Published on 12, July, 2020
HI all,
I've come across the concept of Intolerance of Uncertainty - something my psychologist mentioned and after a recent blip I've started investigating it. Most of the material I've come across is academic papers (taking a wee bit of time to absorb) but I was wondering if anyone else had come across the idea and what they made of it?
On a semi-related topic the Coursera platform is running a course by the Yale Centre of Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress. It's free (although you can pay £36 for a certificate if you want one). Link > https://www.coursera.org/learn/managing-emotions-uncertainty-stress
It's intended for school staff (and neurotypicals) but looking at the syllabus I'm fairly sure there's ideas that might give me another perspective and increase emotional awareness. I'm going to explore it - but I thought I'd share in case anyone else is interested.
The course leader Marc Brackett has a website @ https://www.marcbrackett.com/ (apologies for the big book ad slap bang in the middle of the homepage - I'm not on commission, It's the video I'm pointing to)
As Autists we all ACTAULLY tolerate uncertainty very, very well I think. It's just that we perceive so much of it, that it is easy to get overwhelmed.
Remember 1. you have a technical issue with the executive side of your brain, not yer sane side. 2. Having said that truth, it is also a truism that the worst of nutters always think they are the sane ones! (and it's very easy sometimes in a room full of normies during lunchtime twittering on about the crap they do to become convinced that YOU are the only sane one. ).
Oh I agree, I deal with ENDLESS changes and I bounce back after an adjustment period. I do feel very intensely about a lot of things so I do get overwhelmed, but once that feeling settled down I get straight to adjusting my routines and expectations and a new normal (cringe) emerges.