Executive functioning's totally f****d

BETTY!

Oasis.

Is it "I'm autistic and I love crochet"?

"Like" morse code is a bit strong. More, "knowing two facts about" morse code.

You can't start a fire without a spark

I have long-since noted you for. "knowing your stuff".......it is lovely see !

Out of Step is a "fire starter, a twisted fire starter"...... so thank you for not troubling with this deluge or good spirits.  Such spirits sustain me!

No problem.

If you like Morse Code, have you worked out my name yet?

Yes. I’m useless at running my own life unfortunately, it’s not great. Worst of it is it can make me feel like such a failure. Simple things - sometimes I just can’t deal with them. It’s weird because I’m not lacking in intelligence - and yet I struggle so much with so many day to day aspects of life - to the extent that I can get suicidal thoughts when faced with basic functional problems in life. It’s a bit rubbish isn’t it? Try to be kind to yourself and not be too judgemental of yourself - we have a neurological difference - it’s not our fault.

EXCELLENT. Desmond,  I have listened to It's Good To Be Free countless times off The Masterplan and this has never registered. Do you know this cos you are an Oasis fan or a Morse Code fan? The theme tune to Some Mothers Do Ave Em is the show title in Morse Code.

The SOS Morse Code sample was used TWICE by Oasis. It's good to be free, and Magic Pie

Thank you for the correct info

Dot Dash is a track by Wire.

I'm getting Fat Boy Slim in my head

"slash dot dash dot com dot com dot dot dot dot com"

Which, when I heard this when younger, turned into "Dot Cotton"

I am really sorry, firemonkey for derailing your thread. I'm trying to behave and I appreciate, for yourself and other contributors, as well as mysel,f this is an area of great struggle. 

out_of_step said:

So thank you for the punctuation mark.

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I have found low level distraction has helped to engage in what I needed to do today.....kind of..... So thank you for the punctuation mark.

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I hope I don't offend by saying that your post made me smile, for more than one reason... Mr Squirrel 

I was never just being naughty or bad like I was made to think growing up. But this is how I coped. I still get bursts of frustration, anger & the feeling of complete & utter despair. I did do things to myself like taking freezing cold showers to numb the chaos & pain, to try to block it all out, stop myself from imploding. The buzzing of so many things going around my head that nothing was clear & I just wanted it to stop! It is like a whole stadium of people shouting questions at you & demanding answers!

I have come to the point now where I have almost come to terms with it - as my Asperger's friend says "it is what it is"! So I prepare for it's next coming & stop trying to fight & try ride it out. To my surprise, this has actually helps me. So I don't fight or try to overcome it (which TBH is a struggle). So I think to myself, ok, this is how I am just now & I just...  Stop. Doesn't matter what I am trying to do. Sometimes I just sit on the sofa & let it flow over me in silence. Sometimes I find that music relaxes me & helps me to focus. The sooner I do this the sooner I come out the other end. Coming to the conclusion that I can do nothing about it & excepting that fact has helped make the worst of it ease & it seems to help me relax & find some kind of calmness much sooner.

This may or may not help you. But I thank you for sharing & making me aware that "I am not the only one!"

We all know corned beef and spam are the cure-all for executive function difficulties, inertia, procrastination and brain fog. To the OP this may seem obscure but it relates to a thread from almost a year ago I now remember starting.

So with this bit of inane distraction I will now depart to do what it is that I'm actually supposed to be doing. 

Definiteoy NOT the right time but when is....

I do like the word "ineptitude"