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Stages Of Grief

Kai — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:10:00 +0000

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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Could It Be Stress?

Kai — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 08:10:10 +0000

What? Me? No. No way. I can’t be stressed. I just have a lot right now, a lot of pressure. Once I get past this everything will be fine. I’ll be fine. I am fine. Have you ever said that knowing full well that it was a lie? I guess we all have. I’ve been trying to write a post …

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Me & Exam Anxiety

Kai — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:18:32 +0000

Exams. We all have to go through them one way or another. Some can breeze through them like nothing – some, who have never opened a book the entire year and missed most classes, will go into that exam room and come out with an A+ like it is nothing. Then again, there are some who study every day of …

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Autism Tech Support: Weighted blankets

Kai — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 08:22:03 +0000

It’s been a while since my last tech support, but since the very beginning I’ve wanted to talk a bit about weighted blankets and so, here it goes. If you have never heard of a weighted blanket, then it might sound a bit strange to you. How can a heavy blanket do anything except be heavy? Well, it kinda does …

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When Therapy Goes Wrong

Kai — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:30:00 +0000

How often have you gone to some specialist because you needed help, only to be reduced to a questionnaire? If all it takes to diagnose someone or decide what support is needed is to fill out a form, why aren’t we all doing it on our own? The person asking the questions really doesn’t know if we are lying or …

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When All You Want to Do Is Hide

Kai — Wed, 12 May 2021 11:16:00 +0000

I am so very lucky, so very privileged and that makes me feel even worse sometimes. There are times, like these days, when all I want to do is to hide somewhere. To go into hibernation like a bear and not return until after winter has ended and everything begins anew. Right now, it feels a lot like wintertime, in …

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More on the Wrong Kind of Help

Kai — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Yeah, so it’s been a while since I was able to keep a regular posting schedule and it actually really frustrates me. I need to write to feel good, so you can probably guess, I’ve been quite frustrated for a while. Starting something new is always difficult and I was fully prepared for that – or I thought that I …

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