The horrible cough-and-cold mixture is the ultimate magnification of all the things that push those sensory overload buttons in my brain.
meltdown
An Autistic Guide To Navigating Drinks-With-Friends
I have a major personal conundrum: I enjoy spending time with people I like, but I have a severely limited supply of social energy to do so.
When Anxiety Gets Angry
When neurotypical people talk about anxiety, they're not willing to talk about the other, less sympathetic, manifestations.
An Autistic Guide to Navigating Transport Issues
It was a crushing, overpopulated corner of hell, and I promised myself I would never go into the situation again unarmed.
Clickbait Headline Culture – and why I’m angry about it
I have lost count of the times a headline has flashed with a tagline that sets my heart racing and none of the details I need to actually understand the situation.
There’s too much to blog about!
There’s too much to write about, to think about, to be worried about. And it can be so overwhelming that I end up unable to do anything.
Holy Oxymoron, Batman!
I had a good day yesterday. I also had a meltdown in public yesterday. Holy oxymoron, Batman!
Thor: Dog of Thunder
He is my beautiful, brave, loving, silly, pathetic, cowardly, loyal, protective, fabulous boy. Sometimes, I love him so much I could cry.
The Inevitable Fidget Spinner Post
For every person who complains about how annoying they find this new fad, I will shoot back that it's a lot less annoying than a twenty-five year old woman descending into meltdown in a public space.
The cold always bothered me anyway…
I've always known I feel the cold. I had just never thought about in terms of those wonderful labels that started clicking into place once I got my diagnosis.