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Autistic self care

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I've thought about this for a while but having done a search, I see that the subject is even more complex than I first thought:

Here is a link on the subject to Autism Central, an NHS site:

https://www.autismcentral.nhs.uk/guidance/personal-care

There is some useful information here too (a PDF document):

https://ausm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Self-Care-Toolkit-for-Autistic-People.pdf

I think I've neglected most of the areas mentioned but one thing that particularly strikes me as a woman is not paying for services eg. some people pay to have hair removed, nails painted, go to beauticians, saunas etc.

I have never done this and it's as much as I can do quite often to cut my nails.

One of the reasons for me has been exhaustion from being overwhelmed by life.

I think there must be lots of reasons behind this but they all come down to the same thing: self neglect.

Do you feel that you neglect yourself or do you feel that your self care is good - physical, mental, spiritual etc etc?

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  • in reply to Robert124

    Lucky you, I would prefer going to a barber and just having my hair cut dry, rather than going to a women's salon where they want to wash and blow dry it. I don't like having my hair washed in a salon and it's a waste of time because I wash it after I get home. 

    Like  I usually have a short pixie cut, but I've just bought some clippers with various attachments and I want my partner to cut it using the number 8 attachment, which will take it to a length of 1 inch/25mm. If that doesn't work out, I might ask in a local barbers if they cut women's hair in short styles.

    I cannot stand having long hair, I like to be able.to wash it quickly and just give it a quick blast with a hairdryer - particularly now that I often get shoulder and neck pain.

  • in reply to Robert124
    Robert124 said:
    I go there regularly because it's dirt cheap and I feel as if I'm in the 1930s.

    Blush

    That's a period I'd like to have lived in but only if I was wealthy, didn't have to go to war, and resided at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex.