Do Cardio and Open the Windows

It was almost noon. I normally get my Risperdal injection at about 11:30 a.m. every other Tuesday. I called the PACT office. “PACT. This is Danielle.” “Hi, Danielle, when do I — this is Dustin, what time do I get my injection today?” Danielle said she would call Juanita, who would be picking me upContinue

Social Security Letter

If I were to receive a letter from Social Security today, I was going to have my psychiatric nurse practitioner or somebody else from the mental health clinic open it for me, because I was anxious as to what it might read. I had recently undergone a medical review to determine if I were stillContinue

Allie The Puppet

Zack, my case worker, picked me up for group at about a quarter after 12; group was to start at 1:00, so I was there about half an hour early and was told to just hang out in the community center (or what I’ve called the “weird waiting room” before). There were a few otherContinue

Wrestling And Genetic Testing

I was lying down and listening to music past midnight when my brother messaged me. “Are you up?” he asked. I knew that meant that he was in town to watch WrestleMania with me the next night. We went to Walmart for a frozen pizza and ingredients for guacamole for our little WrestleMania party, andContinue

Weird Waiting Room, Part 2

Jody, the receptionist, looked up at me as I entered the waiting room. “I’m here about half an hour early.” “Who are you here to see?” she asked almost accusingly. “Elaine,” I replied. “She’s not here.” “We have a meeting scheduled for 11:30 on Wednesday.” I meant to say on Friday, but I was thinkingContinue

New Case Manager

Some people are ridiculously unqualified for their jobs, as is the situation with my new case manager. I had talked with him on the phone yesterday, and I had to hang up on him, because he rambled on and on about his own pathetic life, which is not the sort of thing that I wantContinue

Hospitalized at Broadlawns

I was reading a book yesterday morning. I was calm, in the flow of reading, lost in a book, as they say. Then my case manager called me to ask if I wanted to join the PACT Team program through Eyerly Ball. I said that yes, I did, and that I wanted to enroll soon,Continue

Weird Waiting Room

I had a meeting at 401 Court Avenue. I arrived at the building early. I was pretty sure I was at the right place, but I wasn’t entirely sure, because the waiting room didn’t look exactly like most waiting rooms. It looked more like a rec room, with a PlayStation 4 console, Rock Em SockContinue

The Pleasure of Drinking Milk

I used to have anxiety attacks, panic disorder, and hypochondriasis. I used to worry and be afraid that somehow, someway — whether by something external or something internal to me — my life was going to end soon. I don’t fret much about the end of my life these days. I know that it willContinue

Aspie in High School

Someone I know from after high school asked me if I was weird in high school, because someone I knew from high school told that someone who I know from after high school that she thought that I was autistic. I told her that yes, I was weird, and that maybe I’m on the autismContinue