Research again!

I've been doing more research. It's amazing how intensely I can focus on something I like. I also picked up some self-help books, Asperger's From the Inside Out: A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Asperger's Syndrome, Living Well on the Spectrum and Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World.

Too Bright, etc,  is a book on sensory processing disorder. While not autism, it might explain some of the problems I have been having.  I digested From the Inside Out in an evening's sitting. It rang incredibly true, but I have to say, I don't think that I am as disconnected/rude as the people telling their stories. I function better. Also, the author folks seem pretty ready advocate for Aspergers. Where's all the social isolation and anxiety/depression?

Good reason to see a shrink.

Which is why I liked Living Well the best. Charts.  Lots of behavior charts and how to help use your strengths to make up for your trouble spots.  I like this approach best since it is not to far from what I did at Southwest Counseling. I will use this book whether I am on the spectrum or not. I have a definite pattern of strengths and weaknesses consistent with Asperger's, that's for sure.

 I feel so grateful and blessed to finally have some insight to my fool self!

Eye of the Beholder

Whew!
After writing/editing most of the day, my brain quivers at the idea of stringing together another intelligible sentence. So, how 'bout a list? The following books are in my bedside reading stash:
M.S. Freeman.

1. A Treasury for Word Lovers,
2. Stalin
3. One Dimentional Man,
4. The Street of Crocodiles,
5. Nightmare Factory,
6. The Lazarus Syndrome
7. TheWord Museum,
8. Million Word Crossword Dictionary,
9. Five word-puzzle books in various stages of completion, my electronic dictionary and our digital camera handbook.
S. Newman & D. Stark.J. Kacirk., R. DaviesThomas Ligotti.Bruno Schulz.Herbert Marcuse, Edvard Radzinsky.

What we’re having for dinner:

1. Slow cooked country style ribs.
2. Coleslaw.
3. Fancy bread from Albertons’, heated in the oven as if it was mine.
4. Roasted Garlic (I did nine heads so I don’t need to screw around with this for a while).
5. Sapporo beer, left over from my sushi date with Ewbliette.

Tah-dah!