Autism brought me here, but I come back because you're YOU! I'm happy to see you; thanks for the update; sending you BIG LOVE! Be well. Edit to add: Congrats on the business! I hope you have plenty of customers! AND I'm interested in all the topics you mentioned, but also want you to only film when YOU want to and have the energy.
I think the video was a good example of how chaotic an autistics life can get when there's too many changes happening concurrently and/or consecutively. In your case, both! I'm glad you took some time to rest and regroup. Also SUPER PROUD of you for starting a new business ❤ You're a great example of resilience and persistence!! Thank you for sharing your story. I can't wait for the day when you tell us that you're moving to Italy and leaving all the family drama behind!! Just because we're blood related, doesn't mean we have to tolerate any form of abuse from them.
Welcome back! Your posts are about your life...as a person with an autistic brain...whether your career choices, past trauma, current family drama, what circumstances help you succeed or bring roadblocks to your personal success. To me, that makes all of your posts interesting. Just my two cents on that score. As far as future content - I would be particularly interested in if you can put a finger on what creates a wonderful experience for you as far as feeling comfier in Italy than other places. When I was in Europe for a year WAY before I even realized I had an autistic brain, my brief couple of weeks in northern Italy gave me a sense it would be my first choice of locations to settle if I could - even despite not speaking the language yet. If I missed a video where you went over this, I apologize. Thanks for checking in!
Thanks so much, Susan! I really appreciate this comment. Makes me more confident to be able to chat more about my life, even if it's not *completely* all about autism. And I did make a video a while back talking about why I like Italy here: czcams.com/video/6y4h32H0iVE/video.html. Granted, it was a while ago and I don't remember what I said, so I may need to update it!
Rambling is very welcome, good to see you again! As for "having milder autism symptoms in Italy vs in the States" - I am from Poland and when I hear about the way American culture is - for example shop assistants asking how you are and making small talk with you etc., I think maybe the American way about social life is a bit more overwhelming than in some other countries? here I can go to a shopping mall and the most talking that is required from me while I am there is saying "hello" when I enter a shop and "No" when asked if I need any help :P
Welcome back! I'd love to know more about family dynamics and autism and the practicalities of running a business when you're autistic. I'm hoping to get my own channel up later this year, but my executives really struggle to function. 😜
I do care! I thought of you just a couple of days ago and wondered how you were doing! You are perfect as you are and deliver. Don't worry about pet peeves. We get it, so much has opened up for you! It's amazing and I do want to know about the meds, the opening of the business, what difference is now with life being married etc. Welcome back! I do hope you get some more alone time to record yourself and share with us. All the best with your shop!
You are loved just as you are. Don't worry, some of us just love the updates and love knowing that you are doing well, even buzy and/or over welmed. Enjoy your life, we love you! ❤😊❤
You can always film in the car if you want to be alone, alot of CZcamsrs do that. I would love to hear about your medication story. Also why Italy helps your Autism might be another video to make.
I totally understand where you're coming from... I have my own (tiny) YT channel, and even though I film so that (obviously) people will watch me, I never want people at home to be around when I'm filming b/c it always makes me feel self-conscious. Talk about an oxymoron, huh? Lol. I also had a small (micro) business that I spent a lot of time with last year, and I think I do want to get back to it, but it's taking me a long time to come back to it and discover HOW I want to come back to it. Gah... being on the spectrum definitely has its challenges. Congrats on your marriage/new business! Good for you! I'm definitely rooting for you & hope for your continued success!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you understand where I'm coming from with wanting to film while being alone. I haven't had any more alone time yet, but I'm thinking of maybe asking my family for a little alone time every other week or something so I can film. Best of luck with your channel!
Nice to see you again, welcome back (I hope). I am glad to hear about your life, I am here 50/50 for you and autism content. I would love to hear about weaning off your meds and how that went if you are comfortable sharing.
I love hearing about your life. I would like to hear about your experience going off medications. Did you taper, how long did it take to start working again, did you realize the difference in how you felt off medication, did you return to the same medication etc
I'm absolutely doing the meds video next! People seem to be super interested in the topic. I just need to find some time to film and then it will be up ASAP!
Good to hear how you are doing! All of the video suggestions sound good. We love your openness and know you will have many insights on life as an autistic person.
Dearest Olivia, your reapiring on CZcams is such a pleasant surprise.🤗😁 Autistic in me haven't reached out to you, but me being autistic is so happy to hear anything new you are going to bring to us again !!! I sincerely appreciate your narrative. It helped me a lot to learn about never-ending struggles and challenges of autism/ADHD. Let alone that I have always admired your esthetic. Your shop looks exquisite, and I can see some beautiful wed dresses in your background. They look classy, simple, and different. Just like you in your wedding gown!!! I'm looking forward to new content.💃💃💃🎉❤😘
so sorry to hear about your willow. my step-dad came back to life twice. each time, he watched football and drank a milkshake. congrats on your wedding and business. ohh scapegoat - me too.
I enjoyed the life update! Yours was the first channel I watched that made me start down the autism rabbit hole, and I’m really glad to see you back. Congratulations on your new business!
Great to see you again I've missed you, Congratulations on your marriage, you are radiating much happy and beautiful energy 😊 also congratulations on your new business, that's a good business to be in because everyone is happy 😊❤. Sorry to hear about your fur baby passing. Anyway I was so happy to see the notification this morning 🌷⚘🌸
I'm happy that you're back! I am also glad that you shared this life update. I think every topic you thought of would peak everyone's interest. Your ideas are always interesting video topics!
Congrats on the business! It's really cool to see someone starting a business with a good sense of mission and passion. And all the video topics you mentioned would be really interesting.
So nice to see you again. It’s okay to take care of yourself first. Yes, I care about you and your life. Thank you for your update. Best wishes and much love sent your way ❤🕊️ I am so sorry for your loss. Pets are our family and we love them deeply
Welcome back, Olivia! You're not missing a lot, but we appreciate you doing this. Also, the wife glow-up looks good on you! Please say hello to Alex for me.
Congratulations on the new business. Sounds like you found a good niche. People will try and push the boundaries to try and get lower rates compared to the rest of the sector, given that you’ve stated one of your goals is affordability. Please look after yourself and keep some firm financial boundaries that you won’t exceed no matter the sob story. A suggestion on the people interaction burnout ( because I absolutely know I couldn’t do it). Is there any possibility of hiring someone to work in the shop doing the public facing hours for the two busiest days, this would leave you free to do online and phone calls and the other behind the scenes work and be on call for complicated tasks. You wouldn’t be so tired and would be working more efficiently, and would then perhaps not have to crash on Monday and Tuesday, which isn’t sustainable. Because what I’m hearing is that you aren’t getting what anyone else would term as a weekend, your crash and burn days are just recovering and not days where you can rest or recharge or contribute to your relationships, household or do something fun. And you certainly need some time reserved for being by yourself that everyone respects. I had people around me the whole of last week and by the end of it I would rather have pulled my toenails out than talked to anybody else no matter how much I love them.
You look so happy in this video. Happy to hear you're doing well & congratulations on your new business. It sounds magical, as well as being an answer to many people's prayers ❤
This is most definitely autistic content, although it's more autistic content for autistics. Our neurodivergence affects how we move through the world. Listening to each other's stories is nice and often very helpful. This is a wonderful update. I do a tiktok journal and I agree I have to film alone, although I am working on pushing that barrier. I think it's the only way for me to let go of the masks. If I make a mistake I can edit in post, but if someone is watching I "need" to edit my speech instead of the video. I think you have some great ideas for future videos.
Glad to see you back! All of the video ideas you mentioned sound great. I would love to see your bridal shop area and some of your dresses and accessories.
I’m SO thrilled you’re back! 🥳 As a fellow female Autistic adult any video on any topic I love! They are all so relatable to me, in fact sometimes too relatable! 🫣🙃 Keep being you! 💖
You're wonderful and amazing! It's so freaking cool you got so much done and accomplished. It's incredibly inspiring and wow. And to comment on whether we're interested in you and your rambling: Absolutely! We're here for you not just the autism lol. You were one of the first creators I found after I got diagnosed and I reccomend your videos all the time. All of your upcoming videos sound extremely interesting so I very much hope to see them down the road. And I love your idea for a business so much and I'm so happy it's going well for you!! I'm not married yet, but when I do I saved this video to remind me of this so I can shop with you. Overall 10/10 amazing and happy to have you back! So sorry for the intermittent struggles but overall you should be so so proud. 😊
Aw thank you so much! You made my day!! And thank you so much for recommending my videos. I'm so honored. I would also absolutely love to help you find your dream dress one day 🩵
Congratulations on your wedding and my condolences for your dogs passing. I loved that you took some time off to recharge! But we did miss your videos. Also I love how much you go for the things you want to do and you think outside the box. Congrats on the new biz.Truly inspiring!
Hello, I’d be interested in listening to any/all of those videos you suggested at the end Olivia. Your business ethos and idea sounds lovely. I wish you well with it all.
Ooh, thank you so much for being back, for taking that precious alone time and make a video!! I'm so glad that you did, and clearly all the topics you mentioned as possible upcoming videos are of interest to me, so yeah, feel free to go ahead with those, when you get the time that is, of course... And congratulations on your new business, that sounds amazing! Please take good care of yourself and I'll be looking forward to seeing you again around here!
Welcome back. Your insights have been missed. We're dialing in our medications here for the first time, and the pros keep assuring us how easy it is to make changes or stop them altogether...so would love your real knowledge and experience in a video when you're ready to tell that story. Cheers.
I am absolutely doing a video on this as soon as I can! Hoping to get some alone time soon. All I can say is it's NOT easy to stop altogether. Do your own research. From what I've read, it's almost impossible.
Congratulation to your wedding and to your new shop! Happy to see you again and that you are doing so well! You look gorgious and i think we all are interested in your experiences, your business and your family issues. Being a follower means to feel connected with that person, so that not only the topic is important, but also the person!
Welcome back, it's good to see you. I'm glad you're doing well now. Being the family scapegoat sounds interesting, as a person with bipolar i get that too. I look forward to anything you release though.
Loved this video!! Congrats! Please do a video on your experience getting off your meds. Also please do a video on being the family scapegoat. I cam currently going through that. I am autistic and the family scapegoat because I call things out instead of shoving everything under the rug and continuing the dysfunction. Its very painful.
I love your dress and necklace. You look so beautiful. What a lovely business to open and so interesting to hear about your experience with it. So nice to hear from you. I love hearing about all of it.
Hi Olivia, Lovely to see you back. Congratulations on your Wedding and the best of luck with your Bridal shop business. You are an amazing inspiration to girls and Women on the Autism Spectrum. My own little girl is on the Spectrum and it gives me hope for her to watch your amazing videos.❤
We’ve gotten to know you through your videos and and the life moments you’ve shared with us so of course we would love to hear how things are going for you! Your channel was the first one I stumbled upon when trying to learn more about myself. I subscribed because I found many of your stories about autism to be mine too. Whether personal experiences or FYI videos, I have learned a lot:). Thank you!!
