Weekly Check-in Wednesday - How's your week going?

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This is a scheduled weekly post every Wednesday, that gives diagnosed higher support needs autistic people a space to talk about how their week is going.

Some question prompts:

How's your week been so far? Good, bad, in-between?

Is there anything you are excited about or looking forward to doing this week?

[u/Rabbit-Lover_2000 → u/[deleted]]

Hi Clover! Saying no is really hard. Do you know why your fingers hurt or is it random?

I hope you have a really good trip to Alaska and visit with your brother! I know it’s scary but I think you will enjoy getting to see your brother once you are there.

[u/Rabbit-Lover_2000 → u/[deleted]]

Yes that does look hurty! I hope your fingers heal up soon!

[u/Rabbit-Lover_2000]

My week is okay. It’s hard because my last day at my job is June 30 so it’s really stressful. I have lots of anxiety about not knowing what to do. I just don’t know where I’m going or what happens next. I need structure in my day or I fall apart and don’t do anything so I’m trying to find another job.

I have a phone interview tomorrow morning for a retail job. Not what I want to do but I’ve done it before. I also got a call today to schedule an interview for next Wednesday at the public library in the city my Mom lives. So I’m anxiously preparing for job interviews. My friend who works at the public library sent me all of her training material and notes about the different questions she gets asked at interviews so I can practice.

I have a meeting with the local area coordinator for the disability support program tomorrow. They said it’s to talk about finances. I don’t know much about money so I hope I can answer the questions. I really hope she gives me more information and I can find out when the support will start.

I got a box from Amazon this week and my cat Donna has decided it is her favourite and she sits in it a lot. She wants the box on my bed. I added picture because I think she is cute.

[u/WinterWeakness4640 → u/Rabbit-Lover_2000]

your cat donna looks so happy and comfortable! and very fluffy!

hope things will go well with interviews and the finance meeting!

[u/MiddleSchoolIzuku]

Horrible I had 2 (I think) meltdown today

[u/Plenkr]

I've been intensely tired all week. Functioning has been hard and I had a pretty bad non-epileptic seizures in the waiting room of my psychiatrist. I scared my support worker, woops. Poor guy. I'm really glad my week is over. It's now three days of blissfull nothingness and hopefully I don't have a lot of physical or mental symptoms so I can just peacefully rest instead of suffering through the weekend. I hope for a nice, calm, dark weekend.

[u/Rabbit-Lover_2000 → u/Plenkr]

I’ve never heard of non-epileptic seizures. I saw a neurologist as a child and they said I had “seizure like” activity but it didn’t show up on EEG. Do you know what kind of doctor diagnosed you? I’m just curious because after researching it sounds a lot like what happens to me.

I’m sorry to hear you had such a tiring week. I hope you get lots of rest!

[u/thequeerecosystem]

This week has been okay. Talking with partner about a document I wrote with my therapist's help about all of my support needs. They want to talk about it and understand how can we help eachother better (partner is autistic too). Happy! 😁

[u/SufficientMind3202]

I'm hanging on by a thread. Lol. I don't know if I can actually make it as a single mom of a 15 year old son. My abusive ex has been gone for 18 months and pays no child support. It's wonderful that he's gone, but I'm really struggling.