#functionality - Hello Poetry

Can you clear this up for me? I was told autism is a 'spectrum disorder' It is Autism Spectrum Disorder Spectrum means a circle of unless colours in different shades Light or dark Hot or cold So why is it rated by functionality?! I am 'high functioning', I can succeed in life with no support. If that is the truth Why do I panic at every sound? Why can't I process information? Why am I not as social than I should be? I know someone who is 'low functioning' I am told they won't succeed at life But they draw beautiful pictures So does that mean they will not succeed? So tell me Is the spectrum a lie? Or is the functionality a myth?

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Oct 1, 2018

Oct 1, 2018 at 1:38 PM UTC

isthisreality

the myth of autism functionality

Can you clear this up for me? I was told autism is a 'spectrum disorder' It is Autism Spectrum Disorder Spectrum means a circle of unless colours in different shades Light or dark Hot or cold So why is it rated by functionality?! I am 'high functioning', I can succeed in life with no support. If that is the truth Why do I panic at every sound? Why can't I process information? Why am I not as social than I should be? I know someone who is 'low functioning' I am told they won't succeed at life But they draw beautiful pictures So does that mean they will not succeed? So tell me Is the spectrum a lie? Or is the functionality a myth?

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Do i want to live or be functional? i'm tired of waking up with a pit In my stomach but the Dull pain feels better than nothing So i’ll spend my days in front of Eyes that don’t feel Listening to scripted thoughts And i don’t want my medicine to kick in Can i lay in knowing and not **** myself? I’ll sip something to fill my physical emptiness My tongue will take every drop with hate I got an app to remind me to take my medicine The hills are calling with their eyes and I want to lay and lay with your hands I wish you understood me the way i long for I wish you wanted to I’m not functional. I feel the chaos in my bloodstream enough to Keep me alive and shaking As my fingertips run across my legs Oh, god left me so long ago Stranded to deal with everything myself Will the mountains save me? Hold me in it’s arms and communicate to me That i can be ok? Will the ocean stir and boil when My feet touch the edge? Can the trees of metal lift me, Like a bird let me see the city, Fill me with a sense of comfortability? I can’t do what i’m supposed to And i can’t do what’s good for me I don’t think there’s anything that could Make me or enable me to do so. And **** you for hearing my words and Blinking, not trying to make a difference. **** everything that is still. I live in a north river And my body whips with the current And i reach for the rocky land on the side Cut my hands on the points So i collapse into the water again Filling the nose and mouth with salt And disgust and the water isn’t Pure and clear blue anymore. i keep grabbing for more litter To make myself comfortable with. It never works.

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Nov 13, 2018

Nov 13, 2018 at 10:09 AM UTC

dreamarchive

where are hands, where are my feet

Do i want to live or be functional? i'm tired of waking up with a pit In my stomach but the Dull pain feels better than nothing So i’ll spend my days in front of Eyes that don’t feel Listening to scripted thoughts And i don’t want my medicine to kick in Can i lay in knowing and not **** myself? I’ll sip something to fill my physical emptiness My tongue will take every drop with hate I got an app to remind me to take my medicine The hills are calling with their eyes and I want to lay and lay with your hands I wish you understood me the way i long for I wish you wanted to I’m not functional. I feel the chaos in my bloodstream enough to Keep me alive and shaking As my fingertips run across my legs Oh, god left me so long ago Stranded to deal with everything myself Will the mountains save me? Hold me in it’s arms and communicate to me That i can be ok? Will the ocean stir and boil when My feet touch the edge? Can the trees of metal lift me, Like a bird let me see the city, Fill me with a sense of comfortability? I can’t do what i’m supposed to And i can’t do what’s good for me I don’t think there’s anything that could Make me or enable me to do so. And **** you for hearing my words and Blinking, not trying to make a difference. **** everything that is still. I live in a north river And my body whips with the current And i reach for the rocky land on the side Cut my hands on the points So i collapse into the water again Filling the nose and mouth with salt And disgust and the water isn’t Pure and clear blue anymore. i keep grabbing for more litter To make myself comfortable with. It never works.

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Why won’t you move? Do something productive? Don’t be lazy, get up for once, Don’t you plan? Don’t make excuses Don’t be picky, It doesn’t need consistency It doesn’t need rewards You don’t have to understand, You don’t need it to be perfect Watch your time, organize, You aren’t overwhelmed You don’t need interest, How will you live? If you can’t do basic things, You won’t have help Don’t be a failure, Don’t put things back, You’re being lazy, immature, **** it up, ignore it, You're being dramatic, Just shut up, such a disgrace, All those excuses No wonder you can’t do it Wasting your energy, Refusing to pull through.

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Oct 31, 2025

Oct 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM UTC

KittyCatty404

Motivation

Why won’t you move? Do something productive? Don’t be lazy, get up for once, Don’t you plan? Don’t make excuses Don’t be picky, It doesn’t need consistency It doesn’t need rewards You don’t have to understand, You don’t need it to be perfect Watch your time, organize, You aren’t overwhelmed You don’t need interest, How will you live? If you can’t do basic things, You won’t have help Don’t be a failure, Don’t put things back, You’re being lazy, immature, **** it up, ignore it, You're being dramatic, Just shut up, such a disgrace, All those excuses No wonder you can’t do it Wasting your energy, Refusing to pull through.

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