Tag: neurotypicals
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‘Are you trying to imply that I’m lazy?’
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872371063/microaggressions-are-a-big-deal-how-to-talk-them-out-and-when-to-walk-away I came accross the term microagression today and I understood that when I ask someone at work for clarification on how to do a task and they get funny with me, only because I was direct, that is microagression. I was aware of that term before but somehow didn’t see it applies to my […]
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Will the depression go away by itself?
When I received the phone call about my mum, I was just in the middle of writing a post about sexuality. I left it then but I finished a day or two later. Four days later I went on a trip to Oxford. I thought I was coping. I was surprised by that but I […]
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Five stages of grief
I started reading about grief online in hope to make everything seem more real. I obviously was aware of the five stages of grief concept, and it looks like I’m on depression at the moment. I don’t think I experienced much of a bargaining though, it really feels to me like I did what I […]
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Is telling the truth the solution?
A few days ago I posted about the idea I had, where I thought speaking the truth will be solution for our communication difficulties. It was meant to relieve us from the troubles of constant masking and repeating things we heard other people say. Also, I was hoping it will make people respect us and […]
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Are emotions taboo?
That’s how I feel frequently. That, possibly, talking about emotions means we’re not coping. While saying ‘when my mum died I was off sick for two months’ is absolutely ok, describing the emotions that led us to go off sick is not. Feeling desperate is probably the most taboo of all the emotions out there. […]
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I’ve been chucked out of a conversation (and I’m having a meltdown)
Ok, so I’m back home now, at 22.20, after a short shift in a supported living place. Suppoted living is where a person with disabilities lives in their own place instead of care home and have staff coming in. I was there with another lady, very lively and chatty, and I actually liked her, but […]
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Do autistics really have difficulties with expressing their emotions?
I posted something autism related on Polish Facebook group related to psychology and somebody asked me if I have difficulties with expressing my emotions. That is apparently one of an autism trait. But only when I was asked this question in such a direct way the truth became apparent to me: I don’t have difficulties […]
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Unpleasant situation at work
So this is what happened in one of the care homes the agency sent me to. I mentioned I was going to post about it when I calmed down. I was actually calm yesterday but I wrote 8 posts anyway (seriously, where I take all the subjects from?) so I thought I’d leave it for […]
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Communicating ‘Asperger Style’ by dr Kathy Marshack (and why we are sometimes mean to people)
I watched this video today and found it quite refreshing but also, a big surprise. I was aware of dr Marshack and her attempts to support neurotypical people who are in relationship with autistics. As much as I believe neurotypicals may in fact require support with that, I found dr Marshack really negative at the […]
Autistic and me 