Tag: communication
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Unimpaired self recognition
I had like 8h long assignment related meltdown yesterday and eventually John told me off for not being flexible enough with my study. What happened was I decided I’m not writing evidenced person centered care plan because if I have to provide evidence, that means the care plan would not be person centered, it would…
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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 fiance wasn’t on the list. Funny thing, the list was pretty extensive; I presume most people would choose…
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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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My political views (Matt Lodge from Labour party)
I was waiting for Intensive Team to visit me today to ‘see if I took my meds’ so, as I live in first floor maisonette, I didn’t want to rush to the door for them and decided to leave it open. You see how safe I feel in my flat? Who would want to break…
Autistic and me 