Now before I get down to the nitty gritty of this post, I just want to point out that everyone stims – stim is short for sensory stimulation. Those of us on the Autistic Spectrum tend to have less control over our stims and the need to do so, but every human stims to aContinueContinue reading “Stimming, the good and the bad”
Category Archives: Disability
Trapped inside emotion – an Aspie perspective on dealing with emotions
Emotions are confusing things for me. Big terrifying balls of confusion, even the happy ones. They feel like they are consuming me, and combine a particularly powerful one with external stimuli and I would really like to crawl out of my skin. When I get stuck inside an emotion, I become trapped in a cycleContinueContinue reading “Trapped inside emotion – an Aspie perspective on dealing with emotions”
Irlenite
19th to 23rd October is Irlen Awareness Week. In order to celebrate this and help raise awareness for a condition that controls my life, I’m asking you to consider the pitfalls for those of us who have visual stress. I grew up with labels like clumsy, daydreamer, inattentive. I grew up not knowing that the way IContinueContinue reading “Irlenite”
We need to stop making illness about gender – a.k.a I’m a boi with endo
Under my list of illnesses/disabilities, I mark endometriosis as being one of the most debilitating pain wise. I mean yes I’ve been pretty much out of action this past week thanks to vertigo, but that pales in comparison to the pain of a first full day of menstrual bleeding that chose this morning to kickContinueContinue reading “We need to stop making illness about gender – a.k.a I’m a boi with endo”
Where things are
I’ve been dealing with a lot of emotional crap lately and wading through it as best I can. But I’m coming out it the other side and things are looking brighter emotionally. I was able to keep a promise yesterday that even a year ago the reminder I got wouldn’t have been enough to stopContinueContinue reading “Where things are “
Mental Health Check-In
Things are changing when it comes to my mental health. They are slow and gradual changes, but they are changes nonetheless. Things are taking a gradual move into the positive direction and I want to document that here on my blog. I’m not going to cut any corners in this post, so I suggest youContinueContinue reading “Mental Health Check-In”
Lack of Spoons
I posted a tweet earlier that said: Little sleep + (hormones – caffeine) = do NOT talk to me unless you bring gifts A light hearted way of saying how few spoons I have today. My body and I are at odds and it’s going to be an annoying day in that regard. What followsContinueContinue reading “Lack of Spoons”
Spirituality when faced with anxiety
One of the things that gets pushed to the back of my mind when I’m anxious is spirituality. I’m generally a quite spiritual person but when my anxiety has been as it is lately it gets pushed to the side by the all consuming darkness. Momma reminded me recently of the power of prayer, mantras,ContinueContinue reading “Spirituality when faced with anxiety”
Dealing with anxiety
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS POST IS ABOUT WHAT I’M CURRENTLY DEALING WITH. I DO NOT WANT TO TRIGGER ANYONE WHO HAS ANXIETY AND WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT READ IT IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT. I’m currently dealing with panic attacks and anxiety. The nightmares are back and the thought of leavingContinueContinue reading “Dealing with anxiety”
No these are not sunglasses – life with Irlen Syndrome
For the longest time I would see halos around people who were in bright light when I was in darkness. I would struggle with my peripheral vision and even on cloudy days the light outside was just too bright. Glare from cars reflecting the sun and white pages with black text on hurt my headContinueContinue reading “No these are not sunglasses – life with Irlen Syndrome”
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