Autism in Nicks words
AUTISTIC NICK’S OVERWHELMING FRIDAY AN OPINION PIECE I hate feeling overwhelmed and helpless with a situation that is unfolding around me. I forget all of my strategies for dealing with being in that overwhelming moment as I allow the overwhelmingness to engulf me and swallow me up inside. The intensity of it all crashes over… Continue reading AUTISTIC NICK’S OVERWHELMING FRIDAY
AUTISTIC NICK’S WEEK It’s 1.45pm AWST and currently since the beginning of the week the wind and the heavy rain have joined forces to do battle in a new reality show I’m calling “Weather Battles!”. I’m inside my bedroom and outside its cold, grey, dark, as the howling winds smash against the heavy downpour of… Continue reading AUTISTIC NICK’S WEEK
AUTISTIC NICK'S MIXED EMOTIONS A few weeks's ago I had reached my 260th blog post and I was feeling overjoyed with myself along with a lot of other emotions. Then today on the 25th July I am writing my 261 blog post. And I feel guilty. And you may be asking youself why? I have… Continue reading AUTISTIC NICK’S MIXED EMOTIONS
AUTISTIC NICK’S 260TH BLOG POST As I fling open the wooden shutters and allow the sunlight to pour in. I look down across the town square to see excited villagers hurrying around with fixed smiles on their faces. Bunting is being stretched and attached to wooden posts. Tables are having virginal white tablecloths laid onto… Continue reading AUTISTIC NICK’S 260TH BLOG POST
HOW AUTISTIC NICK PREPARED FOR HIS FOUR DAY LOCKDOWN This week I along with others in Perth entered into a four-day lockdown. The announcement came late Sunday afternoon and whilst it wasn’t the most welcomed of news, I just had to accept that this was occurring. So, unlike last time when both my mental health,… Continue reading HOW AUTISTIC NICK PREPARED FOR HIS FOUR DAY LOCKDOWN
AUTISTIC NICK MAKES AN EMOTIONAL CHECK-LIST I have always been an over sensitive person. But, I think that having been diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum and being classed as being high functioning this has only to me elevated my emotions. Small insignificant things can trigger me to explore my feelings and emotions. Most… Continue reading AUTISTIC NICK MAKES AN EMOTIONAL CHECK-LIST
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