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Deciphering my Diversity

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  • Creativity Counts
    • Crafting for Health
      • Advent idea keeping me busy!
      • Changing direction can keep you on track. Seriously.
      • Wonders of nature: tumbling stones
  • My life in words
    • Woody v tinny. Do you like saying some words more than others?
    • My Favourite Writers: who are yours?
    • Sarah’s Shopping: a fictional tale of resolve
    • Uluru revisited: a poem on the iconic rock.
    • Colour Blinds: a poem about racism
    • Six years ago my life turned a corner
    • What Price? – a poem on the greatest sacrifice
    • Autumn Haiku
    • No ifs, ands, or buts: a poem on Faith
    • Spectrum Future: a poem about diversity
    • Cacophony: my life with noise
    • Reasons to go on: Poems, part 1
    • Reasons to go on: Poems, part 2
    • Reasons to go on: Poems, part 3
    • Reasons to go on: Poems, part 4
    • Reasons to go on: Poems, part 5
    • Other People – a poem
    • Must we Conform? a poem about fitting in
    • I’m a person first, poem about finding my identity
    • Getting through the Day
    • After the Visit: my poem about Social Overload
    • Reconnect: a poem about self-harm
    • Triggers: a poem about sudden changes
    • The Child: a poem about rejection
    • The End is Just the Beginning: a poem on birth
    • Wood – a poem describing my bottom-up thinking
    • A Christmas Tale
    • There’s Always Two Sides: a proposition
    • A Modern-day Scary Faery Tale.
    • Thoughts on Childhood: for richer, for poorer?
    • Life can be surreal: my world in photographs
      • Do you see faces in everyday objects? You’re not the only one.
      • Conwy Castle, but not as you know it. More surreal images.
      • Abstract Life: surreal situations
      • Rust Reclaimed: surreal photographic images
  • My Life in Images
    • Beautiful Autumn Colours outside my door
    • Nature Images: Ducks Ditty
    • Autumn photographs 1: Trees and Leaves
  • Health Matters
    • On being autistic
      • Is music vital to my well-being? Yes and No.
      • Will the Real Me Please Stand Up
      • A Day in the Life
      • Today’s not getting any better…
      • When the struggle is brushing unbearable …
      • When the struggle is brushing unbearable, part 2
      • When the struggle is brushing unbearable, part 3
      • On being unique
      • Do you see yourself as a Bottom-up Thinker?
      • What’s stimming for and how does it relate to being on the spectrum?
      • Marilyn, The Opera; or Life with Echolalia
      • Volume modulation issues
      • Experiencing Social Overload? Here’s some ideas on what can cause it and what can help.
      • Know someone on the spectrum? Not sure how to behave?
      • Do number patterns regulate your day?
      • Daily habits to get me through
    • On being in the mental health system
      • Are Moods a Natural Phenomenon?
      • Hating OCD even though it’s not a diagnosed problem for me
      • Self-harm: the taboo topic we need to talk about
      • Self-harm: additional thoughts
      • My journey towards taking off the masks
      • Dissociation: going to a place that’s sometimes scary, always safe
      • On being mindful: the good, the bad, and the doubtful
  • Reflections, Rants, and Reviews
    • Where I Reflect, Ruminate, Reason
      • Annoying News Items: is it just me?
      • Large classes. Whatever next?
      • Find ‘chilling’ a challenge? ‘De-stressing’ too stressful? Check out these simple ideas.
      • Embracing the Art of Well-being, with very little effort
      • On being told to be positive: or how to stifle emotional growth
      • Make Life Lovely: positive thinking
      • World Mental Health Day
      • Have you had an adverse reaction that has taken you by surprise?
      • World Animal Day, October 4
      • Do short people get the short straw? Just asking.
      • “Thank you” and “Hello”
      • Coming up for Air!
      • Are friends doing Meghan Markle a disservice?
      • Expertise, Experience, or Enthusiasm? What really counts?
      • Feelings of dread. Not the same as feeling dreadful.
      • From me to you
      • Gaslighting – it’s way more scary than the film
      • Inventive or Mean?Different takes on the same behaviour.
      • Is it ever alright to stereotype?
      • Just throwing this in the ring …
      • Mental Health Awareness Week – is it just another date in the calendar?
      • Should Blogs appeal to a wider audience or be about subjects we are passionate about?
      • Thoughts general and profound
      • Thank you for getting me through!
      • To blog, or not to blog? That’s quite a question.
      • Vanity. Is it a matter of survival?
    • Where I Rant, Rage, Roar
      • See Ye, See Ye – Invisible Disabilities Week
      • Just how many Experts can we cope with?
      • Aphorisms – are they a cop-out for addressing serious health issues?
      • Autism Sites – is there an agenda?
      • Is there a ppoint to appointment departments?
      • Sorted. It’s good to talk. Sometimes.
    • Book Review: find your voice
    • Book review: spectrum women
    • Gadget review: my Tangle
    • Gadget Review – Status Squares
  • Ecology Echoes
    • Eco-friendly post 1: hand made Soap Bags
  • Travelogue
    • Travels 4: Autumn in North-East USA
    • Uluru: to climb or not to climb? Should this ever have been an option?
    • Travels on the Ffestiniog Railway
    • Travels 3: The Peak District
    • Travels 1: Essay on the Lake District
    • The Lake District in Summer
    • Lake District Celebration
    • Travels 2: Rievaulx Abbey
    • Festivals can be fraught. How to cope?
  • Marketplace
    • Sometimes it’s better to take a good hard look at where you’re going – and move in a different direction
    • On being creative
    • Where have I been?
    • Shop listing: Autumn bracelets ready for Fall
    • Autumn Marketplace
    • Shop listing: Libra bracelet
    • My market stall: bag a bargain
    • Jewellery to stim by …
    • Jewellery to stim by … just added to my Folksy shop

Contents

  • About Me
  • Creativity counts
    • Crafting for health
    • Life in image
    • Life in verse
    • Life in words
    • Photo images
    • Tale telling
  • Eco Issues
  • Favourites
  • Marketplace
  • Mental health revolving door
    • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • On being autistic
    • Getting through the day
    • Routines and Rules
  • Reflections and Rants
  • Reviews – books and more
  • Travelogue
  • Well-being

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Reflections and Rants  0 Comments

July 8, 2019September 2, 2019

Sorted. It’s good to talk. Sometimes.

Follow-up to previous rant about hospital appointments. Decided to phone Appointment Department first thing Monday morning. Busy. I got sick

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Reflections and Rants  2 Comments

July 7, 2019September 2, 2019

Is there a ppoint to appointment departments?

A Heads-up here. Soapbox Session header means I’m in total rant mode. Scene setting: late last week I received a

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