So here’s the deal: I find it difficult to plan and execute things. My inability to get started causes issues in all areas of my life: What shall we do at the weekend? What shall I buy my relatives for Christmas? How do I start this work task? I don’t have answers for all of [...]
Perhaps the most visible aspect of my Asperger’s – if you were actually to look for it – is the way in which I interact with other people. There is quite a distinct style behind this, and some strongly embedded techniques that I use all the time to try and make my life easier.
When I was growing up, my relationships with women were unusual. This article covers a time line that stretches from my early teenage school days, right through to my mid twenties, and as such, covers situations that happened at school, university and in my early work life. This article is deeply personal, and contains mild [...]
These days, if you catch me after I’ve been busy for a while, you may find me to be initially unresponsive. Many people over the years have commented that I seem to be away in a little day dream world. From my perspective it’s no day dream, its more of a shut down. Let me [...]
Yes really. I woke up on Monday morning, and felt terrible. My head pounded, my view of the world felt hazy and I had pain in my kidneys. I felt decidedly hungover. I cursed myself for drinking on what had been a rare night of being on my own. And then it dawned on me. [...]
Sometimes, repetition is soothing. On the right day, actions like inputting my receipts into online tool wesabe can be very soothing. It’s the same keystrokes and mouse movements over again for each receipt that I enter. At the end of the process I feel calmed and soothed. There is an order to the repetition that [...]
For as long as I have been in the IT profession, my best work has been produced from the ideas of other people. Tell me what needs doing, and I’ll do it. Typically I’ll do it well, and with a great attention to detail. Leave me to my own devices, and I’ll struggle to determine [...]
I’ve almost certainly said something like this before, but with my memory processes being what they are, I can’t remember if I have or not. Yesterday was about writing for me. I wrote the last two articles for the blog – some 1700 or so words. I wrote a bunch of replies to comments, and [...]
I’ve spent the last week listening. Listening to how my body reacts when pushed hard. I’ve been quite surprised at what I’ve heard. I shouldn’t be. My body reacted no differently than it ever has done. What was different this time was that I was seeing it through the eyes of Asperger’s. My old explanations [...]
I’ve written before about how my daily routine is on railway tracks, and that when something comes along that alters the course of my day, I’ll find that I want to continue down those tracks rather than modify my routine to the new schedule. Well, I’ve recently figured out that the whole bigger picture of [...]
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