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Autism
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Autism
Paying attention in school
Dealing with the feelings I get when I change my plans.
Do you ever have the feeling that you wish you had paid better attention in school? I have that feeling regularly.
In the drawing course I did early last year I was advised to practice hashing and cross hashing but since I thought I wouldn’t need [...] -
Autism
Getting things done
Discovering that a curse can turn into a blessing.
Dancing a little to get passed the feeling of restlessness helps me a lot with the drawing I started yesterday.
I’m now recognizing that I always felt afraid of …. something every time I tried to start with something. But now I know what caused the fear.
The feeling [...] -
Autism
Not feeling warmth
I’m experiencing some problems thanks to our revolutionary new heating system.
A few weeks ago when I drew a perspective of my green chair I was planning to do an other one without the pillows. I didn’t because my day job took so much out of me that I was just to tired. But now I’ve [...] -
Autism
Something came up
Discovering that I can deviate from a habit without being at a turning point in my life.
I might as well give up. My life is a failure.
I used to sport every Monday and Friday. But now it’s gone.
Last week I was thinking about going to the sauna. I didn’t but by the time I decided [...] -
Autism
Shortcuts: Thinking and drawing in shorthand (Drawing: Symbol drawings)
12.04.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m finally getting some ideas about the difference in thinking processes between autistics and non-autistics.
Some 20 years ago I read somewhere that people who are autistic can’t think in symbols. I didn’t know that I was autistic myself and I didn’t understand what they meant. Don’t autistics understand symbols like the dollar ($) sign and [...] -
Autism
Solving my travel phobia
My problems with toilet habits turned out to be a lot bigger then I thought.
Ever since I started this blog at the beginning of this year I’ve been surprised by the amount of knowledge you need if you want to write an article about something you don’t know and how much you must understand if [...] -
Autism
Does loosing skills lead to background fear?
People talk about background radiation. Can you talk about background fear? If so I have it.
The Wordpress editor I’m using to write this article has an “Save and Continue Editing” button. Just like in working with any editor you want to regularly save your work in case you have a power outauge. Or what happens [...] -
Autism
Dealing with fear
It’s difficult to judge how long you’ve been suffering from phobias if you’ve never been able to recognize your feelings. But judging by the types of behavior I’m learning to recognize it must be for years.
When I started with drawing at the beginning of this year I figured that I would learn a lot. [...] -
Autism
Understanding right sided thinking (Drawing: Horse without a knight)
After reading some more and thinking a lot about it, I’m beginning to understand the right sided thinking and why it seems to be much more easy for me.
It turns out that I didn’t do my last two drawing in the way the book expected. With the Faces and vases drawing you were supposed to [...] -
Autism
Need to repeat
I’ve finally found a solution to a problem that has been bugging me for the last 30 years.
For the last 30 years or so I’ve been talking to myself. Well, not really talking to myself. I had imaginary talks with other people.
As a child I was always afraid that I would get them confused with [...]
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