The Asperger's Girl Guide

As the title suggests i'm in my third year of university now, which is awesome as i've finally made it to last and most important stage of my degree. But the overwhelming challenge is that I have to arrange everything I need which includes Finance and Transport. I was actually on the site of my university at half six this morning!!!  And study no pressure there then. Monday I had a really BAD DAY, I'm not going to lie the panic attacks I had were huge and also I went a little crazy because I had 24 hours to sort everything out. Also just got all the documentation I need for this semester and found out ... Hey you need to do Work Experience as apart of your assessment! Now I have in the past done Work Ex placements, but finding them is difficult at the best of times and it also means contacting people, (which I've just done as a module i'm taking isn't appearing on the internet system we use at University!) That can be a difficult task at the best of times fo...

So I'm due to start university next week after loads of messing about.... So by next week I need to have my loan which still hasn't come through and to be registered.  One of my modules that I really want to do isn't on my timetable I feel like sobbing as I have looked forward to it all summer.  What universities and educational insitutions need to understand is that Aspergers students can't do with this messing about. I have to contact a load of people and I hate doing that ... Emails and phone calls being passed from pillar to post.  I cannot give any tips to you guys really I can't ... I still struggle with ringing a d contacting people.  So my first point of call will be student support who really should've helpped me 2 years ago!!! On a lighter note I have looked into a Post Grad degree that i'm really excited about :)  sorry for letting off steam ... I will post some useful tips soon.  Sophie xxxx

So i'm delayed to go to Manchester train station and just been announced that the train is coming now but dealing with disruption is a massive problem.  Any Changes to traveling plans can upset and annoy you due to the fact that you have planed your journey. I was ready to flip out but then the control have confirmed that the train is coming.  If it is out of our control we cannot deal with Changes and with a time limit can be stressful ... all u need to do is keep calm! 

We all experience sleepless nights now and again for one reason or another, but with Aspergers it becomes a regular routine leading to Insomnia.  As you prepare to go to bed, you feel like your mind is still thinking about things that shouldn't be there like: What you need to do tomorrow?  Did I lock the door?  Do I have any homework or assignments?  The questions can be about anything and they will run through head to the point where you will not get the thoughts out of your head and so sleep becomes a distance memory or a luxury. I can't sleep now... but I have had Insomnia in the past that was awful with night tremors thrown in for good measure.  Insomnia and me:  When I was a teenager I was addicted to caffeine products like your basic energy drink and pro plus tablets. The reason I was hooked on them in the first place was down to the fact that I couldn't sleep due to stress at school and would have recurring night tremors that made me have panic attac...

We all have Obsession, it's a coping thing that we have, we latch onto to something that we love and it becomes apart of us. Meet My Obsession: Say Hello to the band Mcfly, tomorrow i'm going to London and they are the reason!!! Now I'm not going into detail about every band member individually but I can tell you I know their full names, Where they were Born, What year and month they were born and Name Parents and Siblings from memory. I also know them inside and out personality wise and adore them. Back in 2003, This band had just come out and I remember that I not only fell head over heals with the music but the band themselves. They made me laugh, they were just 4 normal lads in a band and that down to earth approach which they still have today has made me still love them and defend them forever. It also opened up my social life as I found friends through the band and would consider them to be the best friends I've ever had. When i'm sad I put them on and...

I know this is not what you want to read on a blog that is supposed to be able to support AS girls but today I am just in one of those Down Days where everything annoys me or upsets me. It is that time of the month which have something to do with it, but I just wanted to Blog about it because I have Highs and Lows and today my mood is at the  low/medium end of the Low point which means that i'm not depressed but i'm just not feeling myself. I do have ways in which to cope with this, which is to distract myself from how i'm feeling and try to cheer myself up which is a hard task at the moment. Tomorrow i'm off to London and I should be really excited about it but somehow i'm not ... I'm not excited and i'm going to see my favourite band for the 13th time. I feel isolated and alone and I think that may be down to the fact that I just feel lost at the moment with my life.  I'm at the point where I don't know which direction i'm headed and that...

What do I mean when I talk about being lost in translation? Well from an Aspergers POV we are the ones that find it difficult to communicate or understand body language. It is like someone talking in a different language to us. One of the biggest problems I have when I tell people what Aspergers is their actual understanding of this condition. When I try to explain it people’s faces actually go blank or they want to run away when they hear the words ‘ Autism ’ as there is still a fear and stigma attached to the condition even now in 2013! One of the things I try to explain in simple terms is that a Aspergers brain is wired differently to what would be classed as a ‘ Normal ’ person’s brain. I use these sayings sometimes: “If you have two computers sitting side by side in front of you, to your left there is a P.C (windows) and to the right there is a Mac. The one on the left could be a ‘normal’ person’s brain with all the operating functions it needs in its system where...