Glad to see you back! Congratulations on your wedding! Congratulations on your new business enterprise. I am sorry about your puppy! Dreadful to lose a fur baby and to have it happen on Alex’s birthday. I love the life update! I do not find that you talking about what went on the past year is just fine! In a way, it may be helpful for someone. As for going off your medication, my being AuDHD and finishing my thesis, I would forget my meds…well that was a disaster. The longest I went off my meds was 120 days due to a health issue, I was the worst person ever, in my own opinion. As for talking about going off your meds, i think it is a good idea. I’ll watch!
Hi Olivia 👋😊 just come across your channel this week and it's amazing! Eps as two weeks ago as a woman in 20s was diagnosed and love what U share and congrats on the wedding and business too!!!❤❤❤❤
I found your channel while you were gone but I subscribed hoping you'd return! I love hearing you talk about life whether or not it's directly about autism. It's nice seeing autistic adults succeed and lead regular lives.
OLIVIA!! Hello! So good to see your beautiful smiling face! I’m so sorry to hear about your dog and your struggles. My question for you is regarding your comment about Italy and your autism symptoms fading over there. Can you share why you feel so much better over there? I have the same feeling in England and in the Netherlands but I haven’t been able to articulate why to my husband. He doesn’t get it. I’m trying to convince him to go! I can’t explain my overwhelming NEED to go. I think it has to do with the ridiculously high expectations of people here and the societal changes overall in the last 10ish years. I just feel utterly lost and I’m constantly thinking about the past. Ugh. I’d really like to hear your thoughts on this!!! Thank you!
Thank you so much! And as to why I feel better over there, it's something that I've thought a lot about. I can't say for SURE what it is, but I think it's multiple factors. One, their way of life over there. It's much more about actually enjoying life. It's slower paced. There's less pressure to be super successful at work. You get down time. Those are all things my brain needs. Another thing I think may contribute is the food. We eat so many chemicals and poison in the US. I can't help but wonder if that causes issues. Even if it just causes gut issues, the better your gut feels, the better you feel (normally, I think anyways). I feel like the people are friendlier. They will literally do anything for you. I also feel like there isn't as much pressure to have dumb small talk. These are just my experiences, but I think these definitely all play a role in why I feel better there. I hope this helps, and I hope your husband can maybe understand!
Hey girl! So glad you're back. Congratulations on your marriage 💜 Im interested in a video about autism and family dynamics (being the family scapegoat). Also, id like to hear your experience with going off of your meds
I think you would be great at your new business. You have a great personality for working with customers. I have trouble getting things done while my wife is home and she works from home. I know the feeling.
great to have your back and congrats on your new business ❤️ i'd be really interested to hear more about your mental health & going off your medication! i'm also currently weaning off my medication of 8 years
@@OliviaHops it's going alright, been having some withdrawal symptoms as expected. but i'm doing it really slow so my brain and body can adjust to it 🌞
I'm so sad for your dog passing away. I am going trouw this with my cat and I understand how much heartbreaking it can be 💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭. I send you love from Spain. ❤❤❤❤.
Welcome back. There are no rules to doing and posting YT content. You should feel free to do whatever, whenever. Any of the content ideas are good ones. One day at a time.
Thank you! I always feel pressured to post weekly (not by my subscribers, but by CZcams and it's algorithms), so thanks for reminding me it's my channel and I can do what I please! I appreciate your support and patience!
When it comes to a new life update, I just wish I could telepathically tell the people in my life what’s going on. I don’t like to talk about new jobs until I feel certain about it, and my mom found out from my old principal about my new job in an unrelated case conference. Telling people in my life personal updates is my biggest weakness. 😅 That para social responsibility has got to be stressful I imagine.
Nice to see you back, I definitely hadn't forgotten about you! When you say you were retired from your other business, what does that mean? Is there any financial support in the U.S. for when you get out if business? Hope the new business goes well, all the best from me!
I’m honestly a bit worried that you need to sleep all day on your days off because you may end up getting burnout. Is there any way you can get help in the shop and do more of the administration stuff behind the scenes?
I think how you're dealing with being married would be a great video. I by way of a big miracle have been married 28 years. My second choice would be one as a business owner. I think hearing from a new business owner with Autism like myself would be very interesting. I'm sorry about Alex. If that happened to my Duncan I would be destroyed. It would take along time to recover. Anyway I hope you continue to be in good health and spirits.
Thanks for the continued support and always watching and commenting on my videos, I truly appreciate it! I'll definitely add the being married video to my list. And congrats to you for being married for 28 years, that's incredible!! You should be so proud!!
