Pacifying with Auti Auri & Friends: My Friend Kristen chats autism and pacifier use

Unmasking Autism, Inner Child Healing & Adult Pacifiers (with Kristen) | Pacifying with Auti Auri & Friendsan autistic creator who uses Instagram to heal her inner child through photo shoots, makeup looks, toys, and adult pacifiers. Kristen describes growing up undiagnosed despite paperwork indicating autism, receiving a sensory processing disorder label, struggling for school accommodations (IEP/504), and coping with noise sensitivity, shutdowns, and masking. She shares how homeschooling, returning to public school, reliance on one close friend, and later anxiety and depression medication shaped her experience, and how losing that friendship helped her unmask. Kristen explains reconnecting with childhood interests (American Girl dolls, Littlest Pet Shop, coloring, Barbie movies), her nonsexual “little space,” and using adult pacifiers for oral fixation, stimming, and reducing finger picking. She discusses viral backlash, bullying, and misinformation about teeth, support from her mom and friend, and encourages others to pursue inner child healing without shame.EMAIL: [email protected] / FOLLOW: @unmaskingautiauri01:16 Childhood and growing up autistic whilst maskingHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.