Comments on: Awareness http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/awareness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=awareness Asperger's Syndrome from the point of view of a self-diagnosed adult Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DonkeyBuster http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/awareness/#comment-958 DonkeyBuster Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:19:43 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=764#comment-958 Glad to see you're back, James, and very glad the new job is working out dandy! I can totally relate to this post... when I worked as a veterinary tech, I was totally consumed by my job, and totally worthless at the end of the work day. I'd just sit on the couch and 'go away'. Of course, that's when the SO would want to TALK or GO OUT. Now I understand why I was such a lousy partner for that person... my current SO likes nothing better than to come home, eat dinner, and spend the rest of the evening reading. A perfect Aspie 'date'. =0) Glad to see you’re back, James, and very glad the new job is working out dandy!

I can totally relate to this post… when I worked as a veterinary tech, I was totally consumed by my job, and totally worthless at the end of the work day. I’d just sit on the couch and ‘go away’. Of course, that’s when the SO would want to TALK or GO OUT. Now I understand why I was such a lousy partner for that person… my current SO likes nothing better than to come home, eat dinner, and spend the rest of the evening reading. A perfect Aspie ‘date’. =0)

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]]> By: eileencogan http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/awareness/#comment-924 eileencogan Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:11:18 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=764#comment-924 "I don’t get to enjoy my evenings in the sort of productive way that I note many of my peers do. There’s the initial feeling of exhaustion that I’ve written about before. That hour or so of feeling dazed and looking glazed that I put to down to too much sensory input at work and the forty five minute drive home. Once that’s worn off and the daily chores are done, I’m fit for nothing. I feel tired despite getting eight hours of sleep most nights, and find it difficult to bring myself to do anything productive." I know that feeling all too well. Like you, I've recently understood it and accepted it, however, it is still frustrating..... I need to bury myself in my own writing, reading and playing with data. At the end of the day, I just can't function well enough to do any of that. Congrats on your new job and welcome back. “I don’t get to enjoy my evenings in the sort of productive way that I note many of my peers do. There’s the initial feeling of exhaustion that I’ve written about before. That hour or so of feeling dazed and looking glazed that I put to down to too much sensory input at work and the forty five minute drive home. Once that’s worn off and the daily chores are done, I’m fit for nothing. I feel tired despite getting eight hours of sleep most nights, and find it difficult to bring myself to do anything productive.”

I know that feeling all too well. Like you, I’ve recently understood it and accepted it, however, it is still frustrating….. I need to bury myself in my own writing, reading and playing with data. At the end of the day, I just can’t function well enough to do any of that.
Congrats on your new job and welcome back.

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