I have a feeling that autistic people are usually chosen as the family scapegoat (if there's a family dynamic where members of the family dump their negative feelings and blame onto somebody, even if it was somebody else that caused the problem in the first place (you get to be the one who receives the resentment instead of the one who actually hurt them). And I fund that part of it is because so many people deny that autistic traits cause an autistic person a great amount of strwss and grief. I can't tell you how many times i have explained the same traita over and over and over again to certain people. It's to the extent that I don't see the point in answering the same questions to those people anymore (I mean, if I am using 30 minutes to an hour's worth of energy to someone who isn't really listening, then how much energy will i have left to give to those who ARE listening? And then just having energy to take care of MYSELF so that I don't shut down, or feel too overwhelmed to start any tasks for the day. I hear you, and I am going through this sort of family dynamic at the moment. I get invalidated for my autistic traits (on how difficult it is for me to get through simple daily life situations), and I don't understand what the point is of invalidating me, or why it would effect them when they only reach out to me like 5 maybe 6 times a year (some, even less than that!). I tried reaching out to ny grandmother more often, offering to take her out for lunch, and she was talking like i must not be busy enough, if I am so eager to see her for lunch (I hadn't seen her in well over a month, and thought that she would like to get together). And criticized me for feeling emotional because she said that she was going to get back to me the next week to let me know when she was free, and we were going to make plans, and then a month went by and I finally reached out to HER and she criticizes me for wondering if something was wrong, and tells me that I must not be busy enough (acting like I am needy or something). And it's just like, "No. I realized that you are 80 now and that I only swe you maybe 5 times a year, and I was worried that you maybe thought that I must not care about you if I don't spend time with you." So now I haven't reached out to her to get together for her, and I am wondering if 4 months will go by before she reaches out to me(I would probably get blamed for that too! If she gets upset that I quit reaching out to her every month or so). Situations like these make me so sad, because I just don't understand why certain family members have to be so criticizing and so invalidating.
Hi Olivia. I have a 20 year old daughter who was diagnosed with ASD about a year ago. After tons of research, instead of going on SSRI's for her anxiety and depression, she started using psilocybin (compound in magic mushrooms) to treat her symptoms. She has gotten good results. It's legal in the state that she lives in. I've heard a lot of testimonies on youtube from people who have used psilocybin to get off of their SSRI's. Just wanted to share that with you. Take care of yourself.
Thanks so much for sharing this with me! I’m going to do a video all about going off of my medication and talk about how hard SSRIs are to get off. Best to you and your daughter!
@@OliviaHops All the best to you as well! A footnote, the professionals in the field do NOT recommend psilocybin treatment for people taking SSRI's. I believe the recommendation is going off of them for at least 6 weeks. Though, I've read youtube comments stating that people have used psilocybin to get off of them.
Check out this video, I talk about it some: czcams.com/video/6y4h32H0iVE/video.html. It has been a while since I posted that and watched it, so I don't remember what I say lol so I'll add an update of the video to my list to make!
So great to see you again mate!
Thanks so much, Orion! So looking forward to chatting with you soon!!
@@OliviaHopscan’t wait!
Autism brought me here, but I come back because you're YOU! I'm happy to see you; thanks for the update; sending you BIG LOVE! Be well.
Edit to add: Congrats on the business! I hope you have plenty of customers! AND I'm interested in all the topics you mentioned, but also want you to only film when YOU want to and have the energy.
Aww thank you so much!! That truly means so much to me! You made my day 🫶🩵
I think the video was a good example of how chaotic an autistics life can get when there's too many changes happening concurrently and/or consecutively. In your case, both!
I'm glad you took some time to rest and regroup. Also SUPER PROUD of you for starting a new business ❤
You're a great example of resilience and persistence!! Thank you for sharing your story.
I can't wait for the day when you tell us that you're moving to Italy and leaving all the family drama behind!!
Just because we're blood related, doesn't mean we have to tolerate any form of abuse from them.
Welcome back! Your posts are about your life...as a person with an autistic brain...whether your career choices, past trauma, current family drama, what circumstances help you succeed or bring roadblocks to your personal success. To me, that makes all of your posts interesting. Just my two cents on that score. As far as future content - I would be particularly interested in if you can put a finger on what creates a wonderful experience for you as far as feeling comfier in Italy than other places. When I was in Europe for a year WAY before I even realized I had an autistic brain, my brief couple of weeks in northern Italy gave me a sense it would be my first choice of locations to settle if I could - even despite not speaking the language yet. If I missed a video where you went over this, I apologize. Thanks for checking in!
Thanks so much, Susan! I really appreciate this comment. Makes me more confident to be able to chat more about my life, even if it's not *completely* all about autism. And I did make a video a while back talking about why I like Italy here: czcams.com/video/6y4h32H0iVE/video.html. Granted, it was a while ago and I don't remember what I said, so I may need to update it!
I am so proud of you Olivia!! And you look absolutely stunning 🥰🥰🥰
Rambling is very welcome, good to see you again! As for "having milder autism symptoms in Italy vs in the States" - I am from Poland and when I hear about the way American culture is - for example shop assistants asking how you are and making small talk with you etc., I think maybe the American way about social life is a bit more overwhelming than in some other countries? here I can go to a shopping mall and the most talking that is required from me while I am there is saying "hello" when I enter a shop and "No" when asked if I need any help :P
Welcome back! I'd love to know more about family dynamics and autism and the practicalities of running a business when you're autistic. I'm hoping to get my own channel up later this year, but my executives really struggle to function. 😜
SHES BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK hi! Hope you're doing swell!
Thanks for the update. I'd been wondering how you were doing. It makes me happy to hear that you're busy with the new business. It sounds exciting.
I do care! I thought of you just a couple of days ago and wondered how you were doing! You are perfect as you are and deliver. Don't worry about pet peeves. We get it, so much has opened up for you! It's amazing and I do want to know about the meds, the opening of the business, what difference is now with life being married etc. Welcome back! I do hope you get some more alone time to record yourself and share with us. All the best with your shop!
You are loved just as you are. Don't worry, some of us just love the updates and love knowing that you are doing well, even buzy and/or over welmed. Enjoy your life, we love you! ❤😊❤
Thanks so much, Cindy!! I love you guys!! Your support means the world to me! 🩵
Congratulations on the business. It’s very needed for brides today. You look beautiful!
