I’m allistic and it makes me happy to see people express their happiness in public. I don’t understand why it’s so normal to not show that we’re happy. Edit: I didn’t know about identity first language, so thanks for letting me know! I didn’t intend to be disrespectful in any way, so I’m sorry if I offended anyone.
Hi! You left such a lovely comment :D I just wanted to say as a heads up that in my experience (diagnosed as autistic 1.5 years ago), the majority of autistic people prefer identity first language; so 'autistic person', rather than 'person with autism'. I know you were talking about yourself being not autistic (fun fact, there's a word for that, allistic! It just means someone who isn't autistic), but if you were to apply the same principal in your situation then it would read as "As a person who isn't autistic", or you could say "as an allistic person..." I hope this didn't sound preachy, I just wanted to share. Have a lovely day
It is more so as saying that someone 'has autism', can be seen as implying that it is a 'disease', epidemic or illness; something that you can 'catch' and that can be 'cured' (even if that was not your intention!)
I’m here to tell you to breathe. Thanks for rewording your comment…but to me, the message is worth so much more. Adults, autistic or not, are told that they can’t express such emotion. I’m glad you recognize that’s a bunch of bullshit. ETA: I know, fellow autistics, that we tend to focus on language. At the same time, an allistic person left such a validating comment and their message has been left unanswered. That saddens me.
I'm so happy more people are seeing that what's to focus on is people being happy and not the movements they make when they are happy cus honestly we need more happiness in the world. Have a nice day btw :D
This might be an odd thing to say but, "I didn't know it was okay". Society taught me it wasn't okay. It never occurred to me that society might just be wrong, and you, and I, and everyone could just be themselves. Thank you sooooo sooo much! I didn't know that was (happy) stimming. I suppressed that stuff in public and suffered the exhaustion from not being too happy in public instead. I really didn't know it was ok. Thanks for helping me learn and helping others be happier.
not a weird thing to say at all :) i am in the same boat. i was always taught you don't do this and it was kinda taken away from me. now as an adult, i've had to re-teach myself HOW to stim. it's a slow process and i still feel very self-conscious and uncomfortable if i'm in my head too much. but then there's times when i'm alone and i am so excited or happy for something and this is me to a T. i just am trying to learn that that is not just "okay" but something beautiful and special. i hope you continue to find comfort and know that not only is this okay to do, but it's something wonderful about us.
I had the same experience as you about a year ago. I’ve decided that I want to stim more in public because it is not only a vital thing for autistic people to do but a wonderful thing. At this point, I often do my main stim (wringing my hands) in public when I need to. I’m also starting to stim in public in other ways, make eye contact less, and take more time to process things if I need to. The more I let myself be myself, even on days when I feel self-conscious because of how much masking had been ingrained into me, the more I feel like myself. And so, I believe it’s always okay to be the person you’re meant to be-you, unmasked and true.
I needed this today. A new semester as an Autistic in a new university I transferred to. And I have a favorite subject, but whenever I'm in that class I get looks with how happy I am. But then they be quiet when I seem smart and do what the teacher asks of me. I feel ashamed when I stim, and suddenly I feel the need to prove my worth as a student by doing the best I can for them. But seeing this reminds me that it should really be for myself, and that stimming wasn't wrong to begin with. So thank you. I knew these things, I just needed a serious reminder.
I have cried last two months more than in the previous twenty years. Watching autism and ADHD videos while on the process of getting diagnosed. This is probably the one that affected me most. (saw it on Instagram earlier)
I was masking my autism all my life, watching this made me cry because this is exactly how autistic joy is for me and I only express it when I'm alone. I hope I'll be able to express it in public as well someday! 💜
Your joy is beautiful. It's a contagious joy that affects those around you. How could anyone not have a smile on their face watching this? I'm glad that you find joy in the wonders of this world.
The lady behind me in the theatre asked me to move because I was moving around so much because I was experiencing autistic joy. I felt really bad and almost cried. I didn’t think I was moving that much, but then I remembered watching this video and felt better. So I just moved over a seat and continued to enjoy the show. My BFF was so supportive she even joined in with me!
I wouldn't take it personally. She probably just found it distracting or maybe it was obstructing her view. I try to sit in the back as a courtesy to others if I think I'm going to be stimming a lot.
