Tag: neurotypicals
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The happiness trap, book by Russ Harris
https://mentalhealthathome.org/2022/07/06/book-review-the-happiness-trap/ This is a post by a fellow blogger, Ashley Peterson. I didn’t read the book but the review is really interesting and gives some insights already. What I find particularly interesting is the advice that we shouldn’t be focusing on negative emotions while trying to work out what to do in a difficult situation…
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Why autistic men are so stubborn sometimes?
Mind you, this is just a theory. It’s about my fiancé, John, refusing to tell me that he was working on his communication skills over the last couple of months, even though that refusal was so distressing to me that at some point I was worried that I’d end up psychotic again. (Mind you, I…
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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 will be in two days time. Initially I was meant to be discharged, but my psychiatric team took under consideration my recent delusions that my fiancé works on his communication skills with my diagnostician and as a…
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Being creative
Just a few days ago I started having an impression that creating patterns the way I did so far, purely from my Redecor designs, is not enough of a creative challenge any more. It was good to learn this way as I doubt I’d be able to approach digital art in any different way –…
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My rephrasing skills
That was meant to be a part of the post about conversations but I guess I was so fascinated in making everything appear like if it’s focused on one subject only that I forgot to add this. So basically I am slightly concerned if Shirley, the radio manager, doesn’t think I’m possibly a spare part?…
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Collective illusions
I just read a post on Ashley Peterson’s blog that discuss something what readers of my blog should know – I’ll quote Ashley here: This post explores some of the issues that came up in Todd Rose’s book Collective Illusions, which I reviewed a few months ago. Collective illusions are the social norms and expectations that…
Autistic and me 