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Sensory
I went back to the same park, it is almost directly outside of the shopping centre and I spend some time looking at fountains. It was very relaxing. After that I moved towards the area where the outdoor art is displayed and spent a few minutes touching it. The images are painted on massive paricle…
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Difficult memories
I’m in Galeria Tomaszów, our most modern shopping centre, only built a few years ago. Shops are closed but restaurants, cafes and children play area are open. I bought an ice cream and a drink and I’m currently sitting on a fake leather round sofa. It’s not very busy, which is good. Being here reminds…
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Exploring
I did some walking again, had a burger for lunch and then ended up in the same park as yesterday. The fact that government decided shops need to be closed on Sundays doesn’t seem to keep people active: the park is pretty much empty, even though weather is really good and it’s even possible it’s…
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Feeling low
It’s almost 11am, Sunday. I am having difficulties with deciding what to do with myself. I have 4 eggs and some bread but apart from that no other food and shops are closed on Sundays. I’d really like some fruit. I need to prepare for the investigation that is tomorrow morning and I’m really dreading…
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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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