Adults On The Autism Spectrum

Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and reflections on what I discussed earlier today.

I love how our thoughts are translated to words on paper, sharing our deepest hopes and dreams for our loved ones. And also for ourselves.

It is interesting to me how you mentioned OCD. My Mother suffered terribly much of her life with undiagnosed OCD. It was only when she was elderly and in a nursing home that she was able to finally get treatment for it. She became a totally different person. Full of sweetness and joy.

My heart breaks for your Grandaughter. OCD has left it's imprint upon my character, as well. I am a cleaning madwoman. My Grandson lives with us, and He is always telling me to quit cleaning so much. He doesn't understand how important it is to my mental health. Somehow my response to child -hood trauma has left me with quirks that others dont usually notice about me.

I am so much better with OCD than I used to be. I used to clean right in front of people when friends would come to visit me. I am embarrassed to admit that a bit, but it is true. I clean when I am in a particular room, not on certain days or on a particular schedule. It's not a fear of germs for me. It's more a matter of controlling my environment. Making sure that things are orderly and look nice, smell nice, feel comfortable. And I'm ok with that.

I do count things. And I get nervous about leaving the house and forgetting to turn things off, like stoves, etc. I watched a series of videos on OCD on YouTube. They were very helpful to me, even though I do not consider myself to have quite as advanced a case as they did.

I do hope that your Grandaughter is able to find some answers for her OCD, and then, some peace of mind. Mindfulness, meditation, and prayer are my mainstays for everything these days. If you don't mind, I would love to pray for her and to send energy and light her way.

I know she has to be pretty special. Her Gramma sure is!

So happy to have you here! Love and light to you, as well

Mamacita Jane

@mamacita, Your prayers are welcome. I do yoga, mindfulness, and meditation. Hannah is trying to learn to meditate. She has coped with intrusive thoughts for 9 years....I just want her to give her mind a rest with a simple guided meditation. Thanks for caring. Be joyful....today. Chris

Teresa , yes sadly I definitely did and from little things big things grow
my Masters and PHD came from promising my mother to resolve and fix and establish my fathers family history and eneded doing a anthropological and sociological investigation of why the house of York and the house of Lancaster and the people that supported both houses went to war and started the war of the roses . My PHD was to investigate mums genealogy and where and whom her father and grandfathers were and are and what role they played in the British raj as brutish high commissioners of the Punjab and Kerala state during the british rule of India from 1740 to 1946

Wow, @sirgalahad, you certainly accomplished a lot after researching your family heritage. I've been under the impression from previous posts that you work now in the medical/scientific field. That must be very rewarding. Blessings to you for using your gifts of intelligence to help others.

hi Teresa , yes I am currently employed as a senior Hospital Science at WESTMEAD Children's Hospital SYDNEY AUST .I work in the oncology pathology and also do blood work and diagnosis and blood collection, blood groups and emergency transfusions and I work for NSWTAFE as science teacher . rewarding yes but heart wrenching when we loose the battle against cancer and yesterday I diagnosed 4 osteosarcoma in children ranging from age 11 to 14 in either tibia , or femur

How very sad, @sirgalahad. Those children are fortunate to have a caring individual like yourself in their midst. Blessings to you my friend.

thank you Teresa bear hugs and thank you for being my friend of an Autistic person

Teresa and Mammacita ,my full quals are undergraduate degree in biomedical science UTS SYDNEY, grad diploma adult teaching UTS , Undergraduate degree theology ,pastoral studies missions London university and Ridley Theological college Melbourne aust .gRADUATE DIPLOMA TOXICOLOGY AND FARM MANAGEMENT AND SOILS. MASTERS IN MEDIEVIAL ENGLISH HISTORY LEEDS UNI AND PHD ANGLO INDIAN STUDIES LEEDS UNIVERSITY

@sirgalahad Your education has contributed to you being a very well-rounded individual!

WOW!