So excited to see you back & to hear about your journeys!
You can always film in the car if you want to be alone, alot of CZcamsrs do that. I would love to hear about your medication story. Also why Italy helps your Autism might be another video to make.
Really good to have you back ❤
I totally understand where you're coming from... I have my own (tiny) YT channel, and even though I film so that (obviously) people will watch me, I never want people at home to be around when I'm filming b/c it always makes me feel self-conscious. Talk about an oxymoron, huh? Lol. I also had a small (micro) business that I spent a lot of time with last year, and I think I do want to get back to it, but it's taking me a long time to come back to it and discover HOW I want to come back to it. Gah... being on the spectrum definitely has its challenges.
Congrats on your marriage/new business! Good for you! I'm definitely rooting for you & hope for your continued success!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you understand where I'm coming from with wanting to film while being alone. I haven't had any more alone time yet, but I'm thinking of maybe asking my family for a little alone time every other week or something so I can film. Best of luck with your channel!
Nice to see you again, welcome back (I hope). I am glad to hear about your life, I am here 50/50 for you and autism content. I would love to hear about weaning off your meds and how that went if you are comfortable sharing.
Eventful update! I'm glad you're finding joy and fulfilment in you new bridal business. Also love that you are supporting another woman-owned business
I love hearing about your life. I would like to hear about your experience going off medications. Did you taper, how long did it take to start working again, did you realize the difference in how you felt off medication, did you return to the same medication etc
I'm absolutely doing the meds video next! People seem to be super interested in the topic. I just need to find some time to film and then it will be up ASAP!
Good to hear how you are doing! All of the video suggestions sound good. We love your openness and know you will have many insights on life as an autistic person.
Dearest Olivia, your reapiring on CZcams is such a pleasant surprise.🤗😁
Autistic in me haven't reached out to you, but me being autistic is so happy to hear anything new you are going to bring to us again !!! I sincerely appreciate your narrative. It helped me a lot to learn about never-ending struggles and challenges of autism/ADHD.
Let alone that I have always admired your esthetic.
Your shop looks exquisite, and I can see some beautiful wed dresses in your background. They look classy, simple, and different. Just like you in your wedding gown!!!
I'm looking forward to new content.💃💃💃🎉❤😘
so sorry to hear about your willow. my step-dad came back to life twice. each time, he watched football and drank a milkshake.
congrats on your wedding and business. ohh scapegoat - me too.
Wow! What a fighter he was!!
@@OliviaHops he just really liked football and milkshakes
I enjoyed the life update! Yours was the first channel I watched that made me start down the autism rabbit hole, and I’m really glad to see you back. Congratulations on your new business!
Thank you so much, Gina! I really appreciate the support and hope my channel has helped you.
Your bridal business is such a cool idea! Yes, I'd be interested in the other topics. :)
Thanks so much!! 🥰
Great to see you again I've missed you, Congratulations on your marriage, you are radiating much happy and beautiful energy 😊 also congratulations on your new business, that's a good business to be in because everyone is happy 😊❤. Sorry to hear about your fur baby passing. Anyway I was so happy to see the notification this morning 🌷⚘🌸
I'm happy that you're back! I am also glad that you shared this life update. I think every topic you thought of would peak everyone's interest. Your ideas are always interesting video topics!
Congrats on the business! It's really cool to see someone starting a business with a good sense of mission and passion. And all the video topics you mentioned would be really interesting.
So nice to see you again. It’s okay to take care of yourself first. Yes, I care about you and your life. Thank you for your update. Best wishes and much love sent your way ❤🕊️ I am so sorry for your loss. Pets are our family and we love them deeply
Thank you so much for this wonderful comment. I truly appreciate all of it!! 🩵
So sorry about your rescue 😔 Supper happy that you got married in my ideal country ❤ Very happy to hear from you again!!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻🫶🏻🩵
Congratulations to you and Alex! Congratulations on your bridal business!
Sorry about your dog.
Welcome back, Olivia! You're not missing a lot, but we appreciate you doing this.
Also, the wife glow-up looks good on you!
Please say hello to Alex for me.
Aw thank you so much!! I thought I didn’t look the best in this video so you made my day!!
Congratulations on the new business. Sounds like you found a good niche.
People will try and push the boundaries to try and get lower rates compared to the rest of the sector, given that you’ve stated one of your goals is affordability. Please look after yourself and keep some firm financial boundaries that you won’t exceed no matter the sob story.
A suggestion on the people interaction burnout ( because I absolutely know I couldn’t do it). Is there any possibility of hiring someone to work in the shop doing the public facing hours for the two busiest days, this would leave you free to do online and phone calls and the other behind the scenes work and be on call for complicated tasks. You wouldn’t be so tired and would be working more efficiently, and would then perhaps not have to crash on Monday and Tuesday, which isn’t sustainable. Because what I’m hearing is that you aren’t getting what anyone else would term as a weekend, your crash and burn days are just recovering and not days where you can rest or recharge or contribute to your relationships, household or do something fun. And you certainly need some time reserved for being by yourself that everyone respects. I had people around me the whole of last week and by the end of it I would rather have pulled my toenails out than talked to anybody else no matter how much I love them.
Thanks so much for the great advice!!
So lovely to see you back, have missed your videos! Sending you lots of love and well wishes and good luck for your new bridal business 🎉
Thank you so much, Becky! I really appreciate the well wishes!! 🩵
Really looking forward to the video about being the family scapegoat because that is something I'm dealing with as well. It's hard.
