Tag: communication
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I think my communication skills have been blocked by life (but I want to be left alone)
I am thinking that possibly I am not a great communicator not only ‘because I’m autistic’ but because my communication skills have been blocked when I was younger. First, it was not possible in my family to ask why certain things are happening, at least not when my dad was around. Mum was happy to…
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The last meeting with my nurse
So I saw my psychiatric nurse the last time yesterday. I gave her that basic card I mentioned in another post and small box of Polish chocolates. On the card I wrote this message: Thank you for all the support I received from you. I will always remember your kindness and dedication. Good luck in…
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A Magda shaped hole
This is an authentic email I received yesterday. A good piece of creative writing, I would say. I am aware of shaped hole expression but it sounds rather strange still but it helped me to understand something. Enterpreneurs Circle is a club for business owners in the UK, that I joined a year ago when…
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Human being in a bag
Yesterday I was chatting with John about the food festival we’re going to on Sunday. I reminded him to take his rucksack. I bought it for him as we were getting ready to go on holiday to Poland a few years ago, long before Covid pandemic. I found that rucksack in a charity shop, but…
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A card for my psychiatric nurse (hidden meanings)
As you may know my psychiatric nurse will be leaving in a few days and my last appointment with her will be in two days. Initially I was meant to be discharged but eventually my psychiatrist decided to keep me on his books for a little bit longer. I wanted to get a card for…
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Balanced communication
The radio programme by autistic people was meant to be prepared soon and as you are aware I was looking forward to it but at the same time deciding what to say was giving me loads of distress. Writing was always coming much more easily for me than speaking, even in Polish so that is…
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How to say no when you’re on the spectrum
As we probably all know, autistics people have difficulties with being taken seriously. This is apparently because non autistic people pay more attention to body language and tone of voice than to actual words and our body language and tone of voice usually don’t express our emotions, so other people just assume that it’s ok…
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Autistic is my new identity, I suppose
So I went to my surgery to ask how I can alter my medical file, thank god it wasn’t very busy. Both receptionists were very sweet. They listened to my explanation and added to my medical record that I don’t want to identify as autistic. And then one of them said that she has an…
Autistic and me 