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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
Why respect for the spectator is crucial to the success and safety of participatory performance.
Date 13th August 2023: Hi everyone, little bit of a different post today, wanted to start sharing some of my more academic work online...
Beth Woolley
Aug 13, 202313 min read
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The Small Things
I won't sit here and lie to everyone, I'm struggling with things at the moment and there is a part of me that really hates admitting that....
Beth Woolley
Jul 7, 20235 min read
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I could fail?
Date 3rd July 2023 I currently want to curl up in a ball and either cry or scream into a void. My body/anxiety is letting me do neither,...
Beth Woolley
Jul 4, 20235 min read
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Stimming for me = crocheting?
Date 20th June 2023 Ok, I want to explore a newfound point of interest for me that relates to my wellbeing and mental health recovery...
Beth Woolley
Jun 20, 20234 min read
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Feeling Broken
Date: 13th June 2023 Sometimes I feel so broken, so afraid of my own reaction to a perceived wrong doing, and how I spiral out of control...
Beth Woolley
Jun 13, 20235 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Jun 10, 20233 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Jun 8, 20235 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
May 26, 20235 min read
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Friendship...?
Date: 16th May 2023 I had a moment this evening when I suddenly realised something has shifted with my internal relationship boundaries...
Beth Woolley
May 24, 20236 min read
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Pushing myself too far...
Date 30th April So I started yesterday off stupidly happy and ended up with my trauma and anxiety convincing me to run from my friends...
Beth Woolley
Apr 30, 202311 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Apr 25, 20234 min read
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Ableism can fuck off
Date: 21st March 2023 So I do love how my uni gives me a mentor because they threw a hissy fit over a genuine mistake Luna and I made...
Beth Woolley
Mar 21, 20233 min read
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High Achiever but at what cost?
Date: 13th March 2023 I am the hardest person to please when it comes to anything I do. I'm never good enough for myself. If I ask for...
Beth Woolley
Mar 14, 20235 min read
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My Little Shadow
Date: 7th March 2023 I have lost so many parts of myself I used to love and treasure, that I sometimes wonder "who am I?". I feel like...
Beth Woolley
Mar 7, 20234 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Mar 3, 20237 min read
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Have a little faith?
Date: 16th Feb 2023 Hello dear reader, before we delve into this court case I have dealt with, let me make something really clear: this...
Beth Woolley
Feb 16, 20238 min read
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Alone Again
Date: 10th Feb 2023. Hello lovely reader, I do hope whoever is reading this is having a better week than I currently am - wouldn't take...
Beth Woolley
Feb 11, 20233 min read
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The Inevitable Disaster
Date: 10th Jan 2023 Well fuck, today's gone about as badly as it physically could. Anything and everything that could have gone wrong,...
Beth Woolley
Jan 10, 20235 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Dec 31, 20225 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Dec 15, 20227 min read
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