I'm so sorry you're dealing with it, too. It's incredibly hard and mentally exhausting. I'm praying for you.
@@OliviaHops Thank you. I just feel so alone like it's me against the world.
You look so happy in this video. Happy to hear you're doing well & congratulations on your new business. It sounds magical, as well as being an answer to many people's prayers ❤
Aw thank you so much for the kind words!! They truly mean so much to me!! 🩵
Blessings from Montreal Canada
This is most definitely autistic content, although it's more autistic content for autistics. Our neurodivergence affects how we move through the world. Listening to each other's stories is nice and often very helpful. This is a wonderful update. I do a tiktok journal and I agree I have to film alone, although I am working on pushing that barrier. I think it's the only way for me to let go of the masks. If I make a mistake I can edit in post, but if someone is watching I "need" to edit my speech instead of the video. I think you have some great ideas for future videos.
It’s great to see you again. Can’t wait for more up dates. Congratulations on your new venture, wishing you all the best. ❤️
Glad to see you back! All of the video ideas you mentioned sound great. I would love to see your bridal shop area and some of your dresses and accessories.
I will definitely showcase my little studio when I do the video about starting the business 😊
I’m SO thrilled you’re back! 🥳 As a fellow female Autistic adult any video on any topic I love! They are all so relatable to me, in fact sometimes too relatable! 🫣🙃 Keep being you! 💖
You are so beautiful! Congratulations on your new business, and I can relate to the latest topics. Take your time. Welcome back.
Thank you so much!! 🩵
Glad you’re back! You look beautiful! I’m looking forward to seeing your upcoming videos! 😊❤
Aw thank you so much!!
So glad to see you back! Congrats on getting married and the new business!
❤ Great update, Olivia. I wish you all the best on all fronts.
Thank you so much, Diana!
Congratulations on your wedding and new business. Sorry for your loss and good luck with all the family troubles 💐
Thanks so much!! 🩵
I'm so glad you found some time. You're always helpful. I love hearing updates when you can fit them in.
All of your video topics sound good. Congratulations on the success of your new business :-)
Would love to hear about all those video ideas. I have missed you. Thanks for the update.
Thanks so much for sticking around, Leann!
You're wonderful and amazing! It's so freaking cool you got so much done and accomplished. It's incredibly inspiring and wow. And to comment on whether we're interested in you and your rambling: Absolutely! We're here for you not just the autism lol. You were one of the first creators I found after I got diagnosed and I reccomend your videos all the time. All of your upcoming videos sound extremely interesting so I very much hope to see them down the road. And I love your idea for a business so much and I'm so happy it's going well for you!! I'm not married yet, but when I do I saved this video to remind me of this so I can shop with you.
Overall 10/10 amazing and happy to have you back! So sorry for the intermittent struggles but overall you should be so so proud. 😊
Aw thank you so much! You made my day!! And thank you so much for recommending my videos. I'm so honored. I would also absolutely love to help you find your dream dress one day 🩵
Congratulations on your wedding and my condolences for your dogs passing. I loved that you took some time off to recharge! But we did miss your videos. Also I love how much you go for the things you want to do and you think outside the box. Congrats on the new biz.Truly inspiring!
Thank you so much for this comment! It means so much to me!! I’m so thankful to have your support 🩵
Hello, I’d be interested in listening to any/all of those videos you suggested at the end Olivia. Your business ethos and idea sounds lovely. I wish you well with it all.
Thank you so much!! I truly appreciate the kind words and support! 🩵
Ooh, thank you so much for being back, for taking that precious alone time and make a video!! I'm so glad that you did, and clearly all the topics you mentioned as possible upcoming videos are of interest to me, so yeah, feel free to go ahead with those, when you get the time that is, of course... And congratulations on your new business, that sounds amazing! Please take good care of yourself and I'll be looking forward to seeing you again around here!
Thank you so much, Celine! I really appreciate your support and sweet comment 🩵
Welcome back. Your insights have been missed. We're dialing in our medications here for the first time, and the pros keep assuring us how easy it is to make changes or stop them altogether...so would love your real knowledge and experience in a video when you're ready to tell that story. Cheers.
I am absolutely doing a video on this as soon as I can! Hoping to get some alone time soon. All I can say is it's NOT easy to stop altogether. Do your own research. From what I've read, it's almost impossible.
We like you! Of course we want to know what’s going on ☺️💗
All of the topics you talked about are interesting for me Olivia.
You were one of the first, it not the first youtuber who introduced me to autism! Welcome back 😊
Congratulation to your wedding and to your new shop! Happy to see you again and that you are doing so well! You look gorgious and i think we all are interested in your experiences, your business and your family issues. Being a follower means to feel connected with that person, so that not only the topic is important, but also the person!
Thank you so much for being a follower and supporting me fully! It means so much to me! 🩵
Welcome back, it's good to see you. I'm glad you're doing well now. Being the family scapegoat sounds interesting, as a person with bipolar i get that too. I look forward to anything you release though.
You remain a delightful human being. Alex is a lucky one.
Loved this video!! Congrats! Please do a video on your experience getting off your meds. Also please do a video on being the family scapegoat. I cam currently going through that. I am autistic and the family scapegoat because I call things out instead of shoving everything under the rug and continuing the dysfunction. Its very painful.
I love your dress and necklace. You look so beautiful. What a lovely business to open and so interesting to hear about your experience with it. So nice to hear from you. I love hearing about all of it.
