Irritability

I have almost always been prone to irritability.  I could never quite understand where it came from.  It would just …

Make it stop

(Note: this isn’t to criticize the people involved; the situation just is what it is, due to differing neurology.) 🙂 …

Asperger’s / autism is Asperger’s / autism, and antisocial behavior is antisocial behavior

I cringe every time I hear the word “antisocial” used to describe someone (or people in general) on the Asperger’s/autism …

Let me tell you about my “inability to handle criticism” – one Asperger’s / autistic perspective

Somehow I managed to compress roughly eight hours’ worth of work into about an hour and a half, followed by …

They said I had “anger issues” … when I was just actually autistic

A life of misunderstandings is a fatiguingly common theme among the Asperger’s/autism spectrum community.  I’m sure that a whole gaggle …

The freight train brain

Biochemistry exhilarates me.  I have spent entire workdays solely investigating Lysine metabolism.  I’ve spent two and a half years (and …

Asperger’s / autism and depression…

Depression, for me, has always been like a big, gaping hole in the ground.  If I’m careful and I watch …

Triggers of Frustration: The Technology Edition

It’s been that kind of a day.  To the point where this post contains some R-rated uncensored profanity.  (I try …