Tag: mental health
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I just realised something (the importance of indirect communication)
When I realised I’m autistic and that there are levels of communication that I don’t get, I started paying more attention to what is being said in non direct way. For that I didn’t need anyone to prompt me (I described here a while ago how my diagnostician prompted me to see other people perspectives). […]
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Trying to outsmart my brain
Seriously, this is getting annoying. I kind of managed to calm myself down yesterday by reading about those cell counting devices, but I was still alert till really late. I ended up having 2.5h of sleep, and I’m obviously very tired, but still I feel like my brain is doing ‘that’ to me. I mean, […]
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I’m allocating myself a reward
I’m on my way from the local radio station, and I must say the chat with the manager went really well. I will write more about it later, possibly even tomorrow, after I put things into perspective, but for now I wanted to say that I had a feeling like I want to allocate myself […]
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What is the difference between mental and physical tiredness?
The first time I came accross the term mental tiredness was when I started reading about autism. Only then I realised what I was going through every time when I had loads happening in my life: once in a while I had to spend an entire day in bed doing absolutely nothing and the next […]
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I feel numbed
I had my visit to the dentist and I was numbed, so I feel numbed. It’s a very smart sentence, isn’t it? I think I should feel lucky as the infection cleared off in both of the teeth that I was worried about. I didn’t know that is possible, I thought one day I’ll just […]
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I feel overwhelmed and depressed
Yesterday Ashley Peterson, the mental health blogger I follow and who used to comment a lot on my posts during the beginning of my ‘blogging career’ posted that she may be going to the hospital. She didn’t elaborate on this. It is my understanding, obviously, it is due to her depression getting really bad and […]
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Would it be ok to have an episode on the blog?
Mind you, when I say ‘episode’ I mean ‘psychosis’, for those of you who don’t know me, I had two within the last 5 years. It all started with my employment for Home Group – and of course Home Group knows I blog about them, but they’re not too bothered. Not that I want them […]
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‘You’re not that bad’
I remember, that was quite a few years ago, when I was under stress and tried to talk to someone and that’s what I’ve heard: You’re not that bad. So I asked ‘How do you know?’ ‘I can see that’ that person answered. I don’t remember the situation but I know that happened in the […]
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The day after olanzapine
I took olanzapine yesterday evening as I couldn’t stop feeling triggered and I know from experience that if I take it early enough one tablet is enough to bring my mind back to normal. Today I may feel sad, or perhaps even depressed at times but I’m calm. The feeling of being triggered is completely […]
Autistic and me 