I have an occupational therapist, who my employers give me time to go off and see, and she has advised I should do more arts and crafts as this will help relax me and build my self esteem. I am good at arts and crafts, I just never feel like I have the time, or feel like what's the point, but I know it's probably my low self esteem talking.
It is hard to keep your self esteem up when you are surrounded by 'normal' people who can do 'simple' tasks and you can't. My colleagues were confused with me this morning because I couldn't read out a PDF document in front of 5 people. I've never done that before, especially with strangers! So, in time it wears you down and I continue to feel like I'm stupid...
Has anyone else come across anything that is good for lifting their self esteem? Being female on the spectrum people give me tips like 'have a pampering session' or something similar, but it can either involve other people, involve things I've never come across before, or confusing instructions, or my OCD/anxiety/attention span gets in the way so I don't think that is going to work for me.
