"A taste for the beautiful is most cultivated out of doors." Henry David Thoreau, Walden

📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM ⚙️ 35mm, f/8.0, 1/125s, ISO 160

#photography #bnwphotography #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #art #mastodonart #fineart #monochrom #sw #photoart #fotografie #schwarzweiß #foto #canonr6 #eosr6 #eosr6mII #silhouette #loneliness #quote #tree #trees #rural #nature #landscape #weather #fog #hike #wanderlust #melancholy

In case anyone thinks that autism is only what they see on social media, activists and adults with late diagnosis who can live and adapt without too much difficulty...

In November 2024, in Mendoza, my hometown in Argentina, an 82-year-old woman shot her 52-year-old son. The man died 15 days later in the hospital.
The reason? The man was autistic and had great difficulties living and was totally dependent on his mother for almost everything.
The woman, who was already very elderly, told police that she could no longer care for him and that she did not want to die before leaving him alone.
There are many people who care for disabled children who become old. It is very hard to accept that you will die sooner and that no one will take care of your child.
Although my life was never easy, at least I had a high intellectual capacity that allowed me to work, earn money and survive on my own. I never earned much, just enough for my basic needs, but I didn't depend on others. Currently my wife is afraid of dying before and leaving me alone. I think that unfortunately she will leave before and it's hard to think about that because I don't want to leave early and leave her alone either.
Adults with autism, even if they have been able to adapt and live a life, have enormous difficulties when they grow older. One is running out of strength to mask and deal with things like when one was young. You know that life will get harder and more difficult as you get older.
My wife and I are twice-exceptional autistics, we can still minimally sustain our lives and we have family who will take care of us when we can no longer do it alone.
The greatest ghost is that of loneliness, which comes hand in hand with old age and brings with it the sword of illness.

#actuallyautistic #autism #oldage #loneliness #disability

Americans are spending more time alone than ever.

“A fundamental paradox at the core of human life is that we are highly social & made better in every way by being around ppl. And yet, we have opportunities to connect that we don’t take, or even actively reject, & it’s a terrible mistake.”

https://apple.news/AKlsSEPZzQ8qoa9UY8lti4Q #press #loneliness

🫥 How you scroll matters: Passive social media use linked to loneliness

https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scroll-passive-social-media-linked.html

#media #socialmedia #psychology #loneliness

We live in a world full of awful people.

people with no #empathy , full of #hate and anger towards those who haven't done them no wrong.

it gets so lonely when you realize so many people around you are capable and tolerate such inhumanity. some even support it, defending it and even worse promoting it.

#Gaza uncovered how many awful people live among us.

#Inhumanity #FamousQuotes #Quote #Loneliness #Despair #Genocide