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Counselling for autistics
This blog post by Lisa Markwell, a counsellor from London describes very well my own experience of counselling: being misunderstood, suggesting past trauma is the reason for my difficulties and insisting on helping me when I felt absolutely fine while ignorong areas that I felt I needed help with. It’s really worth reading https://www.connections-counselling.co.uk/blog/the-importance-of-autism-awareness-for-counsellors-and-therapists/ Apparently…
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Noise
I was woken up by some noise, like if someone was walking (there’s another person in the hostel) and I thought it was my dad. He used to walk through the house at night when other people were sleeping. And then I realised I’m not at home and my dad died a year and a…
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Beautiful day
Weather was fantastic today and, as it’s Saturday, I had a day off from all the issues and instead did some walking. I found another, really interesting part of town, a beautiful park in the centre, with benches, fountains, flowerbeds and even outdoor art! I never used to go there, it was just like a…
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Coping
I was just thinking how mum always tried to help me to cope with things. She didn’t seem to understand the world around her very well but had good ideas sometimes. Her ideas helped me organise a lift to the airport at the beginning of lockdown when majority of buses got cancelled and we only…
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The fraud is real!
I found an article online about my mum’s favourite bank employee getting arrested. The article stated she stole over 700k PLN. The policeman told me a much higher amount but possibly people are still coming. I felt special after I spoke with him. Possibly he was happy he managed to get that case, so it…
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How my mum ended up living with me
Over a year ago my mum passed out and was taken to a hospital. It’s not clear who called an ambulance, social services say it was her support worker who used to come twice a week for a bit and my brother says it was him. She was in the hospital for a few days…
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I miss mum
After the situation when my mum was asleep when I called, I didn’t call again. I find it very difficult to speak with her. I wouldn’t know what to say if she says she wants to be back in Smardzewice, where her home is. It would be very difficult for me to decide if I…
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‘The Company’
My post in Status quo about Home Group (aka The Company) is still up and I’m not psychotic. I only posted about it as I was under enormous stress, on one side I had my mum, the fraud, power of attorney and me trying to work out whether I should tell my mum that she…
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Nice weather
Except of the day that I spent in Kraków on the way to my family home this is the first day with a really good weather. I spent quite a lot of time walking outside but every now and then had to come back indoors. I don’t really understand that, it feels that being outside,…
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My mind is blank
I thought I was feeling better but when I was looking at my mum’s bank statements I could barely work out what’s on them. It’s 10.25 and it suddenly got very hot. I had to take my coat off and I hope I won’t lose it. I don’t even know if I will be able…
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Autistic and me 