Family Archives - A blog about life on the spectrum https://kaiskjold.com/tag/family/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:48:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 152266933 Hiding Yourself Away https://kaiskjold.com/2024/01/29/hiding-yourself-away/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:40:54 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1983 A sure way to feel lonely or isolated is when we are alone with our interests. Those of us on the spectrum tend to hyper focus on things and get very excited about something (anything from trains, Star Wars or frogs) for either short periods of time to a life time. I am always most fascinated by those who dedicate …

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]]> 1983 Being an Adult https://kaiskjold.com/2023/10/08/being-an-adult/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 15:42:00 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1967 Life was just a lot easier before I had to grow up. I am not saying being an adult doesn’t have its benefits, such as having complete responsibility over our own life and the choices we make. It’s just, being a child also had a lot of benefits and not just of the “I see a jar of cookies and …

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]]> 1967 Stages Of Grief https://kaiskjold.com/2023/10/01/stages-of-grief/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:10:00 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1963 It’s funny, but I never considered myself someone who would be very much affected by grief. I always felt, because I have been through so much trauma and because I have faced death before, I was the kind of person who could handle losing people – I would be strong enough to deal with the process of grief. I would …

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]]> 1963 Facial Expressions https://kaiskjold.com/2023/02/05/facial-expressions/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 11:29:07 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1913 This time I want to talk about facial expressions. It’s something that most people do intuitively, I am told, and interpreting the facial expressions of others is equally intuitive. Not to me, though. It may come as a surprise to you, but I didn’t even know that I couldn’t read facial expressions until I was a teenager. When I was …

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]]> 1913 Writing – A Lifelong Journey https://kaiskjold.com/2023/01/08/writing-a-lifelong-journey/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:23:55 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1901 I’ve been a storyteller, albeit not by that name, since I was about 6 years old. I had started school and hated it, so making me walk the long deserted road to the bus stop was probably quite a challenge for my mother. We lived close to the sea on a wonderful, small island, in a small house surrounded by …

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]]> 1901 New Year’s Special https://kaiskjold.com/2023/01/01/new-years-special/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:20:07 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1898 It’s the first day of 2023 and life is changing. Well, really, life is changing every day of our lives – even when it feels like everything is stagnating. Every day is a new chance to do things better and become more of what we want to be. I met someone at work who surprised me, because I have never …

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]]> 1898 Love & Affection https://kaiskjold.com/2022/12/13/love-affection/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:15:00 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=1893 You would not believe how often people have accused me of having a cold heart, of being unable to feel empathy or affection for anyone. Nothing can be farther from the truth, however, even if I don’t express it as they themselves do. I have most certainly loved – especially those who have accused me of being unable to. I …

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