Tag: coping
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Woke up early
I went to sleep just after 22.30 and woke up before 2am. That’s not a lot of sleep, but should be ok in terms of my mental health (my two psychotic episodes were inducted by stress and insomnia.) Strange that I don’t feel tired at all. It would still be nice to sleep now. It’s…
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Knitted socks
I’m absolutely freezing after getting wet earlier but I found some knitted socks in the house, they’re not woolen but they’re quite thick. I have issues with cold, it can apparently be autism related. It takes ages for me to get warm after being in a cold. Sometimes I may lay next to a heater…
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Neuroplasticity course
I did start neuroplasticity course from Brain Academy sometime ago. I did think for a little bit, maybe it will make me less autistic 😄😃 I quickly understood that although the course had no power to do that it could at least offer us a different perspective. Hate shopping? Next time you have to go…
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Infinite games – The Company example
I used to be obsessed with revealing The Company name. It’s not like something can happen to me, is it? The truth is on my side – I used to tell myself. At the same time I used to be petrified to tell anyone about what happened, even my psychiatric nurse. I thought that The…
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Social explorer
It is said a lot about autistic females that we camuflage and mask. That means, pretty much, we pretend to be normal, even though it takes a lot of effort. But my dad was exactly like that. So it’s not only females who do that. A few months after my diagnosis I realised that I’d…
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How to deal with yourself
People, both autistics and neurotypicals, are asking sometimes how to manage autism. And my response is: you don’t. Autism is who you are, you can’t change it. You can only manage the traits. How? By recognising patterns, creating procedures for desired behaviour and by changing the game you’re playing to infinite one. Let me know…
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Life in a department store
When I was in my 20s, so didn’t even suspect I may be autistic, I read a couple of books by dr Wayne Dyer, an American self help author. In one of them he described a woman who used to correct clothes on shelves and hangers as she was shopping for outfits. Dr Dyer said…
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Everyone is a bit autistic
This is a post from Rachel, published on my autistic female group recently. It’s excellent: funny and to the point so I published it here after getting her permission. ‘A few days ago someone said to me “everyone has autistic traits” which really annoyed me. But I now actually agree that probably everyone has at…
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Do we need the diagnosis?
I asked that question on my female autism group and almost all responses said we do. Why? For adjustments, protection from discrimination and for self awareness and acceptance. NHS waiting times are too long and some of us, expecially females, are being refused diagnosis due to what GP or even the diagnostic team sees as…
Autistic and me 