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my Quote to myself after having faced years upon years of this crud , Eventually came up with my saying :
" It is merely the "Appearances of Hostility, In a Otherwise Peaceful environment" . ...stuck it on the back of my refrigerator .. To help remember that , when I came home from being out in the World . Even if my brain wandered into dangerous territory, I still had to eat, and there was my sign ,right there facing me on the back of the refrigerator.
SURE beats my earlier mantra. in Music the tune by the Talkingheads ,I believe? " Life during Wartime"
Cheers. , with my first cup of Alka Seltzer this moring .

Have a nice day Jakki

I just wanted to say something you already know but which I think is often really, really hard to act on:

Everyone who knows you is going to want to support you. Many people hesitate to offer support in case it is offered in a form that is not good for you. Nobody wants to make things worse.

So, if there's ever a moment in which you find yourself thinking, I would like A to give me a hug, or I would like B to hold my hand, or I would like C to just sit with me, or I would like D just to say that they know how hard it's been, or I would like E to stop talking about x, anything like that, anything at all -

the best, kindest, most loving thing you can do for that person is to let them know.

It is hard.

(Sometimes I had to keep being told this.)

At least I'm not spiraling into despair anymore at everything I see, hear, touch, taste, smell, think, do or say

Flipping heck!

That is absolutely amazing, babybird. I am so happy for you. Keep going!

I'm still fighting

You are fighting.

Every inch of ground is so hard won.

But, every tiny smidgen of relief is very, very good. You are due some smidgens of relief. It seems like it's been unrelenting.

I remember some moments in which it hurt just a tiny bit less and I caught a glimpse of the vastness of how much it had been hurting and found that scary too.

So... you are fighting very hard and you are conquering territory. Hope you will go easy on yourself as much as you can and that you will let the art class ladies fuss over you again, they must have absolutely loved that

I'm learning to trust women
I used to find relationships with women difficult and I think it's because they spot that I'm vulnerable easy and they seem to want to mother me. And I used to run away from that
But I'm learning like it now

There's a lot to do but as long as I'm getting a bit better each day then I must be doing the right things

I think I read somewhere in a doctor's surgery that Asperger's is more comparable to mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression and bipolar, while autism is more comparable to developmental conditions such as learning disabilities, savant skills, and lacking significant social skills in less complex ways than those with Asperger's.

I know this sparks controversy, but I think there is a bit of truth to it. Often I have met or heard of people who are social but highly emotional and stressy and a bit eccentric and cling on to interests, whom later get a diagnosis of an ASD. But the people with already diagnosed autism that I have met seem more obvious in their mannerisms, appear less eccentric, more emotionally withdrawn, and have some sort of learning delays but savant skills at the same time.

It's probably quite a good way to explain the differences between Asperger's and autism, because I believe that the two aren't the same, despite an overlap of symptoms such as sensory problems.

I can never decide if my brain is efficient or deficient

I have an apology for babybird.

In case you do not like apologies I will put it in a spoiler box it is not something you have to read unless you want to.

I have been a bit obsessed with this band these last few days. I find these songs very joyful, but they are about Overcoming, so I thought I would put them here instead of the obsessions thread, with loose translations in spoiler boxes.

The '90s:

I'm a bit uncomfortable with how vague I've been about my own story.

Could I just say that if ever you have questions or you would like me to expand, anything I mention on these boards is something I can talk about without distress. Please feel free to ask questions if ever you have any

Do take care of yourself lads.