‘hanging out’ means not talking to each other in the same room
This is part of why people want the autistic symbol to be cats instead of the puzzle piece, if you didn’t know already @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses, because that’s a mood for most of us lol. Like, so many parallels.
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Okay, so here’s the gist of it from what I can remember off the top of my head, and other folks feel free to contribute!
Cats are like us because they:
- Experience sensory overload (not sure about underload)
- Communicate in ways that folks (who only know about dogs usually) don’t understand and think is them being assholes
- Have really subtle body language
- Really do think existing in the same room with you both doing your own thing is hanging out
- Get misunderstood and have a bad rap, even though they’re just trying to exist
- Probably a hell of a lot more, but it’s almost 1 am and I need sleep
People! Add more shit! Make a list!
Underload = when they go sprint around the house and claw things bc There’s Not Enough To do
? maybe ?
-sometimes disliking eye contact, but also sometimes looking upon you fondly with a calm/slow blink
-sometimes making happy sounds, just because… happy
– cats tend to have favorite activities and toys (scratching posts, a little jingle ball, feather stick) similar to us having stim toys and special interests
– cats like having a schedule/routine, we tend to thrive when we have a shedule/routine
– maybe mirroring? the reason cats sit on your laptop or book is because they want to do what you’re doing. sometimes I like to do the same stuff as people I care for to socialize because it helps me know them and their interests better
– cats bring you stuff sometimes (flowers, socks, dead animals). sometimes I bring stuff to my loved ones because I think they’d like it (cool rocks, feathers, links to stuff online)
– affectionate head butting? (idk about other autistic people but my bf and I like to rub our heads against each other)
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