Here are a few comments I get as an autistic person that I hate getting.
Masking is exhausting.
Masking takes so much energy. I never know what my mask is and what is the real me. I worked for a few hours and I have two versions of a mask . One is for when I am with customers and I am doing my customer service smile and little bit on auto pilot…
I wish autism had an off button
I really like autism to not be there for a day. Just one single day. I see others and Ii just wish I could be social like them. What sparked this post and idea is how I went to my Christmas staff party a few nights ago (yes hospitality workers do their parties after Christmas…
Dealing with change and autism
Change and autism do not go well together. Right now I have lots of big new changes happening all at once, from moving house to changing jobs to change in career. It's alot and I have never felt good with change transitions or new things but I have some tips and things I do to…
Why it is so important to receive a diagnosis as an adult?
Recently a good friend of mine received a diagnosis after 4 years of waiting. I won't say whom or what their diagnosis was as that is their private information, however I am happy they received a diagnosis they have been waiting a long time for. This then created an interesting conversation around being diagnosised and…
Sometimes I just don’t want to be autistic…
Last night I did something different and I tried to go out with some work friends after shift and have a drink and be social as one of our team is leaving this week and it was her leaving drinks. I am proud I tried and I went. However it did result in a meltdown…
I love and hate being autistic.
I have two minds about being autistic, I both love and hate it. I hate it as it makes my life so unnecessarily hard. I cannot understand social situations like everyone else, I always feel like I am on the outside and I never understand what is happening. It's like a blur of people talking…
How I am dealing with Christmas as an autistic to avoid overstimulation
Merry Christmas! Here are four things I am doing to accommodate my autism during this Christmas season to prevent overstimulation and burnout. Just to state I am very lucky and grateful that my Christmas is always pretty chilled and not over the top as we have always never made Christmas a massive thing but still…
Autism explains so much…
All my life I have been different and on the outside. Not fitting in with the group. Struggling to make and keep any friends. All my life I have felt wrong. Felt like I should be able to understand this rule book everyone else seems to have about social rules but I just never received…
Wonderfully Creative 