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Blog entries by yogabanana
I need a place to process and it might as well be here. My mother died about a week ago. She was 78, tired of being alive and basically asked us to stop all diagnostics and treatments. It's fine.
My daily life behavior is concerning to me though. I can't really grieve normally. I can't grieve...
Hubby says a big reason he is acting like this is a sense of futility because I say "do x to fix it" and from his perspective he does x and it doesn't help.
"Help" = it ends the conflict entirely.
I don't know if the issue is on his end or mine. Some theories:
1. He has a much longer...
Self care is telling my son "I have to save my ears for the fair. I won't be able to answer you right now because I am saving my brain so I can help you at the fair since it will be very loud."
And doing it without guilt.
I love my kid enough to love my brain enough to titrate my sensory...
Historically I don't do journaling etc very consistently. We will see.
I envision this to be a space where I can talk about cool stuff. And hopefully a place to bring my intense feeling self. Because I am married to an autist that has more classic symptoms he is overwhelmed by my emotional...