I found this video the hard way- knowing you'd been bullied for just being yourself. I know you don't know me, but as soon as I saw you doing this- I got it. I do the exact same thing. Seeing you happy gave me waves of compersion because I understood your joy. Then the sadness swooped in...I know you know this is your authentic self and you don't need my validation to know that...but if you read this know you're seen and understood. ❤
Thank you so much for this, Chloé. I realized, when I'm letting myself freely express my joy, this is what it looks like. For so many years I have repressed it - because I was told to act my age and that I was being childish (also by my younger sister btw) as if that was a bad thing...
I once saw whales while on a boat. This is exactly how I felt, however felt unable to express my joy due to being surrounded by people I was afraid would judge me. Thank you for expressing yourself and giving me happy tears remembering the feeling from my youth!
This is a beautiful, wholesome moment! Thank you for sharing it. Expressing joy, whatever it looks like, needs to be normalized! The world needs more joy.
Just watching her radiate with excitement is making me wanna jump and laugh with her. It’s contagious, and I love that I’m not the only one who expresses my joy this way. Masking it was always so confusing to me. Like, how else are you supposed to react? Just smile and wave? Lol
You rock for being a voice for people who can't speak out for themselves and for showing late diagnosed people like me how it's okay to express our joy. It made me really happy just watching how happy you were. Take care of yourself, all those hateful people should be ashamed of themselves.
How beautiful this is, and how heartbreaking that most of us cannot show this part of ourselves to loved ones. I have been shamed for my autistic joy eventhough I mask hard, but others' existence seems so dull in comparison to this purest form of joy. Thank you Chloe for showing up, I know I wouldn't dare show my true self like that for fear of being bullied again
Thank you. Usually I feel like others are annoyed by me a lot. It’s hard not to feel emotions intensely even if sometimes I can’t identify what the emotion is. ADHD and pretty certain AuDHD. I’ve done a lot of research online. I wish it was acceptable to be myself more. I think somewhere along the way I automatically hid it and masked. Feathers and seeing dragonflies make me really happy.
I’m crying. I so rarely get to experience this unrestrained level of autistic joy. Sometimes you’ll see some flaps or hops but then I think “I must be composed”. I’ve been diagnosed 15 fucking years…almost half my life…
This video showed me it is ok to stim and show my joy. Thank you, Chloe. I've learned alot from you. Don't listen to the negativity. You are an inspiration!
Chloe, you are absolutely amazing ❤❤❤ The other day, I was at a concert masking to my max, and my friend touched my shoulder and said ‘it’s okay!’ then I knew immediately she meant i could unmask!! Thank you chloe
Awwwww this made me stim so much! ❤Stimming is like laugher. It’s so contagious and I can literally just feel the joy and excitement radiating from you!
This has made me feel so happy that I’ve started to cry, and I don’t cry very often. How great to be so happy about something you love. People, I need more of this unadulterated joy.
I actually look a lot like her when I stim too and I actually have been getting back to stimming and doing things I love everyday, and not even being ashamed 💗
Thanks for posting this and teaching me that it is ok to stim. This brings me joy and thank you again for just doing everything that you do. It is amazing
😍this makes me so happy to see someone else so like me 😍 I went to long not knowing how i could show my happiness without stimming but now I let myself stim and it makes the happiness so much better.
Thanks for sharing a happy moment. I was happy to see one Orca Whale breaching on a Orca Whale watching trip. This comment is meant to be positive, could be not communicated correctly, thanks for making happy natural and obvious. My reaction to seeing a Orca Whale up close was to pull my camera away from my face and enjoy the moment . I did get one good photo though.
