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Autistically Me
My Blog
Welcome to my ramble filled blog on this corner of the interweb. I don't have a set schedule for when I update this, I mostly use it as an online processing diary type thing. And unless I know the people mentioned would be ok with their names being used, all names included within any blog post, are fake. But the people behind the fake names are 100% real. Enjoy reading thoughts and lessons from my brain
Beth Woolley
Jan 26, 20248 min read
Anger, grief and fear
Date: 26th Jan 2024 I had an interesting therapy session today. By interesting, I mean I cried for the first time in a while and was...
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Beth Woolley
Jan 24, 202418 min read
My relationship with Jack
Date: 24th Jan 2023 I was going back through old blog posts and realised I'd unpacked my relationship with Luna countless times but I've...
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Beth Woolley
Jan 22, 202411 min read
My Experience with Depression, Self Harm and Suicidality and how this continues to affect my life now.
Date: 22nd Jan 2024 CW for this post, as the title suggests this post talks about self harm and suicidality, nothing graphic mentioned...
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Beth Woolley
Dec 29, 20235 min read
Reflections on 2023
Date: 29th Dec 2023 Hullo, I did this around this time last year and actually really loved the idea of making this a yearly segment on my...
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Beth Woolley
Dec 2, 202310 min read
My upbringing sometimes sucked
Date: 2nd Dec 2023 Ok, hello online diary. This post is a combination of one I wrote back in mid Nov and I elongated it this month,...
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Beth Woolley
Oct 19, 202314 min read
Where has the time gone?
Date: 19th October 2023 Two days ago I officially handed in my MASc thesis! That sentence still sounds weird to both say and write. Like...
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Beth Woolley
Sep 29, 20234 min read
Future Plans
Date: 29th Sept 2023 I think this is the first time I have maybe ever sat down and actively thought about my future and my plans for said...
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Beth Woolley
Jun 10, 20233 min read
Dear Jack
Date: 10th June 2023 Dear Jack, when I came up with your fake name, I named you after someone in my family who has been by my side since...
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Beth Woolley
Jun 7, 20235 min read
Dear Luna
Date: 7th June 2023 Dear Luna, if I had all the bravery in the world, here are the things I would want you to know. Some I will send to...
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Beth Woolley
May 26, 20235 min read
6 years on
Date 26th May 2023 There's not many times I truly stop and appreciate just how far I have come since 2017. And honestly if you had told...
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Beth Woolley
May 24, 20236 min read
Friendship...?
Date: 16th May 2023 I had a moment this evening when I suddenly realised something has shifted with my internal relationship boundaries...
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Beth Woolley
Apr 25, 20234 min read
The "Fuck It " method
Date: 25th April 2023 Well it's been a while hasn't it? I am still alive just been partially buried under the mountainous pile of work...
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Beth Woolley
Mar 3, 20237 min read
A Perfect Creative Mess
Date: 3rd March 2023 Well if life has taught me one thing dear reader, it is that when you least expect it, things fall into place. I've...
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Beth Woolley
Dec 31, 20225 min read
Reflections on 2022
Date: 31st Dec 2022. Dear reader, as 2022 draws to a close, I want to take some time to reflect on the things I have done this year that...
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Beth Woolley
Dec 14, 20227 min read
Asking for help is hard and that's ok
Date: 8th Dec 2022 Hello my dearest reader, asking for help is super hard for me at the best of times. There's so many reasons behind...
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Beth Woolley
Nov 24, 20226 min read
Am I safe with you?
Date: 23rd November 2022 Over the past few weeks I have been doing a lot of reflecting on the questions of "do I feel safe with (insert...
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Beth Woolley
Nov 5, 20226 min read
A letter to 16 year old me
Date: 5th Nov 2022 It's 5 years and 2 months to the day that I started on a college course that would change my world view, change the...
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Beth Woolley
Sep 4, 20225 min read
Why hello (again!)
Date: 4th Sept 2022 Hello beautiful people! It's been a year (almost two) since I last posted anything on here and I am still very much...
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Beth Woolley
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Update on me right now
Date: 8th Dec 2020 Why hello fellow readers! I'm not 100% sure where to start with this life update but I will start somewhere cos I have...
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Beth Woolley
Jul 30, 20204 min read
Therapy ain't easy and it's making my brain hurt
Date: 30th July 2020 So it turns out recovery from depression and self harm for me, is an ongoing process. I haven't updated this blog...
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