Tag: autism characteristics
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Why autistic men are so stubborn sometimes?
Mind you, this is just a theory. It’s about my fiancé, John. I broke up with him in winter and since we decided to try again I can see he really improved his communication skills. He speaks to me in a gentle voice now and he stopped hitting his thigh with the edge of his…
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Why ‘being more autistic’ is not an answer
I made this quick diagram for you to ilustrate what I mean. It’s much easier this way than doing loads of writing, is it? So basically, there is this trend in autistic community that tells us to ‘be more ourselves/be more autistic’ as this should help us feel better. But the problem with that is…
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News of the year
It will actually be a year in a few days since I got sacked. Now, guess what? That company found my CV on Indeed and they now want me back. This is too much to process at the moment, with all my diagnosis drama. I may need to go to the ice cream place later…
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I don’t want to be autistic anymore
I asked my psychiatric nurse to add to my file that I don’t want to identify as autistic any more. Initially I wanted to ask her to get my diagnosis removed, but then I thought that would look like if I didn’t have it at all, and that would not be reflection of the truth,…
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My own little bubble
I was wondering recently about the issue of personal hygiene. Autistics may not be very good at that, although it was really confusing for me because I actually like taking showers. As long at the water is the right temperature and the right pressure showers can be real sensory heaven. Yet, I have on and…
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Carnations
1. I started wondering recently, does art has to be pretty? Some abstract art looks quite messy to me and I don’t particularly like that. I was so pleased with a couple of images I managed to create around a week ago, but since then my brain wants to create things that are more harsh…
Autistic and me 