Tag: death
Ruminations at a Graveside: Autistic Curiosity on Death and Dying
Because we live in a culture that doesn’t talk about death, I am innately curious. It’s the ultimate unspoken thing -final, unchangeable, ridiculous – that my brain wants to unpack and understand.
The Challenge Ahead…
The next week (or so) has been bequeathed from hell to challenge me.
Thinking Unthinkable Thoughts: The Fear Of Losing My Mum
My mum is and always has been my safe place to fall. And as I get older, I’m becoming more and more aware that some day I won’t have her there.
‘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.
“I won’t be ignored!” – Thank You, Chester Bennington
I wish I could tell him how he took an angry, lonely, confused little queer autistic girl, and gave her the tools she needed to survive.
In the event of my death (freeform)
If I die, take me home to my bed and hold my hand; cuddle me like you’ve always done, as if bringing me down from a meltdown.