Love Archives - A blog about life on the spectrum https://kaiskjold.com/tag/love/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:49:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 152266933 The Friends We Need Vs the Friends We Have https://kaiskjold.com/2024/02/05/the-friends-we-need-vs-the-friends-we-have/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:44:20 +0000 https://kaiskjold.com/?p=1986 I recently wrote a post about holding yourself back in front of others. One of the things I realised, was that it is important to balance how much you hold back. When I talk a lot, it is often because I lose myself a little, not because I am free and happy. Maybe, the cause of it, for me at …

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]]> 1986 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 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 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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]]> 1893 To Want https://kaiskjold.com/2022/07/06/to-want/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:18:00 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=1867 For a while now I’ve been thinking about what it means to “want”. I’ve wanted many things in life, but not all in the same way nor to the same extend. Actually, looking back on my life so far, there are a lot of things I wanted at some point in my life that I am quite relieved I never …

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]]> 1867 Why Am I Afraid to Open Up? https://kaiskjold.com/2021/08/28/why-am-i-afraid-to-open-up/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:04:00 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=1796 Have you ever been afraid to open up to someone else? I think you must have, because in life not everything goes the way we want it. We have all been hurt, right? We have all trusted someone we shouldn’t have, we have all been left by a friend or a lover, some of us have been left by those …

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]]> 1796 Friendship https://kaiskjold.com/2021/08/24/friendship/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:42:00 +0000 http://kaiskjold.com/?p=1793 Many friendships have ups and downs, sometimes you talk all the time and sometimes you go through months or even years without any contact. Some friendships are lost, new are gained. Some friends, even if you don’t see them for years, when you sit down with them again it feels like you met them only yesterday. This is not really …

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