Sex and Autism

A hand drawn hour-glass. There is sand falling through to gather at the bottom. In the top part, there is a line drawing of a torso of a woman. She is naked and her hands are above her head. She is being sucked through the hour-glass.

Perimenopause hit me like a brick

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This is the most personal blog I’ve made so far. It makes me feel raw and vulnerable to be sharing this, and I wondered if I would be brave enough to do it. But now it’s written and even recorded, I’m actually feeling quite proud of myself and I do feel brave sharing it.

Perimenopause is like one of those elephants in the room. But it needs to be talked about! Half of us are going to go through it, and without fore-knowledge it’s a really scary thing. Trust me 😉

It’s heavy at the start, but please don’t get disheartened. It ends with hope.

<3

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Navigating Social Anxiety with Autism: People Pleasing and Surviving the Me Too Shitshow

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An autistic based snapshot of my struggles with social interactions, my tendency to people please and why I do it. I share details of a social experiment I conducted after I moved to London, that confirmed my perception of myself at the time of being barely human. I also share a me too moment of how being abused as a child affected me, with regard to my autistic nature, no details.

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