Hi Olivia, Lovely to see you back. Congratulations on your Wedding and the best of luck with your Bridal shop business. You are an amazing inspiration to girls and Women on the Autism Spectrum. My own little girl is on the Spectrum and it gives me hope for her to watch your amazing videos.❤
So good to see you! Huge congrats on the business. I love it! Also, I totally understand the "never being alone" thing. I dream of days at home alone.
Same!! It’s just magical when we can truly be ourselves in the midst of just our own thoughts.
I get the alone time especially when you want to video. I’m that way with playing my guitar and singing 🎶
We’ve gotten to know you through your videos and and the life moments you’ve shared with us so of course we would love to hear how things are going for you! Your channel was the first one I stumbled upon when trying to learn more about myself. I subscribed because I found many of your stories about autism to be mine too. Whether personal experiences or FYI videos, I have learned a lot:). Thank you!!
Thank you so much! I am honored to hear my videos have helped you learn a lot. Thanks for supporting me 🩵
Just thinking how you were! And ta daaa, here you are you area Back!
So crazy how that works sometimes! Thanks for tuning back in, Judy!! 🩵
Glad to see you back! Congratulations on your wedding! Congratulations on your new business enterprise.
I am sorry about your puppy! Dreadful to lose a fur baby and to have it happen on Alex’s birthday.
I love the life update! I do not find that you talking about what went on the past year is just fine! In a way, it may be helpful for someone. As for going off your medication, my being AuDHD and finishing my thesis, I would forget my meds…well that was a disaster. The longest I went off my meds was 120 days due to a health issue, I was the worst person ever, in my own opinion. As for talking about going off your meds, i think it is a good idea. I’ll watch!
Thanks so much for watching and for this wonderful comment! I’m going to do a video about going off of my medication. I was the worst person, too!
Hi Olivia 👋😊 just come across your channel this week and it's amazing! Eps as two weeks ago as a woman in 20s was diagnosed and love what U share and congrats on the wedding and business too!!!❤❤❤❤
I'm so glad that you have updated us! I'm interested in anything that you want to share with us.
Thank you, Teresa! I always feel self conscious to talk about myself, but I'm glad you welcomed it!
Glad to see you! Want to know it all.
I found your channel while you were gone but I subscribed hoping you'd return! I love hearing you talk about life whether or not it's directly about autism. It's nice seeing autistic adults succeed and lead regular lives.
Thank you so much for subscribing even while I was gone! I'm so honored to have you here 🩵
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OLIVIA!! Hello! So good to see your beautiful smiling face! I’m so sorry to hear about your dog and your struggles.
My question for you is regarding your comment about Italy and your autism symptoms fading over there. Can you share why you feel so much better over there?
I have the same feeling in England and in the Netherlands but I haven’t been able to articulate why to my husband. He doesn’t get it. I’m trying to convince him to go! I can’t explain my overwhelming NEED to go. I think it has to do with the ridiculously high expectations of people here and the societal changes overall in the last 10ish years. I just feel utterly lost and I’m constantly thinking about the past. Ugh.
I’d really like to hear your thoughts on this!!! Thank you!
Thank you so much! And as to why I feel better over there, it's something that I've thought a lot about. I can't say for SURE what it is, but I think it's multiple factors. One, their way of life over there. It's much more about actually enjoying life. It's slower paced. There's less pressure to be super successful at work. You get down time. Those are all things my brain needs. Another thing I think may contribute is the food. We eat so many chemicals and poison in the US. I can't help but wonder if that causes issues. Even if it just causes gut issues, the better your gut feels, the better you feel (normally, I think anyways). I feel like the people are friendlier. They will literally do anything for you. I also feel like there isn't as much pressure to have dumb small talk. These are just my experiences, but I think these definitely all play a role in why I feel better there. I hope this helps, and I hope your husband can maybe understand!
Hey girl! So glad you're back. Congratulations on your marriage 💜 Im interested in a video about autism and family dynamics (being the family scapegoat). Also, id like to hear your experience with going off of your meds
Thanks so much, girl! I plan on doing the meds one first because it will be easier to film, so stay tuned!
Great to see you, Olivia!
Nice to see you back. Being the family scapegoat would be a good topic.
I will definitely be making it soon!
So great to see you again!
I think you would be great at your new business. You have a great personality for working with customers. I have trouble getting things done while my wife is home and she works from home. I know the feeling.
great to have your back and congrats on your new business ❤️ i'd be really interested to hear more about your mental health & going off your medication! i'm also currently weaning off my medication of 8 years
I'm definitely going to do my next video about my meds! How is your experience going for you right now? I hope well 🙏🏻
@@OliviaHops it's going alright, been having some withdrawal symptoms as expected. but i'm doing it really slow so my brain and body can adjust to it 🌞
I'm so sad for your dog passing away. I am going trouw this with my cat and I understand how much heartbreaking it can be 💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭. I send you love from Spain. ❤❤❤❤.
Thank you so much, and I am truly so sorry you're going through this with your cat. I'm praying for you! 🙏🏻
Yes to the videos about being family scapegoat and starting a business as someone with autism❤️
Welcome back. There are no rules to doing and posting YT content. You should feel free to do whatever, whenever. Any of the content ideas are good ones. One day at a time.
Thank you! I always feel pressured to post weekly (not by my subscribers, but by CZcams and it's algorithms), so thanks for reminding me it's my channel and I can do what I please! I appreciate your support and patience!
