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Laura
Aug 25, 202413 min read
Lost voices: Losing our creativity to reclaiming our craft.
We're often told we should give up our creativity because it has no value. This is why we should ignore that...
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Laura
Jun 7, 20246 min read
Social Anxiety: Escaping the stress of summer on the old road to nowhere.
There's this old road that we've recently been walking. It's the kind of road that is no longer used, overgrown and unkempt, it is just a...
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Laura
Apr 28, 202413 min read
Fifty miles around the Pembrokeshire coast: The first calm day.
We rode fifty miles around the Pembrokeshire coast on a day that changed everything. This was the first calm day of many to come.
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Laura
Apr 19, 20245 min read
Anxiety and cycling: What really happens isn't on Strava...
(Update: Since publishing this blog post I have been diagnosed with asthma.) I was around five miles from home but I didn’t know whether...
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Laura
Feb 17, 20245 min read
Paranoid road trip in a world of uncertainty
It’s 5-something-am on another howling day in the depths of winter. The world is hitting out hard right now. We’re on a paranoid road...
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Laura
Dec 27, 20236 min read
Social anxiety: How to escape from everyone at a time when everyone is around.
Social anxiety: How to escape from everyone at a time when everyone is around.
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Laura
Dec 23, 20233 min read
Insomnia at Christmas: You're not the problem...
Christmas. A time of chaos, obligation and long nights of insomnia. Long and short, it's not your fault...
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Laura and Jon
Dec 2, 20232 min read
Social Anxiety Chat: What does social anxiety really mean?
Social Anxiety Chat is a new podcast about the complexities of social anxiety. Episode 1 looks at what social anxiety truly means.
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Aunty Social World
Nov 25, 20231 min read
Wales Comic Con: An Aunty Social Story
Here is our very first Aunty Social World story. The one from when we went to Wales Comic Con...
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Laura
Nov 17, 20235 min read
Boundary hunting in a world of demands
Too many of us are losing our own boundaries in this wild world of demands. That's why we need to become boundary hunters.
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Laura
Nov 13, 20236 min read
Social anxiety: Lessons learnt from a weekend away.
Sometimes, we need to laugh or else we'd cry. A story and lessons of social anxiety, being away from home and what happened this weekend.
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Laura
Sep 22, 20234 min read
People think we’re ok (because it’s easier)
In a world where we are expected to mask, it is all too easy for people to think that we are ok when we're not.
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Laura
Aug 23, 20233 min read
The world is overwhelming, but it isn't your fault.
Let’s talk about autism. The world is overwhelming, but that isn’t our fault. I wish others could see this crazy society through our eyes.
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Aunty Social World
Jul 28, 202311 min read
Social anxiety: Five alternative ways to enjoy summer
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these. Following a bright and breezy June where we spent most if not all of our free time...
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Laura
May 19, 20238 min read
Twitter addiction: An attention fuelled world that destroyed me.
My Twitter addiction began around three years ago. Since then it has destroyed me.
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Aunty Social World
May 1, 20236 min read
Social anxiety: Why those of us who seek privacy often have the least.
Those of us who are autistic or live with social anxiety have a great need for privacy, but we are often left with the least.
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Aunty Social World
Apr 22, 20235 min read
Have you noticed the change? Twitter: The inside stories.
Twitter is changing, and so are its communities. In this series of articles, we talk to those who know the platform best. Its users.
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Laura
Apr 14, 202311 min read
Twitter communities: The inside stories
Twitter and its communities are changing. In this series of blogs, we talk to the people on the inside about what this means to them.
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Laura and Jon
Apr 6, 20236 min read
Social anxiety: Five ways to survive the Bank Holiday weekend.
The bank holiday is upon us. Time to get out, relax and have a good time. But what is often not discussed is how stressful they can be.
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Laura and Jon
Mar 27, 202312 min read
Autism Acceptance: Five practical changes that could create a more inclusive world.
It is not enough to just merely accept or be aware of autism. We need real practical change. Here are 5 lessons we can learn from lockdown.
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