my emotional support dog Maggie, who died.
  11. MY FIRST PAINTING

    MY FIRST PAINTING

    This is the first painting I ever painted.
  12. Giraffe

    Giraffe

    My favorite animal, giraffes.
  13. albums by arianne

    albums by arianne

    my paintings <3
  14. ariannegarcia

    Fidget Spinners?

    Not the spinner, but I have a cube thing. It's got a switch on one side, a joystick on another, buttons to push, the works. It helps me when I can't focus cuz of sensory overload.
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