Category: Autistic living
These articles explore the struggles autisitc people have and how it impacts their mental health and wellbeing.
- Anxiety
- Embracing anxiety allows us to understand what it is teaching us about ourselves, thus accepting it is part of who we are and what we came here to learn from.
- Autism and being you
- Autistic people hide who they are because their traits are not tolerated by society. It is not our job to hide who we are to make others more comfortable.
- Autism and goal setting
- Society has become obsessed with goal setting as the key to success in life. This mindset is setting an unrealistic path for true purpose in life.
- Autism and loneliness
- Many people with autism feel lonely in a world that wasn’t made for them, so when people try to change them being themselves, it only fuels more feelings of isolation.
- Autistic burnout
- This article is an illustration of how autistic burnout can escalate to chronic burnout if we don't have right perspective of what we are doing that is contributing to this happening.
- Conscious solitude
- Conscious solitude nurtures our true essence, and is the only real way of hearing what our hearts are trying to tell us.
- Emotions and autism
- I try not to judge or over analyse my emotions. As we get older if we have used our mileage well, we have usually learned to ride the waves knowing the least resistance brings calmer waters.
- Getting help
- I am a retired autistic elder with many co-occurring conditions. I worked in the healing and mentoring industry for decades before retiring.
- Holiday seasons
- Please do not wish me merry Christmas or happy new year. Yes, that’s right it doesn’t mean anything to me, and I love it that I do nothing on these days.
- Partners with autism
- This article is about romantic relationships between two autistic people, but it can and does apply to other relationships such as family and friendships with people who are also autistic.
- Sensory processing issues
- If you want to have a good experience with me please don’t ruin it by touching or hugging me.
- Struggles
- All autistic people are struggling to some degree no matter their diagnosis and should be met where they are and have their support needs taken seriously.