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Blog entries by Soup
Monday, my father turned 90. Since my parent live with us, guests were here on Fri, Sun & Mon. Monday evening, he was his regular self; extremely hard of hearing & old. Tuesday morning, after my husband left, I went downstairs to bring him the paper. His door was closed, but there were no weird...
1. A little background info: I seldom use Facebook. My son made an account for me without me knowing it & I began receiving message alerts. Fortunately, most of them were from my 6 yr old niece (though her parents' account). Almost 35yrs ago, an Inuit exchange student from the far north came to...
I have been very busy & away a lot. & I was really anticipating returning home (to AC) to catch up with everyone's adventures. When I got here, everything had changed & I mean EVERYTHING! Big changes are a trigger for me & I cannot stand them. Now, instead of feeling like I'm at my 'home away...
Hi, fellow citizens of Asperia. Living with others can be a real pain for us. As some of you know, I have a bi-generational home wherein my elderly parents live downstairs. My mother is a hyper-blabbering NT who is in profound denial of the fact that I'm an Aspie. She believes that if she just...
While I'm sorely tempted to rant & rave about something, I won't. <---Soup's lame attempt at humour. Feel free to NOT laugh.
There's this creepy guy that lives near my brother. I met him when my niece had a birthday party & I was compelled to attend. Anyways, this guy is even bigger than our...
Well, since I was up & useless, I decided to push myself (almost needed a cattle prod!) & get something done. There were some hidden pockets of junk floating around. There were 3 handbags I had that I never ever carry. There was an accumulation of well organized papers BUT none of it was...
Well, time for #12. Still ranting & raving about all aspects of this latest shooting. After this most recent crime that stopped the nation, I began to wonder about something. Perhaps it is politically incorrect or a little crass to wonder about such things, but what can I do? These thoughts are...
Who, might you ask? Wayne LaPierre, the current grand vizier of the NRA ---> http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/put-armed-police-officers-in-every-school-nra-head-says/2012/12/21/9ac7d4ae-4b8b-11e2-9a42-d1ce6d0ed278_story.html <----- I heard his speech & read the article & I still can't...
As the press pundits, experts & sages pontificated away on CNN, a common theme emerged. They didn't flat out spew it out like barf so it was right there, but they implied it over & over again. What is this 'IT' I'm obliquely referring to?
Simple: we quiet loners who keep to ourselves are a...
I awoke early this morning thinking about what happened in Connecticut. Adam Lanza (the shooter) is reported on CNN (by his older brother Ryan (who was initially misidentified as being the shooter) to have 'a form of Autism'!
I've wondered about the potential effect that isolation...
Time for blog 8 folks & since this one contains disturbing subject matter, please feel forewarned! We live in an area that is known as one of the safest cities in the province. There are small towns & spot-on-the-map type hamlets that are safer, but it's because only 6 farm families live there...
This morning, as I was neutrally sipping my tea, a thought occurred to me. I've officially just become one of those 'empty nesters'. Apparently, this engenders some kind of cataclysmic crisis in most NT mothers. You see, my daughter just graduated from her flight attendant training & is now on...
So many Aspies here are depressed. With the coming of the fall, cooler weather & diminishing light it seems to be reaching epidemic proportions. Every day, another member shows up feeling defeated. I know that many of us have mild to severe Seasonal Affective Disorder & while it may contribute...
Time for blog 5. I've been debating whether or not to broach this issue for some time. I was going to bring it up in a thread, but knowing my opinions on this, the likely result would be many defensive & annoyed Aspies. As a compromise, I've decided to discuss it here.
Most of us have a...
I've been thinking...
So much about diagnosing mental illnesses has to do with societal norms. There are often no objective scientifically sound impartial & reliable tests to confirm them. Often mental illnesses themselves seem to be culturally defined & based on norms, religious beliefs &...
Time for blog #3. Having read & responded to many of your great blogs, I'm getting the hang of what blogging actually is. I've been thinking:
We Aspies are known (by NT experts who think they know us) as prone to having OBSESSIONS. What the heck does that mean? It means a keen interest in...
Another theme that seems to be repeating itself is that of Aspies seeking to feel accepted. Many feel rejected by partners, by family members, by classmates or other friends, in the workplace, by the wider society & by their culture. I was doing some reading when the thought occurred to me...
This is my very 1st blog, I've never blogged so I hope I'm not breaching some sort of unofficial bloggers' etiquette! I hope someone actually reads it...
...Anyhow, I couldn't help but notice how many of our members seem to be in life crisis-type situations. Many people have spoken about the...