An anthology in support of Breast Cancer Research

Do you like reading? Do you hate cancer? Well now there's an opportunity for you to enjoy the first, while helping to do something about the second, and if you're a fan of romance you're in for a treat. Kissing and other Scandalous Pastimes An anthology with a goal, and I don't just mean to...

Coping with the aftermath of a minor stroke

When my mum had a stroke last year, one the doctors described as minor, though it didn’t appear minor to me as I watched my mum contort and suffer, I thought once the stroke was over and she had spent a bit of time recovering she would be back to normal. It didn’t take long...

A bad day with anxiety

Originally posted on Medium 12th Feb https://medium.com/@arcarver87/a-bad-day-with-anxiety-9b172028b752 Leaving the house is always a struggle for me, I have difficulty with social anxiety that makes it incredibly hard for me to deal with people, especially in groups, and noise, not to mention a few other things. Given a choice I will stay at home, out of the...

Molehills everywhere, but not a mountain in sight.

As someone who suffers from stress, anxiety and depression I have always found it easy in the past to turn the smallest of molehills in the largest of mountains. No matter what happened I was likely to view a problem as the worst thing to ever happen to me, with the all too real possibility...

An interesting perspective on autism

As someone who is almost certainly on the spectrum but has reached the age of (almost) 40 without being either assessed or diagnosed it's important that books like these are out there to help parents identify children on the spectrum - if they don't suspect their children may be autistic they are unlikely to have...

Flipping the switch

It often feels as if there's a switch in my brain, one that periodically gets switched, and I'm not in control of it. For a while I was having problems sleeping, no matter what I did I couldn't get to sleep; it would be 2, 3, 4, even 5 o'clock and gone before I fell...

Autistic Confessions – Feeling Stuck – Running Away

I know how this feels, I have days when I just sit there, staring at the computer with a mental list of things to do, utterly unable to get moving on anything.

A stressful day

I'm alright so far today, but yesterday was a very bad day for me, I was so stressed I came very close to a meltdown that would have resulted in the loss of my laptop through a Hulk Smash kind of moment, and it's all thanks to Microsoft and Windows 10. I haven't been a...

Writing as an autistic person

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but the other day I had an article I wrote posted on a writer's site and I plum forgot to let you all know about it. Now that I've remembered, here's the link, in case any of you would like to read about what it's like for me...

A little cutie

Since I can't find the enthusiasm to post anything more serious today, I thought I'd go with something simple, and give you all a look at my girl Mollie, she had a haircut today and slimmed down to almost nothing. It's amazing what a difference a trim makes - if only I could slim down...