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10 Things That Have Changed the Way I Think
Autism, mental health, travel and more
3 min readDec 19, 2022
- You can be autistic and not know it: It took me 27 years to realise that a lot of things in my life could be explained by the simple fact that I was (that I am) autistic.
- Depression feels more like emptiness than sadness: Shortly after being diagnosed with autism, I was diagnosed with depression, and I was surprised to realise that I wasn’t really sad. Depression was mostly a complete lack of motivation to do anything at all, a complete lack of pleasure, and a constant feeling of uneasyness and emptiness.
- Spoons are the key to a better mental health: The spoons theory serves people with chronic illness, autism, mental illness and much more. It states that you have a limited number of spoons each day. For example, if you imagine starting the day with 10 spoons, and you spend 7 at work, you only have 3 spoons at the end of the day. Be kind to yourself and manage your energy according to your spoons. Don’t try to do everything.
- Travelling is great, but it isn’t always great: I love travelling, meeting new people, seeing new places, following my curiosity where it lead me. That being said, I recently went to Kenya and, althogh there were some things I did enjoy (a lot), I didn’t enjoy the trip overall. It feels wrong writing this when…
