Have you ever had a dream and partway through you realized you were dreaming? Well, there's an entire community centered around recreating that, lucid dreaming: a dream in which the dreamer is conscious and aware of his/her surroundings.
It's no simple task, by any means. There are several core techniques, and dozens, if not hundreds of individual "spin-off" methods. Now, I'm not here to explain to you exactly how to lucid dream. There are plenty of easy to find online resources, such as Dream Views, but I've been trying off and on to lucid dream for a few years, and while I haven't put the dedication in to have much results, the effort I put into it, and the things I did while practicing, have helped.
Much of lucid dreaming is increasing one's awareness, meditating, and paying attention to one's dreams. Binaural beats and brainwave entrainment are also used to create brainwaves beneficial to lucid dreaming. The dreams themselves a great experience, and one that can be particularly therapeutic to an individual with Aspergers.
Anyone who hasn't heard of lucid dreaming: I urge you to look into it; if you don't succeed, the steps towards your goal can only help.
Saturday, August 3
Monday, July 29
Banishing minor depression
The way I see it, depression can manifest in many different ways, some of which can be rather subtle. It's possible to be depressed but also able to do everything you would normally do.
Feeling that way is miserable; it sucks all the joy out of you, but it isn't enough to be totally debilitating. Only enough to keep you from enjoying anything you do.
Fortunately, I find that it's not too hard to get rid of. The trick is to do something productive or helpful. Personally, writing something for my blog does a lot to shake my bad mood, and I've also done volunteer work that gave me a sense of purpose and worth.
Depression has a tendency to focus one's thoughts on him or herself, which inevitably leads to feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, or isolation. Don't let yourself believe that! Any act of benevolence, or good deed is worth a huge amount. Even something as minor as complimenting someone you know can greatly impact their lives.
Whenever you feel helpless, remember this: there are many stories floating around the internet of a suicidal person, preparing to end their lives, who meets a friendly stranger and changes their mind. Just imagine if you're small effort saves a life. You might never even know, so don't give up hope!
This is Jordan from teenaspergers.blogspot.com signing off!
Feeling that way is miserable; it sucks all the joy out of you, but it isn't enough to be totally debilitating. Only enough to keep you from enjoying anything you do.
Fortunately, I find that it's not too hard to get rid of. The trick is to do something productive or helpful. Personally, writing something for my blog does a lot to shake my bad mood, and I've also done volunteer work that gave me a sense of purpose and worth.
Depression has a tendency to focus one's thoughts on him or herself, which inevitably leads to feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, or isolation. Don't let yourself believe that! Any act of benevolence, or good deed is worth a huge amount. Even something as minor as complimenting someone you know can greatly impact their lives.
Whenever you feel helpless, remember this: there are many stories floating around the internet of a suicidal person, preparing to end their lives, who meets a friendly stranger and changes their mind. Just imagine if you're small effort saves a life. You might never even know, so don't give up hope!
This is Jordan from teenaspergers.blogspot.com signing off!
Sunday, July 28
Go move!
Depression is a deceptively debilitating ailment; although it seems to be a minor issue, it's anything but insignificant. Unfortunately, it's also one of the more difficult aspects of Aspergers to conquer.
The bright side of it is that it's incredibly simple to start treating.
The "secret" doesn't lie in complicated techniques; the secret, is moving. Simple physical motion is the fundamental base for dealing with depression.
The hard part, I can personally attest to, is finding motivation to actually get up.
Recently, I was in a depressed mood. It wasn't extremely horrible, but it was enough to ensure I couldn't enjoy anything I was doing. At first, I was too absorbed by my emotions to really deal with them, but after some time, I got hungry and was forced into cooking a meal. It helped a lot.
The biggest single thing is this: no matter how helpless you feel because of depression, even a simple change of immediate surroundings can give you an edge in coping.
This is Jordan fromteenaspergers.blogspot.com signing off.
The bright side of it is that it's incredibly simple to start treating.
The "secret" doesn't lie in complicated techniques; the secret, is moving. Simple physical motion is the fundamental base for dealing with depression.
The hard part, I can personally attest to, is finding motivation to actually get up.
