#Anxiety

A word about me and disability.1) I entered the disability movement as a parent of a kid with Down syndrome. It's the identity marker I placed on myself.2) I have
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Reading is bizarre. Every time I pick up a book, I race to the end, desperate to absorb every detail of the story all at once. I feel as if
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Thread from April 2, 2020."Science shows that early exposure to circumstances that produce persistent #fear and chronic #anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the developing architecture of the brain."
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Things I've learned from a month on furlough. A thread 1 - it is not a lack of time that is keeping me from doing the things I want
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You have no idea how relieved I get when I arrive at my destination safely. Today alone I had to deal with a Flysafair employee who was assisting with an
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know your anxious levels & limits... a threadthe other night i went out with my brothers and mates, i usually stay away from things i feel like i socially can’t
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Talked with my dad today about how my brother who is on the autism spectrum has been handling things. The answer: not well. People on the spectrum tend to rely
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oh, I know! My useless supervisor neglecting to give me my self eval form that must be finished by today until I was leaving work *yesterday*, so now today at
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a thread on why i’m starting to not believe @vodpjmin ‘s story firstly, this account was created the day the so called bullying thing started?? and it takes long for
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Parent Blaming & PDA THREAD:Unless you have an #autistic child with #PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) - it's very hard to fully understand the difficulties & complexities of day to day
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Confronted some of my anxiety last night by talking it out with my wife. I admitted that sometimes I fear a future where we don’t love each other anymore. I
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Yesterday the Victorian Govt/ @JillHennessyMP announced they intend to reform the sexual assault victim gag-law & next month will perform consultation "round tables". This has raised expectations in the survivor
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Here’s the thing I’m noodling on right now: An all-mail national election felt *imperative* at the beginning of the pandemic, before we knew how well masks work.Now we know in-person
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For someone who talks alot about mental health, @RealDeniseWelch doesn't seem to appreciate the huge effect she is having with her constant barrage of tweets about how Covid-19 isn't dangerous.
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Okay so I'm furious.I've mentioned previously that I struggle with going out (anxiety, balance issues, etc) but after much persuading, I reluctantly agreed to a slow, 15-minute walk this morning.
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In JSS2, I took 3rd in Livingstone College, my father took me to vulcaniser “told the dude to let me use my mouth to pump tyre”, problems and gentlemen my
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