Anything I blog about with no autism mention
12th May 2019 Today’s blog is about some sad and good news that I have to tell you. I’ll get the sad news out of the way first. This will be my last blog for a while. I need to take a break due to personal reasons. A few weeks ago my mum was diagnosed […]
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17th February 2019 Everybody in life needs some help at some point. I also think that everyone has the capacity to help others too. Help can come in many forms but can be divided into two types – physical help and emotional help. Physical help can include acts of kindness such as giving food or money
3rd February 2019 Today, I am going to be talking about to-do lists. To-do lists can be essential for people who suffer with anxiety or have poor executive function, two common things that may affect Autistic people. If you have several tasks that need to be carried out a to-do list is really helpful, as it
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13th August 2018 I absolutely love museums and exhibitions and I think this is partly down to me being Autistic. It is well documented that Autistic people love to collect facts and information and then also to relay those facts to other people. This is especially true about facts related to interests that we have. Facts
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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29th April 2018 TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, Anxiety, Depression Welcome to Part 2 of my blog about the Mental Health Awareness Course that I have now attended and completed, making me a Mental Health First Aid (MFHA) Champion! So how was the actual course? Overall, it was excellent. From an Autistic point of view, the group
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22nd April 2018 Trigger warning – depression, suicide Next week I will be attending a “Mental Health Awareness” course with St John Ambulance and so I thought it would be interesting to do a two part blog. This is the first part in which I am going to talk about why I am doing the
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18th March 2018 It doesn’t matter if you are Autistic or Neurotypical, we all have so called “Heroes and Heroines”. People that we respect for one reason or another. People that have inspired us and impressed us in their lives to the point of admiration. When thinking about this I realised that you can perhaps
25th February 2018 Anti-depressants have been in the news this week following a major study that states that they do in fact actually work. Well, I’m sure that all the people that have used anti-depressants for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues already knew this. As someone who has taken anti-anxiety medication through various
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