I still come back to this video now and again to remind myself that my stimmy autistic JOY is BEAUTIFUL!!! Because that’s what I see here- another beautiful expression of pure joy!!!💖✨💖✨
Chloe, thank you for making me feel normal in my own skin im still struggling to do my rocking stim that calms me down, in front of my parents but ill get there I verbally stim and motor stim like making popping noises and whistling, and i run around like a maniac in front of them so idk why i cant rock with them in the room lmao❤
I come from the channel "I'm Autistic, Now What?", who brought my attention to you getting made fun of for being joyful. I'm neurodivergent one the ADHD spectrum and have had a tad of a question mark in the privacy of my head, if there's some autistic spectrum in there. But I'm in no place to explore that at the moment. Anyways, I relate to ppl in our neurodivergent tribe the most. Your video was absolutely lovely. I'm incredibly sad people did such a poor job at reacting to it. I cannot see how anyone with a basic level of kindness could see anything negative in this. Aka it takes a lot of active effort to take this wholesome video and react poorly to it. Too many people out there are really really not OK. And it's really strange as a neurodivergent person, to keep realizing how people who can force their brains to function within societal norms are frequently ........... not well at all and worse as kindness than people who literally are diagnosed to struggle with emotional perception or struggle with their emotional regulation. It is really true, that things that are good and accommodating for neurodivergent ppl, tend to be actually good for neurotypical ppl, too. In a sense, we are the advocates for people, who are better at abusing themselves into unhealthy degrees of societal restrains. I'm really really sorry you were mistreated, while basically working on a better world, in which same unkind ppl, might not have grown up to be this scarred and unnerved by the sole fact of someone being physically visibly joyful.
I literally cried when I first saw this because it was one of the way it made me feel. I was so happy because I felt represented It was like looking in a mirror. I was like wow that’s literally what I do when I’m happy 😭😭😭😭😭 Thank you for sharing this.
Hey Chloé! I feel like you would like this song called Joy by Emily Anne. It’s all about autistic joy! If you want give it a try, and thank you for the reminder!
That’s exactly what I look like when I walk into a theatre to see a big show eg. Hamilton or Mary Poppins. I have a story in that actually so I’m 14 and I was stimming at Mary Poppins and this entitled mother and daughter age roughly 5 years old come up and say “Lear. To control your kid she’s acting like a baby she needs to set a good example for my daughter” and I replied with “ great point I’m setting the example and autistic joy is beautiful and that is 100% ok to stick in public
You definitely didn't need to set a good example for her daughter anyway. It's her responsibility so she has to lead by example, not expect strangers to do it for her because you have no obligation to care. None the less she set a bad example that day as her daughter witnessed her being rude to an autistic person. She should teach her daughter to be respectful and mind her own business.
I'm autistic and watching this makes me so happy! Watching someone, especially someone I really respect, expressing joy in the same way I do is so validating ❤❤❤
Chloe, I LOVE to see you very happy😃😃👍👍👍👍👍 !! I also like to see other people so happy😃😃!! Even though I am not Autistic, I LOVE to see whales🐳🐋💙💙 and Dolphins🐬🐬 💙💙and watching you Chloe reminds me of how happy I got when I saw the Dolphins🐬🐬 down the shore 🏖swimming together as a family, breathing together as a Family, tail slapping the ocean, and Spinner Dolphins just spinning out of the ocean for fun🐬🐬💙💙💙💙💙!!! Chloe, Your stimming to me just looks like you are so happy😃😃 and that makes me feel good😃😃🤗🤗, not upset or "cringed" !! So, Chloe I say as a person again who is not Autistic, keep stimming👌👌 and show how happy😃😃 and full of joy you are😃😃, which just makes me feel uplifted🦋🦋 and very happy🦋🦋😃😃👌👌👍👍💛💛💛!!!
