I just realised that I actually hate my name

Well, a couple of hours ago, actually, but still. I’ve always been kind of annoyed with my name for reasons I could never quite articulate. It became easy to explain my annoyance, when I entered the English speaking universe, because my Norse name is a word used for something entirely else in English. Much to [...]

What autistics want – may not be what you think

So very often when arguments are raging between people – especially between neurodiversity activists and self-proclaimed allies – the old line is trotted out again. We all want the same thing, why can’t we all just set aside our differences and work towards our common goal? On the surface this suggestion seems innocuous and, well, [...]

Coping Methods: Mental Stims

This particular thing is oddly titled, because I have nothing else to call it. I have not fully developed this coping method yet, but I’m posting about it anyway, because my aide had never heard of doing something like this ever before, and maybe someone else will find inspiration in this to develop similar methods of [...]

Coping Methods: Inner Worlds

I have mentioned in two of my previous posts in the series that I have another reality in my head. It is only very recently that I discovered that this is actually fairly common for aspies/auties to have, and so I think it is very important to spread the knowledge thereof, because I have spent [...]

Coping Methods: Items

I originally intended to write two posts about my therapeutic things. But I decided to mash them into one, because that makes more sense to me. Besides, I’ve written about some of this before, and there’s no reason to reiterate too much. And then again, maybe there is, since a lot of people do seem [...]

Coping Methods: Directed Stimming

Right, in my first post in the series I talked about one specific stim that I have: Nail biting. In this post I will generalise a little more, and I’ll try to explain how I deal with my stimming. I have several stims. Most (if not all – I’m not sure) autistics have one or [...]

Coping Methods: Nail Biting

One of my first identifiable coping methods is nail biting. I’ve been biting my nails for almost as long as I can remember. I have very, very vague memories of mum cutting my nails, because they were too long, when I was very, very young. very young indeed. Much more clearly do I remember the [...]

“We all have our little quirks.”

Several people have said this to me after I have described one or more of my peculiarities to them. Being autistic I have quite a few of those. Peculiarities, that is. And by far the line that has been repeated at me most often is the headline of this post. “We all have our little [...]

Personal Update

Right. It’s almost a year ago I last posted about the specifics of my own situation. Back then I was all kinds of gleeful that I had finally received my diagnosis, so maybe there was now some hope of receiving the right kind of help/treatment/therapy. For those who are not informed about my story and [...]

Radio Host Opines: Woman Would Be Better Off Being Lied To

Just another day in the patriarchy. I listen to the radio when I drive. Just the music, though, as I tend to get distracted if I listen to people talk. That means I continuously cycle through my 4-5 pre-programmed stations during a ride, as I switch channels every time commercials are on and every time [...]