Recently, I was in a depressed mood. It wasn't extremely horrible, but it was enough to ensure I couldn't enjoy anything I was doing. At first, I was too absorbed by my emotions to really deal with them, but after some time, I got hungry and was forced into cooking a meal. It helped a lot.
The biggest single thing is this: no matter how helpless you feel because of depression, even a simple change of immediate surroundings can give you an edge in coping.
This is Jordan fromteenaspergers.blogspot.com signing off.
Upcoming Changes
It's been a while since the last time I posted, and to be honest, I've been rather lax with posting, which is not something I'm particularly happy about. I'm planning to devote more of my time to this project.
When I started with this blog I had the intention of writing - primarily - articles that focused on larg and complex issues. Guides or tutorials, if you will. That didn't work out very well for me. I found, after some time of writing in that style, that many paragraph "essays" are difficult to write quality content for, and that a lot of my best ideas can't be expanded into hundreds of words.
In the future I will be focusing more on consistent, shorter pieces, rather than large ones infrequently, and addition to this, I'm going to be adding content on more than simply ways of coping with Aspergers. That general idea is still what makes this blog what it is, but I believe the site will benefit from a larger variety of content.
When I started with this blog I had the intention of writing - primarily - articles that focused on larg and complex issues. Guides or tutorials, if you will. That didn't work out very well for me. I found, after some time of writing in that style, that many paragraph "essays" are difficult to write quality content for, and that a lot of my best ideas can't be expanded into hundreds of words.
In the future I will be focusing more on consistent, shorter pieces, rather than large ones infrequently, and addition to this, I'm going to be adding content on more than simply ways of coping with Aspergers. That general idea is still what makes this blog what it is, but I believe the site will benefit from a larger variety of content.
Tuesday, February 5
Why do people judge others?!
Damn it! I will never understand why some people are so brutish to each other. I mean, don't people respect other members of humanity? I was talking with a friend today, and that person was telling me how their church judged and shunned them for something that they did. While I get that churches do this type of thing, and maybe I shouldn't be bothered by it, It's depressing. I believe that you come to trust the church you go to and you should be able to trust the people in it.
It really does bother me though; I can relate to similar judgement from my old church. When my parents got divorced, there was a massive amount of accusation and strife going around - some true, some false - but the issue became inflamed; while I was not responsible for anything my parents did, I felt like my life and my personal issues were being put on display for everyone to see. It was like people were surveying me to decide if they should side with me, or if they should distance themselves from me.
Really, the thing that bothers me isn't judgement - the world contently judges, condemns, and tears into people; that's how life is - what really upsets me is how my and my friend's privacy were disrespected! I have a right to privacy in my life.
Me and my friend both lost out on opportunities because of the blindness of people we should have been able to trust. My friend was literally disallowed to participate in church-related activities and while I wasn't hurt that much, I couldn't stand staying, and I had to leave the church.
What I do is between me and anyone it affects - not anyone who fancies themselves qualified to judge!
There's no point to this post, I suppose. I mean, maybe that's life, or maybe it's an example of extreme ignorance, but I don't feel qualified to judge. Please leave comments of your opinions; all I can say is that it sucks.
It really does bother me though; I can relate to similar judgement from my old church. When my parents got divorced, there was a massive amount of accusation and strife going around - some true, some false - but the issue became inflamed; while I was not responsible for anything my parents did, I felt like my life and my personal issues were being put on display for everyone to see. It was like people were surveying me to decide if they should side with me, or if they should distance themselves from me.
Really, the thing that bothers me isn't judgement - the world contently judges, condemns, and tears into people; that's how life is - what really upsets me is how my and my friend's privacy were disrespected! I have a right to privacy in my life.
Me and my friend both lost out on opportunities because of the blindness of people we should have been able to trust. My friend was literally disallowed to participate in church-related activities and while I wasn't hurt that much, I couldn't stand staying, and I had to leave the church.
What I do is between me and anyone it affects - not anyone who fancies themselves qualified to judge!
There's no point to this post, I suppose. I mean, maybe that's life, or maybe it's an example of extreme ignorance, but I don't feel qualified to judge. Please leave comments of your opinions; all I can say is that it sucks.
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