Tag: communication
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I had a uni related meltdown
It was only a mild meltdown, really, but I realised afterwards that I was being bitter on my blog so I deleted that post. I believe we all get bitter sometimes, autistic or not, but somehow non autistic people have it easier to realise that expressing those feelings openly doesn’t make them look good. Blogging […]
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Empathetic listening (is communication taboo?)
Yesterday I was meant to have my first phone session with a bereavement volunteer from Cruse but I somehow forgot about it and didn’t answer the call. She emailed me later so I apologised but straight away thought, wait a minute, do I want a stranger to demonstrate empathetic listening to me over the phone […]
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My significant other
I was filling in a student loan form online in the morning and I was asked to give next of kin details. Obviously that would be John but I didn’t know what to choose for him as a relationship with me as Fiance wasn’t on the list. Funny thing, the list was pretty extensive; I […]
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Have you ever seen a cushion on a bus stop?
If you haven’t, keep reading. 1. I have a new favourite artist. Instagram can be a wonderful thing, that’s where I find all of them. It seems to me that, although different in styles, they all have something in common. I just don’t know what it is. Do you? View this post on Instagram A […]
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Instagram reciprocity
Yesterday one of my favourite artists shared a photo of painting that I particularly liked. It does seem to me her technique keeps improving so I liked and commented on it with just one word – ‘amazing’. I really thought it was, you know? For that she liked and commented on one of my latest […]
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Finishing supportive conversation
I already wrote about it once, but from a different context. I will not be linking that post as I’d simply be unable to find it but it’s somewhere under communication tag 🙂 Several minutes ago I post to local females Facebook group and asked if any ladies there are mature students (yes, I got […]
Autistic and me 