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What is the hardest job in the western world?
I just came back after a 12h shift in a nursing home. I never worked in a nursing home and I imagined it a bit differently. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, nursing home is a care home for people who are pretty much bed bound, while people who need […]
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I can’t sleep!
I’m wondering if this is also a side effect of my visualisations? I was visualising that I’m rich and famous and now my brain is trying to work out how to get me there. So possibly visualisations are actually working? But then, how is my brain going to work that out if it’s autistic and […]
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How to avoid jargon in your communication – a really bad example!
https://www.nice.com/websites/cxone-next-gen-cx/ Ever heard that if you want to be a good communicator, you need to avoid jargon? Seriously, that website absolutely nailed it! I do not understand a single sentence! This is so unreal that it makes me laugh! You absolutely need to read it! (Unless you are neurotypical, then you may not find it […]
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How to know whether someone is lying?
I think it was just yesterday when I post about the interview with Malcolm Gladwell, the author of ‘Talking to strangers’, where he said that people are not very good at assessing when somebody is lying. I was a bit surprised with that, as I thought this only applies to autistics and now it looks […]
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I can’t tell anybody that I miss my mum
That’s how I feel now: I would like to call mum and tell her that I miss her after she died. Sorry, I really do not like the ‘passed away’ expression, it seems to me like this term suggests that she’s going to come back. I try to use it, but when I really miss […]
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Just do it! (Do I need a life coach?)
I’m wondering what is happening to me now? Possibly it’s all those visualisations side effect? Basically, I suddenly want to change my life, and all of it! The problem with visualisation is that, although I am making an effort to only use is as a tool to make me realise that future will happen (I […]
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How to talk to chatty people? (Not that I know)
I had a chat over email today with dr Kate Cooper, autism researcher from University of Bath. The chat was about how to communicate with talkative people at work. As I probably mentioned, in my line of work chatting is very common. Sometimes people get so absorbed in it that they look like they’re ignoring […]
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Star wars (the first day after my ‘manifesting’ attempts)
I’m rushing to say that I feel quite ok today. The fear that I’ll spend the rest of my life in bed is mostly, although not entirely gone. It bothers me a little bit that visualisation is always associated with New Age, as this is certainly not what I am interested in and want to […]
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Malcolm Gladwell ‘Talking to strangers’ at Oprah’s
https://fb.watch/be5nVA5dLc/ This is a very interesting video: Oprah interviews Malcolm Gladwell, the author of ‘Talking to strangers’. The interview doesn’t mention autism but Malcolm states that quite a few people don’t express their emotions with their face expressions. Although, I presume, most of them don’t laugh when they are shocked or depressed, like I do […]
Autistic and me 