Musings of KarlettaA Audio Blog: Recent Episodes
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These are audio versions of my favourite blog posts from Musings of KarlettaA: Musings from a female on the Autism Spectrum.
The original written blog post is at Musings of KarlettaA. It is filed under the categories of Mental Health, and Autism.
https://musingsofkarlettaa.com/2019/08/26/nope-a-turning-point-in-my-mind/
Since writing this blog post in August 2019, there have been two more chaotic times where my productivity disappeared. I'm sorry this is late. Two new videos about this on my YouTube channel KarlettaA. What instability does to me https://youtu.be/qIEBwU8pTFk
Audio Blog Nope A turning point in my mind Long read: 1248 words
Ten years ago I joined Twitter with the username @KarlettaA.
As my mum said to my support co-coordinator this year – “She’s done a full 360. She’s not the same person”. “I can’t see it”, I said. “No, she can’t”. “Not always anyway”, I said, with a warm, wry smile.
I’ve grappled with changing the title of the post “My autistic burnout and recovery“. I didn’t want to jinx the wonderful progress I’ve made in the past decade. Until now I never felt sure that I had recovered enough to warrant the word “recovery”.
Karletta Abianac ✏📖 @KarlettaA · Aug 14, 2018
Poem a Day: Cycles This poem is about going through cycles of confidence, hope and a lack of trust in my abilities. It is from my chapbook "Inaccessible"
Did you know I go through cycles? Feeling confident A lessoning of hope Failing too much Feeling unreliable... https://wp.me/p67hfM-pC
I haven’t known how to describe my life in 2019 – I am doing really bloody well. I just have bad hours or days. The first six months were busy, busy, busy marked with instability. I’m on a Management Committee again. My writing, when I can write, has vastly improved. My days are full.
In the first six months of 2019, not knowing who and when my support workers would arrive brought me to my knees. My support coordinator and I were frequently re-demanding consistent support promised to me through the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme).
Yenn Purkis @yennpurkis 6:00 PM - Mar 17, 2019
Latest episode of my #Autism #Neurodiversity podcast show. I interviewed @KarlettaA about #writing and #Mentalhealth https://jeanettepurkis.podbean.com/e/karletta-abianac Podbean @podbeancom
Soaring through life again
Now that we’ve changed the provider for my support workers – and them understanding my needs for stability and reliability – I’m soaring through life again. 2009 Karletta would be surprised at how calm I am during my productive times.
I’m keeping my house consistently tidy and clean. I am able to remain mostly calm while tidying and doing meal preparation. I’ve been going out for mid-week café, social, and shopping trips. To my surprise, I’ve been wearing colourful clothes. I’ve been nesting – enjoying puttering around at home.
This blog post continues at https://musingsofkarlettaa.com/2019/08/26/nope-a-turning-point-in-my-mind/
This is a recording of a blog post on www.MusingsofKarlettaA.com.
This episode's post is "Masking and powering on when I didn't know I am Autistic".
I published it during the #TakeTheMaskOff online event in 2018.
Enjoy
Steps on my Recovery Journey "With practicing comes being willing to fail. For me the two go together like smoked salmon and avocado." It is 2016 as I'm writing this. I have been recovering from another bout of Depression. I have been dealing with a series of them since about 2004. Depression was part of my crash when I experienced Autistic burn out from about 2007/2008. You can read about how I became non functioning, socially exhusted, and burned out in my eBook Successful to Burnt Out.
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"It's nice not to be burnt out!
I have been reticent to blog about Autistic Burnout.
This is mainly because I have an eBook on it and I was afraid that I couldn’t come up with enough original content – that isn’t in the book.
Right now it seems silly not to, so here goes my thoughts.
Until I started getting stories from other women of their burn out experiences, I thought I was the only one who’d experienced it..."
Tags: angry at work,Anxiety,ASD,Aspergers,Autism Spectrum,book,burn out,burnout,burnt out,Can't stand my job,can't stand working,challenges,Depression,ebook,Exhausted,exhaustion,Fear and crushing obligation,feeling lost,Hate work,lessons learned,Living with parents,lost,memoir,memoir about illness,memoir about recovery,Mental Health,Moving back home,recovery journey,social exhustion,Successful to Burnt Out memoir,survival,too many responsibilities,too much responsibility,uncertainty,understanding,weariness,weary,Worn out,Worn out Hate work,
The original blog post is at https://wp.me/p67hfM-kb"
In this blog post I’m writing about the process and benefits of writing my own Mental Health Plan.
A number of people have told me to talk to my General Practitioner (GP) about getting a Mental Health Plan.
I have done so a number of times, but the plans seemed basic and missing important information.
Tags: benefits of a mental health plan,Depression,recovery journey,writing my Mental Health Plan,Anxiety,australia,Autism Spectrum,communication,cycles,Depression,feeling solid,heaps of writing done,honesty,Mental Health,my recovery journey,never ending struggle,personal,productive,self disclosure,steps I've taken to recover,templates and guide,understanding, The original blog post is at MusingsofKarlettaA.com
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I want to talk about raising awareness. Or maybe Self-Identity.
My sister has become a networker and voice in a community of people raising awareness of Down Syndrome. She’s even got a popular blog called Parker’s Place. Her journey is a bittersweet thing for me, because she’s surpassed my expectations for myself. Proud of her – god yes! Delightfully surprised? Hell yeah! In awe of the ability of one person to make a difference? Bring it on!
She is a wonderful, articulate writer and a tiger protecting her family. I am very glad to know and be related to her. She wrote a post recently which is… god… gratifying?, acknowledging things I feel but written differently? You should read it.
Every now and then though I get a twinge of disappointment. ‘I should be doing that…’
Tags: ASD,Autism Spectrum,elusive sense of self,self identity,Aunty Karletta,building a sense of self,cycles,determined,determination,feeling lost,goals,losing a sense of self,Passion in life,rebuilding,recreating a sense of self,regaining a sense of self,steps I've taken to recover,uncertainty,what can I learn?,what can I practice?,wishing,
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Sneak peek of memoir on writing
Since moving into my own rental unit, I have been writing and outlining a number of books.
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The original blog post is at https://wp.me/p67hfM-tl
Getting used to places
Allow your natural interest and wonder to rise. Look for patterns. Us Aspies can be great at finding patterns.
This is a post on silence, observation, and relaxing.
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Tags: ASD,Aspergers,Autism Spectrum,getting used to a place,reducing anxiety,social stories,waited for a train,
The original blog post is at https://wp.me/p67hfM-mI