the 5am interoception dilemma

hi! i am happily autistic and i often don't know when i am hungry versus having a stomach ache. i also have no idea i'm thirsty until i'm dehydrated 👽🤙 that's super lame, you may think. like why wouldn't you know that. isn't it normal and natural to know hunger cues?? even babies know that. ok first of all, rude. second, that's called ✨interoception✨ - the ability through which someone can…