“Look what we did together, my love”
Month: June 2015
Meltdown emergency chat
As I told lipstick-autistic in an ask, I made an app for android to help me communicate when I’m non-verbal after a meltdown. After receiving positive feedback on the concept, I decided to publish it here and hope I can help other people who want to communicate with outsiders in situations where speech is impossible.
This is the opening screen of the app. It has a base text that explains to the person you gave your phone to that you can’t use speech and want to use this app to communicate.
Both the title and text can be adjusted in the settings(accessed with the Menu button on your phone or through the separate Settings launcher) to be whatever you want the person you give your phone to to know.
When the Continue button is pressed, the app continues to a bare-bones chat client:
(yeah, I didn’t really have a lot of inspiration writing a demo conversation)
I hope this helps some people(and I hope never having to use this).
EDIT: the app is now on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jeroendebusser.aspiemeltdown
starwarsmlm-deactivated20160831:
It’s ok to be where I am. I don’t have to wake up tomorrow and be a pro. And I think that mentality has gone a long way for me in terms of just surrendering. To the moment, surrendering to where I am, and surrendering even in my failures.
june 11: gods/goddesses of friends and family
Sigyn is Loki’s wife. She is listed amongst the Asynjur, the Goddesses of the Aesir.
She is the mother, by Loki, of Narvi and Vali. When Loki was bound in the cave as punishment for his role in Baldur’s death, Vali was turned into a wolf. He then killed his brother by tearing him apart. Narvi’s intestines were used as part of the binding securing Loki.
Sigyn, ostensibly having witnessed all of this, stayed by Loki during his punishment, holding a bowl over his face to catch the poison that dripped from a serpent the Goddess Skadhi had secured above his head. For this reason, Loki is sometimes referred to as the “Burden of Sigyn’s Arms”.
Sigyn’s name means “victory woman”.
How to Recognise a Toxic Friend
1. Is this a person who always puts you down? A friend is someone who accepts you as you are – and allows you to be different, and to think for yourself, and to make your own decisions – without an explanation. However, if a person is demeaning or always puts you down, criticises your opinions, or the way you dress or look, then that’s someone to avoid as they’re a toxic friend.
2. Do they gossip about you? A friend is someone you can totally trust. You can share your deepest secrets, and say what’s on your mind – and they won’t tell a person or betray your trust. However, if you always have to watch what you say around a friend, as they’re likely to gossip or let a secret slip, then it’s likely that this person is a toxic friend.
3. Do they constantly mock and make fun of you? A bit of gentle ribbing shows affection between friends. But if they’re always making fun of you, or highlighting your faults, or attacking you in public, then they’re not a genuine friend.
4. How do you feel after being with your friend? Think about your answers to the following:
– Do you feel defensive when you spend time with them?
– Do you feel hurt or upset after spending time with them?
– Do you feel as if you always have to justify yourself instead of being “natural” around your friend?
– Do you enjoy their company or do you feel ambivalent?
– Do they undermine your confidence and self-esteem?
– Do you feel attacked and used after spending time with them?
– Does the friendship feel unbalanced and require a lot of work?
– Is it more a competition than a genuine friendship?
Note: If you recognize the signs of a toxic friend, then it’s time to move on and find a different friend. Being with this individual will wreak your happiness.
Sensory Overload and how to cope.
(click on images to zoom)
So important.
I also find I can get SO from thinking too much, like brain-over-stimulation. Though that is kinda like audio input for me because of the way I think. After all, my go-to overload thought is “quiet please, make it stop”.
thank you for posting this, i needed it
This is wonderful and so needed
My last SO situation I had allodynia all over, and all the skin sensory input just destroyed my ability to think.
Holding the Bowl 