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Steak Knife

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Admin

I have decided not to rename this blog “UpSide Down Steak Knife” because it might alienate my zero followers. However, more than once lately, I have discovered that accidentally using a steak knife the wrong way up isn’t very functional. … Continue reading →

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Recognising People from the Future

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Admin

This is a big tangent. I suspect my (very minor) psychic powers and (very weak) magical powers are somehow connected to autism. I have inherited all of them from my grandmother… As a skeptic, and a scientist at heart, I … Continue reading →

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Dampening OCD

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Admin

I am realising that the coping mechanism of dampening inputs, goes beyond lessening autistic responses. I don’t know if my OCD is a part of the autism, but the dampening helps it enormously. Just like regular people stop hearing repetitive … Continue reading →

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Late Diagnosis

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Admin

Tom Cutler was diagnosed late, like me. And unlike most medical diagnoses, it was good news, it solved the why. A couple of excerpts from his excellent article, all of which I relate to: During one pub lunch, after I’d … Continue reading →

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Internal Inconsistencies

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Admin

When watching movie/TV, and I am engaged, I can easily suspend belief with the most ridiculous scenarios. But the internal logic needs to work. When it doesn’t I can rattle off my issues with it as a list at the … Continue reading →

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Routine and Home vs Travel and Work

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Admin

It is 5am and I was just explaining this to someone, in a dream. In the dream I had fled from something wrong in my life, and ended up in a commune. I knew two people there, a boss and … Continue reading →

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I Get Angry

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Admin

Everybody gets angry sometimes. It is a human trait we all have, and it is widely disliked and discouraged. I would guess even the Dalai Lama gets angry sometimes, but he internalises it, and smiles. I never display anger, but … Continue reading →

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Think Too Much, Feel Too Much

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Admin

This isn’t news to me. I have been saying this for years. Autism is a response to thinking and feeling more than neuro-typical folk. It is a defence mechanism. While we might appear to have the least empathy, ultimately we … Continue reading →

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The Woodcutter

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Admin

I have no idea which book/movie/whatever inspired it, but I had a teen fantasy about being a woodcutter. It was my way of working out the simplest world that would make me feel complete and happy – the opposite of … Continue reading →

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The Extrovert Aspy

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Admin

Copy and pasting this in full, it is that good, found here: One of the central characteristics of autism in DSM 5 is a deficit in social communication and social interaction. The social and interpersonal aspects of life are a … Continue reading →

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