Dunno what you were watching but I was doing the happy dance with you. I tried bubbles the other day, soap bubble and did all you just did, as instead of just one bubble the same made a whole stream of them. #mind blown. LiteraLly had to put my hand over my mouth to stop myself squeezing in delight. Stimming is the best feeling, like contain
Last fall, I finally was accepting myself as autistic and I saw this video and it really made me see myself and accept myself and I felt like it was ok to be this way. I just watched I’m autistic, now what and she mentioned how you were being treated because some people were accusing you of faking it. The people who are angry and accuse others of being fake are seeing this diagnosis through their own perspective and they would have to “fake it” to exhibit these characteristics and so they assume one would want to say they are autistic in order to feel special. It’s the same people who will say someone identifying as queer or in the lgbtq+ is only looking to be special and it’s popular. These people never think about the reasons they are seeing more people come out as being neurodivergent is because of our growing understanding and representation. So, they are angry that someone is different from them. Their experience is different and somehow that’s invalidating? They seem to want justice but it’s misdirected at the wrong group. Any anger or justice seeking should be in regards to how many neurodivergent people have been abused, mistreated, misdiagnosed and left to suffer because of our lack of understanding. We deserve compassion and understanding of our sensitivities. Otherwise we are continuing to hide behind our masks to be accepted and this compromises our health and wellbeing.❤I’m so grateful you are still here and making videos.😊
Thank you for that reminder 😊 I really need it ❤ I'm so happy to see someone express their joy and happiness so naturally and not holding it back 🥰 Actually I still tend to suppress my stimms in public😞 Cause it still hard to just open around people, especially when I don't know how they would react .. it just don't feel safe 😣 hope someday it will be socially acceptable to to just be yourself, and express your happiness, joy sadness and all kinds of emotions in the most natural way ✨️😊❤ that would be such a beautiful world ❤🥰
one of my spins is whales and I went whale watching a few weeks ago and OMG IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAW TWO GREY MORPHS TOGETHER LIKE WHAT!!!!! AAAAAAAAAA it makes me soo happy and excited just remembering it :)))))))))))))))) 1:33 WAIT OMG I LOVE YOUR HAIR CLIP!!! IT'S AWESOME
You are beautiful. ❤ I (AudHD) remember about a decade ago going on a boat and learning to scuba. And our boat went through a pod of whales and a pod of dolphins. I remember the joy both my daughter and I felt. It was this kind of ecstatic joy. I never wanted to leave the water. And I didn’t stim. I didn’t stim because being from a different generation I was told it absolutely wasn’t okay growing up. I was told I didn’t have a problem. I was told the teachers and doctors wanted to put me on scary dangerous drugs and they were evil. (Drugs that would likely have helped my adhd side and ironically let me function like the “normal” way they wanted me to be. I hate that word. You and your joy are beautiful. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.
Watching this makes me feel 1000% accepted for autistic joyful stims. Thank you Chloe. ♥️💜
I’m allistic and it makes me happy to see people express their happiness in public. I don’t understand why it’s so normal to not show that we’re happy.
Edit: I didn’t know about identity first language, so thanks for letting me know! I didn’t intend to be disrespectful in any way, so I’m sorry if I offended anyone.
Hi! You left such a lovely comment :D I just wanted to say as a heads up that in my experience (diagnosed as autistic 1.5 years ago), the majority of autistic people prefer identity first language; so 'autistic person', rather than 'person with autism'. I know you were talking about yourself being not autistic (fun fact, there's a word for that, allistic! It just means someone who isn't autistic), but if you were to apply the same principal in your situation then it would read as "As a person who isn't autistic", or you could say "as an allistic person..." I hope this didn't sound preachy, I just wanted to share. Have a lovely day
It is more so as saying that someone 'has autism', can be seen as implying that it is a 'disease', epidemic or illness; something that you can 'catch' and that can be 'cured' (even if that was not your intention!)
There's already been a comment about this, but I just wanted to also ask you consider using identity first language
I’m here to tell you to breathe. Thanks for rewording your comment…but to me, the message is worth so much more. Adults, autistic or not, are told that they can’t express such emotion. I’m glad you recognize that’s a bunch of bullshit. ETA: I know, fellow autistics, that we tend to focus on language. At the same time, an allistic person left such a validating comment and their message has been left unanswered. That saddens me.
I'm so happy more people are seeing that what's to focus on is people being happy and not the movements they make when they are happy cus honestly we need more happiness in the world. Have a nice day btw :D
That was beautiful! We all suppress so much joy just to fit in. Searching others faces for approving looks and reacting in kind…
Yeah nah that’s not me 😌 Expressing emotions is healthy
This might be an odd thing to say but, "I didn't know it was okay". Society taught me it wasn't okay. It never occurred to me that society might just be wrong, and you, and I, and everyone could just be themselves. Thank you sooooo sooo much! I didn't know that was (happy) stimming. I suppressed that stuff in public and suffered the exhaustion from not being too happy in public instead. I really didn't know it was ok. Thanks for helping me learn and helping others be happier.
not a weird thing to say at all :)
i am in the same boat. i was always taught you don't do this and it was kinda taken away from me. now as an adult, i've had to re-teach myself HOW to stim. it's a slow process and i still feel very self-conscious and uncomfortable if i'm in my head too much. but then there's times when i'm alone and i am so excited or happy for something and this is me to a T. i just am trying to learn that that is not just "okay" but something beautiful and special. i hope you continue to find comfort and know that not only is this okay to do, but it's something wonderful about us.
