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How much clarification is too much?
That’s the problem with communication – you can never be sure what the other person means. And I must say I certainly get less confident about it since I realised I’m autistic, even though I can’t really remember many situations when I misunderstood people but still, it feels to me now that conversation with somebody…
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Smart Goals vs Valued Directions
https://mentalhealthathome.org/2022/02/28/setting-goals-valued-directions/#comment-79730 This is a very interesting post by Ashley Peterson. Ashley discusses Valued Directions which is a concept from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (the same thing that Sleep School is based on) and they are alternative to goal setting. It’s interesting to also read about ‘dead person values’ – if a dead person can do…
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Sensory video
https://youtu.be/rX-5F7_jOSo This is video made by SAND. It’s very relaxing, while also it displays positive words that work like mantra. I’d really recommend it and will be coming back to it myself every now and then. I wonder who is behind this project and why it’s not more widely known?
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Autism and emotions – Purple Ella
I just found this video made by Purple Ella, an autism advocate and entrepreneur. I find it very interesting when Ella said that when she feels negative emotions she needs to find a problem and will attribute this problem to that emotion and then tries to deal with this problem. It’s interesting that Ella knows…
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There will be no future
That’s how I feel right now – again. It’s 4.40am and it’s Monday. I only just woke up, after having a strange, disturbing dream: I visited my family home and, as I was walking through it, I felt that depressing energy that was trying to suck me in. It was like two black holes, one…
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‘Just say something!’
I was just asked if I want to be a guest on a podcast and I had to refuse. It was not an easy decision, if I have to be honest, as I’d love to share my truth as widely as possible, but I’m worried it may all backfire. I took a part in a…
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I’m going anonymous
What happened today was that I went to work early in the morning, to a supported living place that I’ve been to before, and I found out that I’m not on the rota while my agency only sent me re-confirmation on Friday and today is Monday. I was also not on the rota for 24th.…
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‘That’s how I was brought up’
I came up with this type of response if someone at work will be asking me about stuff that I don’t want to discuss. ‘I don’t discuss my relationship status/financial situation/food choices with people that I don’t know well. That’s how I was brought up.’ That should hopefully give people a hint that 1. They…
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Autistic and me 