Tag: autism

Autism overload

My mind is whizzing at 100mph. All my thoughts swoop in and out, like a washing machine spin cycle. I can’t quite grab any one of them to focus on it for more than a millisecond before … whoooosh off it goes again into the virtual spin cycle above my head. Its making me dizzy trying to slow them all down so I can at least focus on one thing.

Continue reading “Autism overload”

Dating again after marriage: how everything has changed, including you.

This has been a giant learning curve for me over the last few years. I was married 17 years before it broke up. But, I am also 17 years older and the world is also 17 years older. More things have changed than just how we meet people, we have changed.

Continue reading “Dating again after marriage: how everything has changed, including you.”

Being Autistic: the challenge of explaining and understanding how you feel

I got my autism diagnosis in my early 40’s. Prior to that I had been an autism specialist teacher for many years. You would think that made me an expert in my own autism wouldn’t you? Well nope, it didn’t.

Continue reading “Being Autistic: the challenge of explaining and understanding how you feel”