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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
Buckling under the stress
Date: 27th November 2022 I reached a point last week where I genuinely questioned if I could handle my life. I didn't want to die. In...
Beth Woolley
Nov 28, 20225 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Nov 24, 20226 min read
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What does Trauma feel like?
Date: 16 Nov 2022 I was reflecting on how best to describe what I am currently experiencing at the moment to someone who has no idea what...
Beth Woolley
Nov 16, 20227 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Nov 5, 20226 min read
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Finding hope in times of despair
Date: 4th Nov 2022 Hi everyone, I'm appreciating how much I suck at updating this blog! In my defence, starting a new MASc course,...
Beth Woolley
Nov 4, 20225 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Sep 4, 20225 min read
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Villain (Of the Disney Variety)
Date: 7th April 2021 I've been reflecting on things. Mainly Villains (the Disney sort of course!) and how they are perceived by the...
Beth Woolley
Apr 7, 20213 min read
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Reflecting on the night of the Overdose attempts
Date: 2nd April 2021 Well fuck am I’m so mad at myself for going too far that night. No in fact that entire time I was in the flat. It’s...
Beth Woolley
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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Would my life have been different if I'd know I was autistic?
Date: 1st April 2021 Dear reader, today in therapy we were asked to reflect on how my life would have been different if I'd known I was...
Beth Woolley
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Dec 8, 20204 min read
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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...
Beth Woolley
Jul 30, 20204 min read
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Depression... it's not a joke!
Date: 29th Jan 2020 Ok, this may be triggering to some people and contains themes that may be painful to some people. So please only read...
Beth Woolley
Jan 29, 20204 min read
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Words are powerful, they hurt me and now they're hurting the people I admire...
Date: 16th Jan 2020 Recently I found out some really troubling and upsetting news. Students on the CPP (Contemporary Performance...
Beth Woolley
Jan 16, 20203 min read
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Chasing the idea of perfection
Date: 13th Jan 2020 Perfection. A simplistic idea where everything is complete and correct in every way possible. An idea we as humans,...
Beth Woolley
Jan 13, 20206 min read
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Don't listen to the things that tell you "you can't"...
Date: 10th Jan 2020. I suffer from anxiety attacks pretty frequently. They're a new addition to the overthinking, worrying and general...
Beth Woolley
Jan 10, 20204 min read
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Why I'm passionate about mental health being taken seriously...
Date: 7th Jan 2020 Mental Health seems to be put in this sort of strange place in between a serious subject and nothing more than a joke...
Beth Woolley
Jan 7, 20205 min read
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