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28 Mar 2020, 10:08 pm

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@The_Walrus: I use the alarm function on my phone to remind me to do things I know I’ll forget, set it so it also brings up a word or short phrase that tells me what I should be doing on the screen.
Could you do the same?

Had to experiment with the sound selection to get the sweet spot between ‘alarming’ and ‘ignorable’...

I have a couple of apps that serve such a purpose but I don’t really find they work for me.

Today I don’t want to eat anything.


Hmmm... :scratch:
Yes, I suppose I’m working with the slightly different problem that I don’t notice I’m hungry until I’m shaking, sweating and dizzy from it...


This is similar for me too :/



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29 Mar 2020, 3:43 am

Keladry wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
@The_Walrus: I use the alarm function on my phone to remind me to do things I know I’ll forget, set it so it also brings up a word or short phrase that tells me what I should be doing on the screen.
Could you do the same?

Had to experiment with the sound selection to get the sweet spot between ‘alarming’ and ‘ignorable’...

I have a couple of apps that serve such a purpose but I don’t really find they work for me.

Today I don’t want to eat anything.


Hmmm... :scratch:
Yes, I suppose I’m working with the slightly different problem that I don’t notice I’m hungry until I’m shaking, sweating and dizzy from it...


This is similar for me too :/


Let’s not forget the “suddenly I’m so hungry I’m nauseous” feeling! :lol: :roll:



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29 Mar 2020, 9:55 am

Karamazov wrote:
Keladry wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
@The_Walrus: I use the alarm function on my phone to remind me to do things I know I’ll forget, set it so it also brings up a word or short phrase that tells me what I should be doing on the screen.
Could you do the same?

Had to experiment with the sound selection to get the sweet spot between ‘alarming’ and ‘ignorable’...

I have a couple of apps that serve such a purpose but I don’t really find they work for me.

Today I don’t want to eat anything.


Hmmm... :scratch:
Yes, I suppose I’m working with the slightly different problem that I don’t notice I’m hungry until I’m shaking, sweating and dizzy from it...


This is similar for me too :/


Let’s not forget the “suddenly I’m so hungry I’m nauseous” feeling! :lol: :roll:


Yep! And also.....I’m so out of it now, I know I’m hungry but am unable to make any decisions about what to eat, much less cook or prepare it :/



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29 Mar 2020, 9:58 am

Keladry wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
Keladry wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
@The_Walrus: I use the alarm function on my phone to remind me to do things I know I’ll forget, set it so it also brings up a word or short phrase that tells me what I should be doing on the screen.
Could you do the same?

Had to experiment with the sound selection to get the sweet spot between ‘alarming’ and ‘ignorable’...

I have a couple of apps that serve such a purpose but I don’t really find they work for me.

Today I don’t want to eat anything.


Hmmm... :scratch:
Yes, I suppose I’m working with the slightly different problem that I don’t notice I’m hungry until I’m shaking, sweating and dizzy from it...


This is similar for me too :/


Let’s not forget the “suddenly I’m so hungry I’m nauseous” feeling! :lol: :roll:


Yep! And also.....I’m so out of it now, I know I’m hungry but am unable to make any decisions about what to eat, much less cook or prepare it :/


And then you end up eating dried fruit out of the packet with your fingers in a desperate attempt to get your blood sugar back up to the level where you can successfully reheat a frozen pizza. :roll:
Such fun! 8O



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29 Mar 2020, 10:26 am

I have the opposite problem. I mostly work from home anyway, so that is not an adjustment. But, now my husband is working at home, too. He is working in the house, and I do have an office away from the house...but the house is only two rooms and so if he is working, he essentially takes over the entire house.

So I have lost my my house from 7 am to 5 pm M-Th. I no longer have a place to have my morning coffee and meditation. No place to have my restorative lunch. No place to have alone time. I am exhausted trying to work around his schedule. I'm not mad or even horribly frustrated. It just is a change in my routine and figuring out a new one is a challenge.


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29 Mar 2020, 10:30 am

I know what you mean, Blazing.

My wife feels sort of the same way about me.



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29 Mar 2020, 4:06 pm

:D

But I thought you were the one with autism and she was NT. She should be delighted for your to be home. :D :D :D

This probably comes under the heading of NT wives who don't want their husbands underfoot. Is she not working?
Do you have a door between bedroom and living area? (We don't)

Do you have a balcony? When my son lived in Stockholm, they had a tiny apartment, but there was a balcony.

Seriously, I am sorry. I hate for you to feel unwanted. (Kortie)


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29 Mar 2020, 4:08 pm

It’s not that I’m unwanted....it’s that I throw off her routine.



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29 Mar 2020, 4:59 pm

Ok. Sometimes I put my foot in my mouth.

It must be extremely difficult on everyone to be cooped up in a small space.


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29 Mar 2020, 5:01 pm

Don’t worry about it, BlazingStar....you’re a sweet person.



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29 Mar 2020, 7:00 pm

Not going to work doesn't affect when I eat or shower. I don't need a routine to keep up another routine. My stomach tells me when it's time to eat, and I have a drink whenever I get thirsty. I bathe every day anyway because I like to, and if I don't I still know to wash because I hate the smell of sweat under my arms.

The problem with me is getting myself motivated to do some things I don't do every day, like cleaning. My job is cleaning but when I'm at home my motivation to clean just goes out the window. I just can't face it and don't feel like doing it sometimes.


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