Category: Uncategorized

• I don’t want my wellness to be evaluated

  Yesterday I was on one of my Facebook group and spoke with a lady who organises breakfast club somewhere in my town. The club apparently runs between 7 and 11 am Monday to Friday, first visit is free and it has all been created to connect people so there’s chat and friendly atmosphere. I was…

  Magda Regula

  January 26, 2023

  Uncategorized

  communication, neurotypicals

• How to bribe cabin crew?

  I just read an article in Metro where a flight attendand explains that the best way to get a better treatment or even an upgrade on the flight is to give some chocolates to the crew. The article doesn’t explain though when those gifts should be handed in so I’m not linking it as it…

  Magda Regula

  January 21, 2023

  Uncategorized

  communication, Poland, social imagination

• It’s not just autistics who have to mask

  This is an interesting article on Metro. I read it yesterday in the evening and it angered me so much that I had difficulty falling asleep. It’s about a black female living in London who doesn’t feel confident to reveal details from her life to her work colleagues. She was worried, as a working class…

  Magda Regula

  January 14, 2023

  Uncategorized

  British public, money, social imagination

• Why do people gossip at work?

  I had this idea a few weeks ago to start posting about concepts that I read in psychology books and I don’t think this is going to work. I borrowed ‘Read people’ by Rita Carter from the library and it took me two days to read it. Obviously I was also doing other things, like…

  Magda Regula

  January 13, 2023

  Uncategorized

  employment, mum, neurotypicals

• My healthy diet

  Just before Christmas I signed up for a dieting course with psycho dietitian Mikołaj Choroszyński. What I love about living in a different country to the one I was born is that I can choose what’s best in both of those countries instead of being stuck with what doesn’t work for me. Mr Choroszyński works…

  Magda Regula

  January 11, 2023

  Uncategorized

  autism characteristics, Poland, relationship with food

• Work life balance may not be what you think

  https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/work-life-balance-happiness/ I found the above, really good article on Big Think. There are a couple of types of happiness apparently Eudaimonic happiness is about making an effort; that’s what supposed to make us happy. It doesn’t necessarily apply to every person, as some of us prefer hedonic happiness, which is basically having fun. The article…

  Magda Regula

  January 9, 2023

  Uncategorized

  autism characteristics, employment, social imagination

• My psychiatric nurse wants us to ‘move forward’

  It’s been ages since the last post about communication; neurotypicals just didn’t give me enough inspiration. The purpose of my posts about communication is to prove that autistic people don’t necessarily take everything directly. Especially after our diagnosis! As you my remember my previous nurse left around June time. As I was considered low risk…

  Magda Regula

  January 7, 2023

  Uncategorized

  communication

• Imagine that things could be worse

  I just finished reading this article on Big Think. Apparently when we engage in contemplating how our circumstances could be worse than they are, we appreciate our lives more. I wonder why this technique is never advised in popular magazines? This is apparently why bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists: bronze medalists think that…

  Magda Regula

  January 6, 2023

  Uncategorized

  social imagination

• Strange dream and a couple therapy

  It’s 9.50am and I’m wide awake. I had a very strange dream last night: at first I was told there is a married man interested in dating me and I was supposed to guess who it was from hints displayed on a large screen and a number of volunteers were meant to gather from my…

  Magda Regula

  January 5, 2023

  Uncategorized

  autism characteristics, communication, dreams, emotions

• Feeling mentally refreshed

  That’s a new feeling for me, isn’t it? Some of you may remember how I used to complain about being mentally tired all the time. What caused it? A book I’m reading in Polish. ‘Honey, I killed the cats’ by Dorota Masłowska (you can download English language version from Kindle store). The novel is classed…

  Magda Regula

  January 4, 2023

  Uncategorized

  autistic identity, creativity, employment