• Replies 21 replies
  • Subscribers 86 subscribers
  • Views 7625 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Travel

JT

I'm interviewing for a new job atm, I really really want it, but it involves a percentage of travel. I will travel 2 hrs into London each day, then to suppliers dotted around London and beyond.

The one thing I struggle with, because is also have IBD, is travel.Do you struggle with this?

 How do you cope? I'm hoping my meditation and mindfulness practice will be enough to allow me to attempt this new role, but I'm very unsure about how I will cope

Parents

  • Best way is to try it out, get the train to London and then out of London to another location, then back home, and see how that goes.

    Mindfulness is useful, but so is self-coaching - telling yourself along the way that you can cope, and that if anything goes wrong you will cope.  When the doubts creep in, that's when you reassure yourself.  At any point you know you can get off and go back the other way, its London so plenty of trains in and out, and also buses and taxis if you need them.

    With autism its important to find out what is realistic for you, and with IBD I imagine, rather than going by worries or fears of what may happen.  You can also gain confidence from pushing yourself when you might want to avoid difficult things.

Reply

  • Best way is to try it out, get the train to London and then out of London to another location, then back home, and see how that goes.

    Mindfulness is useful, but so is self-coaching - telling yourself along the way that you can cope, and that if anything goes wrong you will cope.  When the doubts creep in, that's when you reassure yourself.  At any point you know you can get off and go back the other way, its London so plenty of trains in and out, and also buses and taxis if you need them.

    With autism its important to find out what is realistic for you, and with IBD I imagine, rather than going by worries or fears of what may happen.  You can also gain confidence from pushing yourself when you might want to avoid difficult things.

Children
No Data