Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 242 , Wednesday 26/06/2024
TL:DR Occupational Therapy, socks & being geographically challenged !
Up around 5:45 , for those of you wondering about Geoff he has slunk off for now, satisfied that there are not enough puritans in my diet to trigger him!
Spent some time tidying up for the incoming visitor - shifted all the junk to my bedroom, which it turns out he needed to see 🙄🤦♂️
So had the Occupational Therapist round this morning a young chap, who was friendly & patient with my rabbiting on.
There is not a lot that he can do to help, mostly because as far as OT goes I don’t need a lot. He is going to discuss my case with the community MH team to see if they can help ( I hope Beth - who I was supposed to see today , see below, isn’t in that meeting ! ) .
He did say that he could try & help get past the agoraphobia & then help me with some of the more crippling social issues.
He also got me to order a sock aid - because I don’t have full mobility in my right leg & putting my sock on is frankly flipping annoying! So we will see how the sock aid helps. The one I ordered looks like an out sized sling shot 😆
I was due to see the Mental Health Practitioner at 15:00 today , sat at my local surgery for an hour before realising that she was sitting waiting for me 3 miles down the road at another surgery ! 🙄🤦♂️
Classic lesson in ‘read what it says in the text’ as opposed to letting autopilot run the show!
So now I have to wait to see if she will call me to book another appointment.
In my defence no-one in my local GPs surgery had the faintest clue if she was in the building or not!
If nothing else one wonders what they would have done in a fire or emergency situation 🙄🤦♂️
So now I’m stressed to buggery about missing the appointment & wasting her valuable time & her being, rightly, pissed off at me!
I’ve had time to calm down now so I’m just berating myself constantly for being a plonker!
Final Thoughts.
One of the possible co-morbidities of being Autistic is anxiety - & boy was mine triggered today.
Another on is ones mind shutting down under stress - & leading one to make really silly mistakes.
Ah well tomorrow is another day!
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@Tim_McTuffty@actuallyautistic 🤗 to start. You had quite the day.
I'm glad the toe is behaving.
It feels like medical facilities are purposely confusing. Last week I went to a new location to see a specialist. It's a good thing I get nervous about being on time and arrived early. It took me 3 reception areas and an elevator ride to find the right area.
I hope you get rescheduled.
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@Tim_McTuffty
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Sorry about the mix up with the GP! That's a right bugger and I understand the anxiety involved!! So starting with the hugs!
Ow.... Mum has such a "slingshot" for her socks too. It took some getting used to, but she loves it as she's still able to do it by herself... So some practice and then you'd be able to do it better/faster, if all goes well!
One thing of ADHD/Autism (or AuDHD) can be the autopilot! I have been changing times slowly this week but my body and brain still function on the "old" internal clock, which normally can be good, but now, it's not... So yeah, seeing something and thinking you saw right because you "know" it, it happens... It's very buggery when it does though... So another hug 🤗 for ya!
Yay for Geoff keeping calm now! Let's hope the diet will help to keep him at ease...
Have a good night sweets 😘 hope you'll have sweet dreams! 🤗
Owww nooooo that's a big bummer! 😔 Did you do anything to upset it? Or is it due to the weather changes perhaps?
Hope it won't get too bad! 🫂💜🫂 @actuallyautistic
@Tim_McTuffty
Best just jump around on the other foot then 😉 Hihi...
Hopefully there's something that could help you with it sweets!
Yay!!! That's good! 😁
🤗 😘 @actuallyautistic