Tag: communication

• Does it matter how you got the job if everything works just fine?

  I post here a while ago how I got that second job in The Company (not using their real name here means I’m in tension reduction stage of my challenging behaviour spree; in case you could not work that out. By all means it’s not my intention to hide anything from the public eye). Basically, […]

  Magda Regula

  September 5, 2022

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  autism characteristics, communication, employment, opportunities, social imagination

• Birthday cake anxiety

  When I saw John a few days ago he said he’d bake me a cake for my birthday, which is at the end of December. I immediately loved that idea and we started browsing through recipes. John loves cooking but I always had the idea he spends a bit too much time browsing through recipes, […]

  Magda Regula

  September 4, 2022

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  autism characteristics, Baron-Cohen, communication, neurotypicals, social imagination, The Boyfriend

• Autism and self respect

  I feel a bit overwhelmed today. I think it’s all due to the pressure of my new job. Even though I like it a lot, it’s still working with people and people do change. I do wonder if I found it any easier if they were the same every single minute and if all colleagues […]

  Magda Regula

  August 31, 2022

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  communication, detecting bullshit, employment, social care, social imagination

• Further reflection on work and personal relationships

  Yesterday evening, after I was made to think about how I will feel if a resident displays challenging behaviour, I at some point told myself ‘this is just a job, you need to keep emotionally detached’ – I tried that thinking for a couple of minutes but finally realised that all I’m doing is trying […]

  Magda Regula

  August 30, 2022

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  autism characteristics, communication, dating, emotions, employment, naive, neurotypicals, social imagination, The Boyfriend

• I hope I’ll always feel like this about my work

  I just came back from work. It was a lovely shift and again everyone was happy. I really feel like I’m making a difference there. However, when I left, a lady sitting at the bench outside waiting for her night shift to start, said hello to me, asked which unit I worked and if everything […]

  Magda Regula

  August 29, 2022

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  being social, communication, employment, social care

• Double hope

  1. I don’t enjoy playing Redecor as much as I used to. I thought I’d stay addicted to this game forever, but here we are at the end of the month and I’m only on level 8th. And look what I did here. I could do better, I’m sure you’re aware of that. But at […]

  Magda Regula

  August 29, 2022

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  communication, detecting bullshit, digital detox, employment, Redecor, social care, social media

• Do I have to stay where I am?

  Yesterday I went to Pilates class at my gym. While everyone was getting ready (I mean we were getting mats and removing our shoes) the trainer made a conversation about it and then turned to me and asked ‘is that your mat?’ It made me feel really strange – like if she was telling me […]

  Magda Regula

  August 26, 2022

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  communication, physical health

• My recovery story

  This is an overdue post, I do apologise. But maybe it will make more sense now, when it looks like I’m actually recovering. So basically, when my psychiatric nurse was leaving, which was around two months ago, she said she’d send a letter to my GP asking them to prescribe my olanzapine. I received the […]

  Magda Regula

  August 25, 2022

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  communication, employment, mental health, money, Sleep School

• How to be considerate of others

  I was reflecting today on why I become a different person with different people and I came to conclusion that’s how I understand the advice that ‘everyone is different and we need to be considerate of others’ or that we ‘need to give people space to be themselves’. It does seem to me that people […]

  Magda Regula

  August 24, 2022

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  autism characteristics, being social, communication

• How to become the same person at work?

  The lady from the bus stop yesterday also said that I need to give people time to make up their mind about me. It does seem to me that together with ‘do your job and don’t let other people bother you’ (please refer to my previous post) it means I need to become the same […]

  Magda Regula

  August 24, 2022

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  autism characteristics, communication, employment