re; autism post from last night, I wonder how much of that awkward intersection autism/adhd creates between executive dysfunction and failure to read my own body signals (and subsequently my bodily needs) can be solved for me by treating myself like I'd treat a house-pet
"okay it's now x o clock you're eating y amount of food whether you like it or not"
"it's walkies time no you don't get a say in the matter"
"get in the bath you little shit"
Trying to conceptualise it less in terms of "I have to look after myself somehow by reading bodily signals, but how do I do that??" and more in terms of "this body has broadly similar needs every single day so is going to have x need met at y time every single day regardless of how it feels about it". If you have a cat then you feed it a specific size of dinner every day at the same time, so why not just treat my body like a cat?
Was talking with a friend about this last night and she said that this would likely have a conditioning effect too, since bodies like structure and routine so much. You eating lunch at say 1pm everyday leads to your body learning that is lunchtime which leads to it generating clearer hunger signals in the run-up to 1pm which leads to it being easier to read your bodily signals etc...
