It's been a really head-eating topic of mine for a while. I am surprised I haven't seen someone speak about this before. Usually, feelings around grief/loss, you tend to find similar conversations. I struggled to find others who have spoken about the guilt when receiving their loved ones money and heirlooms.

I hope this is recived in the way it is intended to to heard.

okay my old diagnosis was PDD-NOS, which stood for pervasive disorder, not otherwise specified it is an autism diagnosis for individual showing significant social communication or behavioural delays who do not yet meet the full criteria for autism.

I'm back after another slump of low mood and spiralling.

With much MUCH help from my boyfriend, friends, class pass, Vice and getting rid of a job that made me feel insecure. I'm ready again to chat :)

understanding how to rebuild work energy again, returning to work after time off/ learning a completely new environment.

autistic overwhelm - not just a cafe closed!

life updates!

The OG - https://www.marthasmind.co.uk/

Lets work this out together, and it's not a one conversation then done type of chat. But understanding a needs of an autistic person in a reltainhip is a process. A constant one at that.

OCE, online vulnerability, starting a podcast - Katie hosts Figuring it out as i go along

It was so nice to discuss topics that I find are hard to come along, OCD being very much an unspoken topic that truly shows the hardship of a disorder that many don't know the true scope of the problem.

It was also so interesting to speak to someone else who also shares a lot of themselves online and how they navigate that too.

okay, lets be real. When I started this podcast, people might have listened just to 'show face'. after that, yeah I kept up something which probably didn't gain that much traction. This episode is the kick up the BUM... start something even if you are terrible.

Still riding a high after holidays, good dates and a pop up event with Girls Don't Sync.

original blog post - HERE

Felt good to revist an old post and feel so vastly different to how I am now ALTHOUGH, I can definitely note that people will / still feel like this.

I wrote this piece for a work thing, so when I came across the research on this

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You can have the biggest social group and still feel like there aren't plans forming or that you're struggling to be social or connect with people. I feel you.