Autism can often exist with other issues which are known as co-morbid conditions. A common one is anxiety which these posts discuss but others conditions are mentioned as well.
1st July 2018 Trigger warning – Meltdowns, Stress, Anxiety Today I want to talk about meltdowns. It is a difficult subject to discuss sometimes, due to the horrible nature of them, but I wanted to talk about a meltdown I had this week for two reasons. Firstly, I want to just re-affirm that adults on
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27th May 2018 Meditation and mindfulness are such buzz words these days, but the actual practices have been around for a long time. Meditation is an activity, exercise or practice where a person (or a group of people) focuses their thoughts on a particular subject in order to obtain a mental state of clarity. Mindfulness is
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15th May 2018 This week is Mental Health Awareness week so I thought I would write something on this important topic. It is such a huge subject. Also, with the fact that I had written a few blogs about my recent mental health training, I was a little unsure what to write about. Almost every
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11th March 2018 Warning! This blog contains a first person description of somebody experiencing extreme anxiety during a day. I want this blog to be a bit different. One of the things I find difficult to explain to Neurotypicals is how changes in my environment can make me feel anxious. These changes can be very
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6th January 2019 Last year I wrote a blog reviewing the “Quiet Hour” that Morrisons supermarket was promoting for people both on the Autistic Spectrum and those who just want a quieter shopping experience. This was a regular slot where they make changes to improve the time spent in the shop if you struggle with
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29th October 2017 It is well documented that people on the Autistic Spectrum often have higher levels of anxiety then those who are not. I certainly would agree with this. I would saying being an Autistic has only one real negative aspect for me and that is the worrying about absolutely everything. There are lots
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