Tag: autism characteristics
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Scream, I’m going to be hopeless at my studies!
As above. No further details needed. Help me! How other autistic people go about being therapists or social workers, I don’t quite know.
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Amygdala and excitement
Too much happened during the last couple of days for someone who just left psychiatric hospital. But then, I don’t want to deny myself experiences, especially positive. Did I ever tell on the blog that I never learned how to deal with excitement? I believe it’s controlled by amygdala, the same like fear and danger. […]
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Can’t wait for my large canvases (should I just quit????)
As you may know I had rebound mania since just after leaving hospital on Thursday. While waiting to be discharged I decided to go to uni, chose a subject within like 2 minutes and the university within the next 30 seconds. And then, while already at home, I decided to provide confidence building training for […]
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Constant state of flow
It’s 4.20am and I’ve been awake since midnight. So only slept 4h, and that is after two zopiclones. I feel like I’m in a constant state of flow – I decided eventually to postpone my uni application for January deadline and focus on creating ‘caring with confidence’ course for women from ethnic minorities, but as […]
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Now I want to express myself through art, but it has to be on a really large canvas and
The Range only had medium sizes. Small canvases were really suffocating but I felt I was being responsible by playing small when not having experience.
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I diagnosed myself with rebound mania
I was stagnant for too long. Is taking zopiclone during the day a good idea? I just did. Will I sink in the bath tube? God forbid! How long for? Please!
Autistic and me 