Actually all of the topics you mentioned would interest me.I'm hitting the bell!
When it comes to a new life update, I just wish I could telepathically tell the people in my life what’s going on. I don’t like to talk about new jobs until I feel certain about it, and my mom found out from my old principal about my new job in an unrelated case conference. Telling people in my life personal updates is my biggest weakness. 😅 That para social responsibility has got to be stressful I imagine.
Gosh, I wish that was a real thing! That would definitely be so much easier! Thanks for watching, Corben 😊
Welcome back!! No hate here. 😊
Glad you’re back
Nice to see you back, I definitely hadn't forgotten about you!
When you say you were retired from your other business, what does that mean? Is there any financial support in the U.S. for when you get out if business?
Hope the new business goes well, all the best from me!
I just meant that I was no longer doing it. I sold it a couple years ago. I say I was “retired” with quotes as a joke!
Welcome back, silly girl of course we want to hear how life is going. 😁
Lol! Thank you for being interested in my life!!
I would like the meds video for sure
I’m honestly a bit worried that you need to sleep all day on your days off because you may end up getting burnout. Is there any way you can get help in the shop and do more of the administration stuff behind the scenes?
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glad to see you back! does your bridal shop have a website? I'd love to check it out.
Thank you! And yes! You can check it out at www.BlissandBridal.com 😊
Hi hi hi!!! Welcome back!!
I think how you're dealing with being married would be a great video. I by way of a big miracle have been married 28 years. My second choice would be one as a business owner. I think hearing from a new business owner with Autism like myself would be very interesting. I'm sorry about Alex. If that happened to my Duncan I would be destroyed. It would take along time to recover. Anyway I hope you continue to be in good health and spirits.
Thanks for the continued support and always watching and commenting on my videos, I truly appreciate it! I'll definitely add the being married video to my list. And congrats to you for being married for 28 years, that's incredible!! You should be so proud!!
@@OliviaHops I am, thank you.
I have a feeling that autistic people are usually chosen as the family scapegoat (if there's a family dynamic where members of the family dump their negative feelings and blame onto somebody, even if it was somebody else that caused the problem in the first place (you get to be the one who receives the resentment instead of the one who actually hurt them). And I fund that part of it is because so many people deny that autistic traits cause an autistic person a great amount of strwss and grief. I can't tell you how many times i have explained the same traita over and over and over again to certain people. It's to the extent that I don't see the point in answering the same questions to those people anymore (I mean, if I am using 30 minutes to an hour's worth of energy to someone who isn't really listening, then how much energy will i have left to give to those who ARE listening? And then just having energy to take care of MYSELF so that I don't shut down, or feel too overwhelmed to start any tasks for the day. I hear you, and I am going through this sort of family dynamic at the moment. I get invalidated for my autistic traits (on how difficult it is for me to get through simple daily life situations), and I don't understand what the point is of invalidating me, or why it would effect them when they only reach out to me like 5 maybe 6 times a year (some, even less than that!). I tried reaching out to ny grandmother more often, offering to take her out for lunch, and she was talking like i must not be busy enough, if I am so eager to see her for lunch (I hadn't seen her in well over a month, and thought that she would like to get together). And criticized me for feeling emotional because she said that she was going to get back to me the next week to let me know when she was free, and we were going to make plans, and then a month went by and I finally reached out to HER and she criticizes me for wondering if something was wrong, and tells me that I must not be busy enough (acting like I am needy or something). And it's just like, "No. I realized that you are 80 now and that I only swe you maybe 5 times a year, and I was worried that you maybe thought that I must not care about you if I don't spend time with you." So now I haven't reached out to her to get together for her, and I am wondering if 4 months will go by before she reaches out to me(I would probably get blamed for that too! If she gets upset that I quit reaching out to her every month or so). Situations like these make me so sad, because I just don't understand why certain family members have to be so criticizing and so invalidating.
Hi Olivia. I have a 20 year old daughter who was diagnosed with ASD about a year ago. After tons of research, instead of going on SSRI's for her anxiety and depression, she started using psilocybin (compound in magic mushrooms) to treat her symptoms. She has gotten good results. It's legal in the state that she lives in. I've heard a lot of testimonies on youtube from people who have used psilocybin to get off of their SSRI's. Just wanted to share that with you. Take care of yourself.
Thanks so much for sharing this with me! I’m going to do a video all about going off of my medication and talk about how hard SSRIs are to get off. Best to you and your daughter!
@@OliviaHops All the best to you as well! A footnote, the professionals in the field do NOT recommend psilocybin treatment for people taking SSRI's. I believe the recommendation is going off of them for at least 6 weeks. Though, I've read youtube comments stating that people have used psilocybin to get off of them.
Details please on off-the-med effects
Do you mind going into more detail about your experience in Italy and how that helped with being autistic?
Check out this video, I talk about it some: czcams.com/video/6y4h32H0iVE/video.html. It has been a while since I posted that and watched it, so I don't remember what I say lol so I'll add an update of the video to my list to make!
@@OliviaHops thanks!
Hey, Olivia! Did you ever think about training autistic people to be successful enterpreneurs? I think you would be great at it.
I have coached a couple people in the past, so I might have to start up again!
I had no idea that apartments don't come with kitchens in Europe. Does that mean no sink also?
Correct lol! There's literally nothing- no cabinets, no appliances, no lights. Just a room that is plumbed to hook up a sink and a gas stove.
@OliviaHops My husband would LOVE it! He's a chef. Setting up a kitchen from scratch would make him happy!