Published on 12, July, 2020
my therapist has suggested i try doing this. so far, i haven't, as i've never felt any interest in sorting or arranging things in order. however, she suggests it is a calming practice.. i'd like to no if anyone does this to relieve anxiety, emotions, etc.. and what do you arrange? i guess i could arrange maybe all my tools, which are scattered here and there, but that's always seemed like work. there are my paint brushes, but that's kind of pointless. but i have a number of brushes, and some are nice. i may try that.
the only other calming thing i do is lying on the floor and just lie there. sometimes i listen to lectures; but that's sort of work. i would try books, but most books don't interest me. and how many things do you need to arrange? i'd imagine the more the better. my therapist suggested papers, but that just seems frustrating.
tysm for the suggestions. i've always HATED arranging, and so everything in my house is just cluttered. desk...cluttered. living room? there's a tv in it, per normal, but also.......... a stand alone freezer? my dining room.......... my bed is in it, along with god knows what. i'm glad i'm not a hoarder (that would be even more difficult) but nothing is where it should be, and everything is where i leave it.
hopefully it's not too much, but i *guess* i'll try my ........... basement? it's large, but there's lots of things there that might be easy to put in order... so, there's a lot of empty space, a maybe reasonable amount of stuff, large amount of shelf space.. i guess i'll try it. i'll bring music or mp3's. altho it's bigger stuff, i'm hoping it's easy to categorize. even -- by shape. jeeze - will i be able to look at all that and pheel good afterwards???? never experienced that before.
since i got diagnosed in my sixties, i have been finding certain aspie-ish behaviors and things that i never new i had in me. yeah, my therapist said when she gets upset, she arranges her son's toys.
Treat yourself to some small sets of things like marbles or crystals or Lego where you can play with and sort and arrange all the little bits and make patterns - it's quite therapeutic. .
ok.. not sure about basement. that's like... rearrange my upper living space, almost, which is a disaster.
ok, so i'm working on fishing lures, sinkers... uh... so that means putting them in plastic boxes, according to type. . sinkers probably in another box, cause they're big and heavy, along with hooks and things for bait fishing. then have my lines relatively neatly spooled.. but then also i need to oil a couple reels, which is pretty fast. i clean out my bag (dumped out the sand).
i'm learning more about my aspie-ness... a number of habits were unknown to me before... actually, when i smoke pot, a number of habits popped up - what a surprise...! so, this putting things in order is something i am exploring. i'll hold off on the basement. ...
Yeah, I'm worried trying to bring order to the house may be too much and will cause stress. Of course it would bring benefits if you do small bits, slowly. But maybe better to find something as Plastic suggests.
Two of my aspie friends have poir executive control and their houses sound like yours, and ordering the house wouldn't help them, though I love it. Aspies aren't all the same.