Aspies For Freedom

Only 10 degrees Celcius, windy, cloudy and rainy. 10 days ago it was 25 degrees and virtually summer. How's the Middle East?

Was the national day of Norway to days ago.

Thx!

Had a nice day.

How are you Doc?

I asked because I had noticed you seemed happier on line.

People on this forum can be your ally. I know we aren't real life friends - but maybe we can understand a bit. Also - it is good to write down our worries - it can help be a way to unload feelings.

.....still - family fights are horrible and upsetting - I'm sorry to hear you feel as though you have lost your last ally.

You need to find some way out of the mess --- maybe you need help to do this - maybe you are too bogged down within the situation to see any clear way out.

Maybe accepting there is no way you can change anyone else but yourself might be a way forward. I'm thinking you may need to change the way you respond to situations. Look to find a way to inner harmony -as separate to what is happening around you.

Is your mood okay?

You need to find a way of coping within your own head. Try to focus on your needs a bit - don't spend to much time trying too hard to please others. Take care of yourself.

I hope I understand your situation well enough when I give this advice. The advice I give really just relates to me and situations I deal with.

What does OISH mean?

Ahhhhh - yes, I see.  
      
sorry - I don't want to blurb onto to you online - when there is a very good chance I am comparing myself too much to you - and this may not be appropriate - given we are different people living different lives.

I just know that when my mood is not okay I spend too much time obsessing and worrying about things that are negative. I know that half an antidepressant does help me to get a more positive outlook on life. It stops me from obsessing too much on the negatives. It helps me to cope.

But maybe your mood relates to the very real situation you live with. Your children will grow, given time, things can get easier.

Having said that - the situations we live with impact on our mood - and our mood is all about chemicals in the brain. Antidepresants can help in ways that support chemical functions and balances that are being knocked about by anxiety and stressful situations.

You seem to be a good guy doc.

Take care.

I asked a simple question - in the same way you asked Tomas how he was feeling.

This is why I asked -- I am not an NT.

sorry if I offended.

Time for me to find better things to do.

sorry doc. Maybe I am just too sensitive and too ready to take offence where it isn't meant.

My mistake.

I'm online.

I had a panic attack this last saturday. I was in bed having a rest when it came over me. The pills saved me.

I started writing a diary again. Warm weather allows me to sit outside without freezing. There's all this furniture I've been thinking of moving for weeks or months. But I'm too low to even reattach the wheels on my wagon.

I wish I could go out and find some interesting music to listen to and be energized by -- Pere Ubu, Captain Beefheart, MC5...

It's in the news today -- it's going to get warmer to the weekend. I got up and stood on my toes, jumped up and down to the music.

Muss es sein? Es muss sein!

Yes, today's been a good day. Started washing clothes at 2pm and had a hope that I'd be finished with it today but after 6 machines I started to feel a little dizzy -- I'll do the rest tomorrow.

I'm also having normal sleeping hours; nights!!!

How are you?

I am curious, what has helped you to sleep.

Must be a relief to be able to sleep nights.

Sunday saw another 3 full loads in the washing machine and now I got stacks of clean laundry sitting at akward places.

There's no reason behind my sleeping nights at this junction in time; it's random + a crappy tv.

I'm slowly doing something about my hoarding. Saw a documentary about people who'd been diagnosed as hoarders; the amount of stuff they had was incredible. One guy had filled his entire house with bicycles + spare parts and slept on a sofa on his front porch because there wasn't room inside.

I'm not exactly giving up on the hoarding. I just have to keep working out new ways of storage. I've been meaning to load some old wooden furniture on my wagon and transport it to a pre-selected spot on the outskirts of town and put them in a circle with a diameter of 30 feet. I'm just lazy...