@@promisemochi thank you so much! I got happy tears from reading your comment. I feel very included. Thank you. :)
This makes me so happy. And this is why these videos are so important. You are free to be you, yes !!
its more then ok its normal as a matter of fact everyone stims even non autistic people do it
I had the same experience as you about a year ago. I’ve decided that I want to stim more in public because it is not only a vital thing for autistic people to do but a wonderful thing. At this point, I often do my main stim (wringing my hands) in public when I need to. I’m also starting to stim in public in other ways, make eye contact less, and take more time to process things if I need to. The more I let myself be myself, even on days when I feel self-conscious because of how much masking had been ingrained into me, the more I feel like myself. And so, I believe it’s always okay to be the person you’re meant to be-you, unmasked and true.
I needed this today. A new semester as an Autistic in a new university I transferred to. And I have a favorite subject, but whenever I'm in that class I get looks with how happy I am. But then they be quiet when I seem smart and do what the teacher asks of me. I feel ashamed when I stim, and suddenly I feel the need to prove my worth as a student by doing the best I can for them. But seeing this reminds me that it should really be for myself, and that stimming wasn't wrong to begin with. So thank you. I knew these things, I just needed a serious reminder.
I have cried last two months more than in the previous twenty years. Watching autism and ADHD videos while on the process of getting diagnosed.
This is probably the one that affected me most.
(saw it on Instagram earlier)
Welcome to the club, you're in good company!!
Just keep stimming Chloe and never let anyone ruin the joy you feel in moments like this ❤
I was masking my autism all my life, watching this made me cry because this is exactly how autistic joy is for me and I only express it when I'm alone. I hope I'll be able to express it in public as well someday! 💜
I am the same. I’ve found that the world has been more judgemental than accomodating for me.
@georgiagalaxy yeah right!
Your joy is beautiful. It's a contagious joy that affects those around you. How could anyone not have a smile on their face watching this? I'm glad that you find joy in the wonders of this world.
The lady behind me in the theatre asked me to move because I was moving around so much because I was experiencing autistic joy. I felt really bad and almost cried. I didn’t think I was moving that much, but then I remembered watching this video and felt better. So I just moved over a seat and continued to enjoy the show. My BFF was so supportive she even joined in with me!
Lmao I know the feeling 😊 Glad you found a way through it 👍🏻
I wouldn't take it personally. She probably just found it distracting or maybe it was obstructing her view. I try to sit in the back as a courtesy to others if I think I'm going to be stimming a lot.
I found this video the hard way- knowing you'd been bullied for just being yourself. I know you don't know me, but as soon as I saw you doing this- I got it. I do the exact same thing. Seeing you happy gave me waves of compersion because I understood your joy. Then the sadness swooped in...I know you know this is your authentic self and you don't need my validation to know that...but if you read this know you're seen and understood. ❤
I love seeing your joy, the sort of joy that is utterly infectious 😄
I wish I could be a fraction as happy as you were then. Never feel shame in how you express your joy. I'm glad you had such a wonderful experience. :)
There is nothing more beautiful than autistic stimming.
She woke up and decided to make us cry today
Thank you so much for this, Chloé. I realized, when I'm letting myself freely express my joy, this is what it looks like. For so many years I have repressed it - because I was told to act my age and that I was being childish (also by my younger sister btw) as if that was a bad thing...
I feel like stimming when she stims. 😊
I once saw whales while on a boat. This is exactly how I felt, however felt unable to express my joy due to being surrounded by people I was afraid would judge me. Thank you for expressing yourself and giving me happy tears remembering the feeling from my youth!
This is a beautiful, wholesome moment! Thank you for sharing it. Expressing joy, whatever it looks like, needs to be normalized! The world needs more joy.
Just watching her radiate with excitement is making me wanna jump and laugh with her. It’s contagious, and I love that I’m not the only one who expresses my joy this way. Masking it was always so confusing to me. Like, how else are you supposed to react? Just smile and wave? Lol
You rock for being a voice for people who can't speak out for themselves and for showing late diagnosed people like me how it's okay to express our joy. It made me really happy just watching how happy you were. Take care of yourself, all those hateful people should be ashamed of themselves.
How beautiful this is, and how heartbreaking that most of us cannot show this part of ourselves to loved ones. I have been shamed for my autistic joy eventhough I mask hard, but others' existence seems so dull in comparison to this purest form of joy. Thank you Chloe for showing up, I know I wouldn't dare show my true self like that for fear of being bullied again
I am crying. Happiness is something I would like to know. This video of raw joy is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with me.
