Tag Archive for: Challenges

Fear of changes in Autism

Autistics don’t like changes in routine.

How do you deal with change in routine? How is your comfort zone? Does spirituality play a role in your life? Are you more biologically oriented?

How did you start the new week?

Monday is always a challenge to me, though better than weekend.
I’m quite settled Tuesday to Friday.
I only honour Sunday from a Christian perspective.
Faith is my main help and hope.

I also put trust in science: I see my psychiatrist monthly. 
Last week I had my session, he’s a psychoanalytic psychiatrist.
I’m always bit nervous for fear of changing meds.
I wonder which diagnosis is predominant with me, Autism or ADHD…
He says that latest research places ADHD on the Spectrum, I’ve come to believe it. I identify 80% ADHD to date.
The new AuDHD diagnosis would assert the validity of my identity.


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Emotional Roller-coasters in Autism

Roller-coasters is yet another trendy terminology for Life-challenges.

Again, I don’t see anything wrong with ‘challenges’, anyways… even languages are roller-coasters, these AI days.
I wonder if young and old of same nationality will soon need an interpreter, it could be of help in creating new jobs, before AI will lay-off thousands of workers.

“Ah shut up, I’ve been watching too much tv!” used to say David Bowie, the ‘Master of Transformation’ , as he was called back in the day.
Nowadays, he would be called the ‘Master of roller-coasters’!
Forgive the diversion, Sarcasm is necessary, sometimes.

Roller-coasters require lots of self-discipline.

This is very controversial: subjects on ASD are hard disciplined, yet they dread roller-coasters.
They excel financially, most World-billionaires are on the Spectrum.
Conversely, they fare poorly in relationships.
In my humble opinion, they function on compensation: academic and financial achievement makes up for roller-coasters and poor relationships.
They don’t look happy to me, nevertheless.

I’m neither a billionaire nor an academic, though I fare well socially.
I lean more towards ADHD and Bipolar.
Despite envying ASD achievements, I prioritize my social life.
Should I choose between wealth and good relationships, I would go for the latter no doubts.

I want to live with my wife at the sea. We speak the same language of the waves.


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