Sunday, June 27, 2021

Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension Part 2: A Witch's Brew of All Three

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In my previous post , I discussed the way frustration, anxiety, and tension can mount as you try hard to better yourself, only to be dismis...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension Part 1: You're Not Trying

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On YouTube I found an illuminating interview with special-needs educator Richard Lavoie . He recalls a time in the 1970s in which he was wo...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Masking (the autistic kind, not the COVID-19 kind)

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As always, names and places changed... In a journal entry dated January 31, 1996, I wrote, "Everything about me is wrong. I want to try...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Growth vs. Change

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As always, all names are pseudonyms... Whoa, it's been 5 months since my last update! Well, a lot has been going on. For one thing, I...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Lemons and Lemonade (or "The Silver Lining Around the Mushroom Cloud")

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As always, names have been changed... It's just about 5 months into this COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Massachusetts, which has done a...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Shut Up and Listen

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It has bothered me over the years that when I tell somebody a story about something I've struggled with in my life, or even something tr...
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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Things That People Didn't Get (or "And Fuck You for Saying So")

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Note: As always, names changed to protect peoples' privacy. Whew, it's been a while since my last post! Well, we're three mont...