Thank you. Usually I feel like others are annoyed by me a lot. It’s hard not to feel emotions intensely even if sometimes I can’t identify what the emotion is. ADHD and pretty certain AuDHD. I’ve done a lot of research online. I wish it was acceptable to be myself more. I think somewhere along the way I automatically hid it and masked.
Feathers and seeing dragonflies make me really happy.
Screw the negativity. You are a beautiful person. Keep being your lovely self.
I’m crying. I so rarely get to experience this unrestrained level of autistic joy. Sometimes you’ll see some flaps or hops but then I think “I must be composed”. I’ve been diagnosed 15 fucking years…almost half my life…
This video showed me it is ok to stim and show my joy. Thank you, Chloe. I've learned alot from you. Don't listen to the negativity. You are an inspiration!
Chloe, you are absolutely amazing ❤❤❤ The other day, I was at a concert masking to my max, and my friend touched my shoulder and said ‘it’s okay!’ then I knew immediately she meant i could unmask!! Thank you chloe
Masking is exhausting.
YOU DESERVE ALL THE LOVE THIS WORLD CAN OFFER, CHLOE! ❤❤ We're proud of you! :D
Awwwww this made me stim so much! ❤Stimming is like laugher. It’s so contagious and I can literally just feel the joy and excitement radiating from you!
This has made me feel so happy that I’ve started to cry, and I don’t cry very often.
How great to be so happy about something you love.
People, I need more of this unadulterated joy.
So happy to see you expressing Autistic joy. That must have been an amazing experience. 😊
I got teary-eyed from second hand joy.
I actually look a lot like her when I stim too and I actually have been getting back to stimming and doing things I love everyday, and not even being ashamed 💗
This emotion is so unexplainable and beautiful!! We should never be ashamed to feel so strongly. Thank you for sharing always Chloe 💗
I wish I'd let myself stim like you
Thank you so much for this reminder and video. I have been patronized before for displaying autistic joy. Glad I am not alone
Thanks for posting this and teaching me that it is ok to stim. This brings me joy and thank you again for just doing everything that you do. It is amazing
I’m so excited to see how kind ppl are on CZcams comments compared to what you got on IG and TT.
I think it's because we're older here.
this video is wo wholesome and beautiful. i appreciate someone who can feel that deeply moved by a nature encounter.
😍this makes me so happy to see someone else so like me 😍
I went to long not knowing how i could show my happiness without stimming but now I let myself stim and it makes the happiness so much better.
Thank you so much for sharing this moment of joy with us, Chloe! ❤️ Screw the haters!
That is so me!!! Thank you for sharing. I love knowing that others have my same kind of joy. ❤💃
You are beautiful. This is everything I have pushed down for all my life and don't know how to let it out now.
This is just beautiful. So much pure joy. Thank you for sharing with us.
This video makes me so happy. Thank you so much for sharing your autistic joy ❤
Thanks for sharing a happy moment. I was happy to see one Orca Whale breaching on a Orca Whale watching trip. This comment is meant to be positive, could be not communicated correctly, thanks for making happy natural and obvious. My reaction to seeing a Orca Whale up close was to pull my camera away from my face and enjoy the moment . I did get one good photo though.
I still come back to this video now and again to remind myself that my stimmy autistic JOY is BEAUTIFUL!!! Because that’s what I see here- another beautiful expression of pure joy!!!💖✨💖✨
Your video is so inspiring to me ❤ and makes me realse that my stimming should not be hidden and I should not care what people think.
My husband will playfully tease me when I do a joyful little clap. He finds it really adorable abt me.
Chloe, thank you for making me feel normal in my own skin im still struggling to do my rocking stim that calms me down, in front of my parents but ill get there I verbally stim and motor stim like making popping noises and whistling, and i run around like a maniac in front of them so idk why i cant rock with them in the room lmao❤
Wholesome. This made me tear up. ❤❤❤
Your joy is contagious! 🧡
Seeing you being so happy made me so happy too! 🍀💚
I come from the channel "I'm Autistic, Now What?", who brought my attention to you getting made fun of for being joyful. I'm neurodivergent one the ADHD spectrum and have had a tad of a question mark in the privacy of my head, if there's some autistic spectrum in there. But I'm in no place to explore that at the moment.
