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pro-autonomy

It’s a mental health awareness term for people who encourage others to recover while also giving them space to choose not to — and offering support through it instead of eradicating their human rights. The focus shifts from isolating, stigmatizing and shaming individuals for their self-destructive behavior to harm reduction through acceptance.

Someone who uses that label instead of the old “pro-recovery” one recognizes all people deserve to recover, while also admitting that forcing them into it could have massive repercussions on their psyche (specially given the state of the current mental healthcare system, as it doesn’t have that many resources and forced recovery on its own is not only traumatic but also moralizes poor mental health as immoral and reinforces systemic ableism).

It’s about allowing people to feel their own feelings without immediately pushing them to do better — because a lot of the times, that’s the best they can do.

Getting better is a choice. Not a requirement.

TL;DR Movement that defends the idea that people deserve human rights despite wanting to recover or not as well as the autonomy to choose between the two.
Marco: Hi Denise! I heard you relapsed… Don’t worry, I don’t blame you for it and i’ll support you through everything.

Denise: Now THAT is a hot pro-autonomy babe!
by sk8thin March 22, 2022
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Autonomatiary

Autonomatiary – acting independently to express your own words, and Ideas in your own way based on your life dictionary through discipline.

1. Having self-government to create own concepts.

2. Pronounce – Autonoma -shary

From: Auto - self, autonomos - having own independence or laws, Ideas etc.
"Today a friend of mines was acting so Ryntiablistic, I had to tell her to calm down your too hype, so I figured a made up a new word in that argument so I added it to my Autonomatiary
by Anthos El Ma'at Ra January 11, 2014
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Autonomic sensory meridian response

Known as ASMR, you know that Weird Shit that make you feel worse than a 40 year old hairy man about to pull down his pants and open his fly behind you.
Boy 1: what’s your favorite content?
Boy 2: ASMR AKA Autonomic sensory meridian response
Boy 1: bro you are fucking weird
by hatred makesmefeelbetter July 22, 2022
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autonomous erotica

A person who pleasures himself in a self-driving (autonomous) vehicle. You don't have to hold the steering wheel, so you have two free hands. autoerotica, masturbation, touching oneself, self-pleasure, handjob, auto, car, Google, Google car, Apple car, autonomous vehicle, self-driving, autojacking
I now know why all of these researchers want to go on all of these autonomous vehicle test drives alone. It's called autonomous erotica. Yikes!
by joecoolthefool April 20, 2016
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Google Autonomous Vehicle

When a person is walking down the sidewalk looking down at their phone. There is no human in charge of the operation of their vehicle (i.e., their body).

A Google Autonomous Vehicle is usually watching the little blue dot to see which way on the map they are moving. Once the Google Autonomous Vehicle figures that out, they can reorient themselves in the right direction towards their destination.
I became a Google Autonomous Vehicle when I punched "tapas bar near me."
by Ae5Ea8 January 19, 2016
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Autonomy

The ability to do and say whatever you want on your birthday.

The right to make people do whatever you want on your birthday, birthday week and/or weekend.
He asked him to shave his beard into a handle bar mustache and when he refused she used the power of birthday autonomy and he had no choice.
by Minkys September 12, 2011
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autonome

German word for autonomism. Sometimes used in the English-speaking world because of the importance of the movement in Germany, where it is particularly associated with militant direct action and direct resistance to police violence.

In contrast to autonomism and autonomia, this word refers to an individual activist in the movement as well as to the movement itself (in its plural forms). It seems to be used instead of a general appelation.
Autonomes were in the forefront of mobilising to smash the Nazi demonstration.
by Andy April 21, 2004
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