Autism And Anxiety;
It’s July which means it’s time for another Purple Ella vlog. This month I’m talking about autism and anxiety. Here is a short article from the National Autistic Society about how anxiety affects many people with autism. I am near constantly affected by my anxiety but prior to getting an autism diagnosis I didn’t recognise that I was anxious, I just knew something felt wrong inside me a lot of the time.
Since getting my diagnosis and beginning to analyse and better understand my feelings I’ve spent a lot of time testing strategies with the aim of reducing my anxiety. I hope this will lead to me becoming calmer and ultimately reduce the severity and number of meltdowns that I experience. In this months vlog I’m sharing these strategies in hopes that they might be useful for other people in a similar position.
As making vlogs is a new thing for me I’d really appreciate any feedback you guys have to offer.
first though, sit with the window facing you not behind you, sheds the light on your face and the reflection is distracting.
You are very eloquent and sound so natural, the vlog had lovely flow, none of those ‘um’ or other hesitant sounds which is really distracting. Really impressive and professional.
you are really brilliant at this!
I think most people hate the parking space thing. These are great tips for lots of people. The medication information is useful, I think a lot of people worry about medication, it’s useful to hear positive experience.
Thanks for the feedback Gemma, very useful. Yes it’s definitely the technical side of this that needs work I think. Will sit with window facing next time.
Hi Ella
Can relate to you I have aspergers and I find change with new neighbours very hard as live next door to emergency housing private by the council they have always been very understanding but is the unknown I find hard all the best