Anyways, I relate to ppl in our neurodivergent tribe the most. Your video was absolutely lovely. I'm incredibly sad people did such a poor job at reacting to it. I cannot see how anyone with a basic level of kindness could see anything negative in this. Aka it takes a lot of active effort to take this wholesome video and react poorly to it. Too many people out there are really really not OK. And it's really strange as a neurodivergent person, to keep realizing how people who can force their brains to function within societal norms are frequently ........... not well at all and worse as kindness than people who literally are diagnosed to struggle with emotional perception or struggle with their emotional regulation.
It is really true, that things that are good and accommodating for neurodivergent ppl, tend to be actually good for neurotypical ppl, too. In a sense, we are the advocates for people, who are better at abusing themselves into unhealthy degrees of societal restrains.
I'm really really sorry you were mistreated, while basically working on a better world, in which same unkind ppl, might not have grown up to be this scarred and unnerved by the sole fact of someone being physically visibly joyful.
I literally cried when I first saw this because it was one of the way it made me feel. I was so happy because I felt represented It was like looking in a mirror. I was like wow that’s literally what I do when I’m happy 😭😭😭😭😭 Thank you for sharing this.
Hey Chloé! I feel like you would like this song called Joy by Emily Anne. It’s all about autistic joy! If you want give it a try, and thank you for the reminder!
Thank you, just put that on my stiming playlist.
@@rynbow-skye unrelated but I LOVE your pfp 💕
I need to learn to be comfortable to just let myself flow into stimming like this.
It’s a lot of unlearning, and I’m trying.
This video brings me so much joy❤
We are all soo lucky to someone like you chole to show people that being autistic is amazing and beautiful thing ❤
You filled my heart with joy 😊
I love your joy keep smiling Chloe ❤
Love you. Love this. Thank you for sharing. ❤💜❤💜
That’s exactly what I look like when I walk into a theatre to see a big show eg. Hamilton or Mary Poppins. I have a story in that actually so I’m 14 and I was stimming at Mary Poppins and this entitled mother and daughter age roughly 5 years old come up and say “Lear. To control your kid she’s acting like a baby she needs to set a good example for my daughter” and I replied with “ great point I’m setting the example and autistic joy is beautiful and that is 100% ok to stick in public
What a great response!
You definitely didn't need to set a good example for her daughter anyway. It's her responsibility so she has to lead by example, not expect strangers to do it for her because you have no obligation to care. None the less she set a bad example that day as her daughter witnessed her being rude to an autistic person. She should teach her daughter to be respectful and mind her own business.
I needed to hear this today. I've been masking my entire adult life and I feel like I've lost the ability to feel this and it's slowly killing me.
Me too. Watching her is like remembering myself from a dream, or from before a dream.
This gives me joy! ❤ Thank you for the advice, I needed this 🥹
i need more autistic joy content, it’s so scarce sometimes but it’s so contagious in the best way possible.
I'm autistic and every time I watch this, I start happy stimming. Thank you so much for the reminder that autistic joy is nothing to be ashamed of ❤
I love you Chloe and thank you for being yourself, because watching you just be, lets me see myself too
Thanks
i love this! it reminds me of when i see monster high stuff. thank you for being a positive person, chloe! :D
Your joy makes me feel joyful ❤
the absolute pure joy radiating from this video!!! it made my day :D
I'm autistic and watching this makes me so happy! Watching someone, especially someone I really respect, expressing joy in the same way I do is so validating ❤❤❤
This is so beautiful! Thank you, thank you! ❤
The whole time I was wandering what she was stimming about, but so glad to see you stim! Lots of love from a (fellow) autistic woman ❤
Chloe, I LOVE to see you very happy😃😃👍👍👍👍👍 !! I also like to see other people so happy😃😃!! Even though I am not Autistic, I LOVE to see whales🐳🐋💙💙 and Dolphins🐬🐬 💙💙and watching you Chloe reminds me of how happy I got when I saw the Dolphins🐬🐬 down the shore 🏖swimming together as a family, breathing together as a Family, tail slapping the ocean, and Spinner Dolphins just spinning out of the ocean for fun🐬🐬💙💙💙💙💙!!! Chloe, Your stimming to me just looks like you are so happy😃😃 and that makes me feel good😃😃🤗🤗, not upset or "cringed" !! So, Chloe I say as a person again who is not Autistic, keep stimming👌👌 and show how happy😃😃 and full of joy you are😃😃, which just makes me feel uplifted🦋🦋 and very happy🦋🦋😃😃👌👌👍👍💛💛💛!!!
