What have you achieved recently??

Wow! That's brilliant! Well done!

I've lost 3st 9lbs. 

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say a big thank you to you all for your lovely replies. You've all achieved so much and it's been nice to read about your achievements and has inspired me to try and do more. I hope you all feel proud of yourselves for achieving so much! 

Have a lovely day everyone. Whatever you're up to, I hope the day treats you kindly.

That sounds delicious! If you try it let us know how it goes, I bet it'll be lush. My Xmas dinners are normally tinned, they do an Xmas dinner soup so I go for that one now.

Aww thank you. So sweet, I wish I could give you a hug too sounds like you’ve been going through a lot of stuff and yet you’re achieving so much. I’ll give you a virtual hug.

It's so good to hear the above brings you comfort and you're starting to feel more optimistic as well. I don't drive now because of my sight but I used to struggle going for a drive sometimes, especially if it was on a motorway. Such big achievements! I hope you feel proud of yourself right now because you really should. We all should! When life is hard which it usually is, doing anything, big or small is something to be proud of and worth celebrating!

Here's the organ, if the pic works!

Aww what a lovely way to spend half term. Your piano sounds wonderful and it must be so nice knowing it’s been in your family for a long time. I hope despite not really wanting to learn your mum had some fun playing it. I love the sound of the piano but can’t really play. I played the violin a little growing up and also the organ, my dad owned one for years – I’ll see if I can a pic in a moment – but I’m not so good at music. I leave the playing of music to other more capable people.

Two great achievements. Well done! Sometimes my laundry basket can be overflowing… but at times just don’t have the energy to do it. So good on you!

When writing especially to other people I find I can write out a response several times but it takes hours or days before I feel comfortable enough to actually send it on. This happened to me last night, I read all your amazing replies and then spent ages trying to reply but didn’t feel able to until right now.

Hello. What a great achievement! Going to the dentists terrifies me and so far I haven’t found the courage to visit one since I was about 9. Well done. You should be so proud of yourself for doing that! Great achievement.

That’s great your Aldi are giving an autistic morning a try. I hope one day every shop does that, it would mean a lot more autistic people would feel more comfortable going out I should think. For me personally I always used to do online shopping but since my Morrisons did their autistic morning I go there rather online shopping more often than not.

Hello Roy, so lovely to see you again. And big congrats on making a phone call! Not an easy thing to do so well done that's an amazing achievement.

I'm sorry so many people have been struggling. I hope they'll be able to access their accounts soon and this won't put them off from returning.

Its a stuffed mushroom pithivier, lightly roasted big flat mushroom, stuffed with roasted squash and chestnuts, covered by another mushroom, in a flakey pastry case.

Ahh yes - getting back with your original account is an amazing achievement! I've just done the same. Hurrah for us! It's such a relief to be back here!

Well done on your hot chocolate achievement :) Doing an autistic morning sounds brilliant. Aldi has been trialing autistic hours at some of their shops (unfortunately not at any of my three local shops)  I hope it's proved successful so they roll it out to all shops. 

Just trying to think about what I've achieved recently. I went to the dentist on my own last week so I think that's pretty major. I'm 63 and have a deep seated fear of the dentist after bad experiences as a child. The sound of the drill stresses me out and I struggle with the bright light shinning in my face.  The dentist did a filling with no drilling which was a relief! 

I hope you continue to enjoy your hot chocolate. And I'm sorry about your cat. We should never underestimate how important our pets are. 

I managed to send some emails on Friday that I've been procrastinating for weeks/months! And I managed to do the laundry today. Both of those are really big achievements for me. 

I played the piano over half term. It was my mum's piano and before that, her father's - it's old. I learned to play on it, but it's been quiet since I've lived here. My mum had a complex relationship with it, because she was compelled to learn as a child and didn't want to. I wanted to, but she was never keen and would rarely play, although I often asked her. 

I'd forgotten what it is to play music and am happy to have come back to it now. I suppose now, it's my piano. 

Hi, I did send a proper reply but it has been sent to Room 101. 

Hello, really nice to see you back, well done for going to the coffee shop, big step!

There are still some of the old members about, many I think are waiting to sign in on their old accounts. 
I did something out of my comfort zone and made a phone call, I know it’s not a big thing but it’s big for me.

I've been here since late Spring since just before my diagnosis. I've made some brilliant friends, and also seem some lovely people go and come. That can actually be a touch traumatic, which I would never have believed 6 months ago.

Oh bless your sweet heart , that sounds amazing, you sound amazing.

Something I've started to do which like you doesn't sound much (but is!), when things get too much, I drive to a motorway service station and sit in the cafe area.  I've been learning a little about Autism and HYPO sensitivity, the opposite of what I always used to associate with Autism (the hyper-aspects where you don't like too much noise, light, people etc.) and that I may actually take comfort from the white-noise of people.

In terms of challenges though, I went out to Hardwick Hall (near Sheffield).  I have gotten over the last few months into a routine of stagnation, not going out, not doing anything, convincing myself that there's no point in doing anything. But I've started to feel a little more optomistic over the last few days.

Hopefully, fingers crossed, this is what you're feeling now (god I wish I could give you a high 5 or hug or something)

Ohh yum that sounds lovely. I hope it tastes as your hoping it will. I wish I was more adventurous with my cooking but I always go for the easy simple meals.