Tag: asc
Let’s talk about ‘Quiet Zones’
I don’t want to be an interfering busybody lecturing on the rules of the train carriage, but I’d rather be that than the meltdown monster I become when it all gets too much.
‘But what if they’re dead?’ – catastrophisation and the anxiety of loss
Sometimes, when I wake up at night and my dogs are lying around me, I have to reach out and check they are still breathing.
Dear Mrs O – a letter to my teachers
I trust you will share this with the others, as they need to see this as well. You were not the only one. Not by a long way.
Holy Oxymoron, Batman!
I had a good day yesterday. I also had a meltdown in public yesterday. Holy oxymoron, Batman!
The language of ‘functionality’ does not function
I have been told that I am a ‘high-functioning’ Autistic. 90% of the time this is a last ditch attempt to try and get me to stop talking.
Bees In My Brain – on autism, anxiety and reaching breaking point
Do you ever feel like someone has dropped a box of bees in your brain?
Emotion as a sensory experience
I can feel it physically: hear it, taste it, smell it, see it. Emotional overload is no different to me than sensory overload.