Came here because I heard she was practically bullied off social media for this. Bullied for what?? Jumping for joy?
Dunno what you were watching but I was doing the happy dance with you. I tried bubbles the other day, soap bubble and did all you just did, as instead of just one bubble the same made a whole stream of them. #mind blown. LiteraLly had to put my hand over my mouth to stop myself squeezing in delight.
Stimming is the best feeling, like contain
Needed this today. Thank you 💛💛💛
The happiness makes me happy too!
Last fall, I finally was accepting myself as autistic and I saw this video and it really made me see myself and accept myself and I felt like it was ok to be this way. I just watched I’m autistic, now what and she mentioned how you were being treated because some people were accusing you of faking it. The people who are angry and accuse others of being fake are seeing this diagnosis through their own perspective and they would have to “fake it” to exhibit these characteristics and so they assume one would want to say they are autistic in order to feel special. It’s the same people who will say someone identifying as queer or in the lgbtq+ is only looking to be special and it’s popular. These people never think about the reasons they are seeing more people come out as being neurodivergent is because of our growing understanding and representation. So, they are angry that someone is different from them. Their experience is different and somehow that’s invalidating? They seem to want justice but it’s misdirected at the wrong group. Any anger or justice seeking should be in regards to how many neurodivergent people have been abused, mistreated, misdiagnosed and left to suffer because of our lack of understanding. We deserve compassion and understanding of our sensitivities. Otherwise we are continuing to hide behind our masks to be accepted and this compromises our health and wellbeing.❤I’m so grateful you are still here and making videos.😊
You're a wonderful person Chloé ❤❤❤
Needed this today 💜💙
That’s so beautiful!!! #actuallyautistic
watching this honestly made my day
Oooo that sky is pretty ☺️🎉
You are so Cute Chloe, hope you had lots of fun
Late diagnosed this year at 42, I think I've been masking too long, but hoping to get some discrete stim toys soon, like the fidget rings
Thank you for that reminder 😊
I really need it ❤
I'm so happy to see someone express their joy and happiness so naturally and not holding it back 🥰
Actually I still tend to suppress my stimms in public😞
Cause it still hard to just open around people, especially when I don't know how they would react .. it just don't feel safe 😣
hope someday it will be socially acceptable to to just be yourself, and express your happiness, joy sadness and all kinds of emotions in the most natural way ✨️😊❤ that would be such a beautiful world ❤🥰
Thank you! ❤
I want to hug you Chloe. I would react in a very similar way. I have before and I don't get why anyone wouldn't get excited by aview like this 😢😊❤❤
Love this! 💛
OMG U LOOK SO HAPPY IT MAKES ME WANNA CRY BUT SMILE AT THE SAME TIME 😭😁😭😁😭😁😭😁😭😁😭😁😭😁
I love this so much 💗
This makes my heart happy!
I’m not autistic, but my toes started wiggling just watching u jump around like that! So wholesome!!!! 🥹🤗
Beautiful!
one of my spins is whales and I went whale watching a few weeks ago and OMG IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SAW TWO GREY MORPHS TOGETHER LIKE WHAT!!!!! AAAAAAAAAA
it makes me soo happy and excited just remembering it :))))))))))))))))
1:33 WAIT OMG I LOVE YOUR HAIR CLIP!!! IT'S AWESOME
You are beautiful. ❤
I (AudHD) remember about a decade ago going on a boat and learning to scuba. And our boat went through a pod of whales and a pod of dolphins. I remember the joy both my daughter and I felt. It was this kind of ecstatic joy. I never wanted to leave the water. And I didn’t stim. I didn’t stim because being from a different generation I was told it absolutely wasn’t okay growing up. I was told I didn’t have a problem. I was told the teachers and doctors wanted to put me on scary dangerous drugs and they were evil. (Drugs that would likely have helped my adhd side and ironically let me function like the “normal” way they wanted me to be.
I hate that word.
You and your joy are beautiful.
Don’t let anyone tell you differently.
So sweet! It's so cool to see whales.