https://autismanimated.com/dolph/m/feed/browse/tag/martine mussiesBrowse Feed Entries By Tag: martine mussies RSSFri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:13 -0700Read more]]>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:13 -0700Read more]]>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:13 -0700Read more]]>Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:11 -0700Read more]]>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:18 -0800 CAPACITY => STRESS TASKS = CAPACITY => HEALTHY EXCITEMENT TASKS < CAPACITY => RELAXATION According to many psychologists, the tasks are formed by factors and demands from your environment that cause stress. The load capacity is then determined by your ability to prevent and deal with stress. But it is more nuanced than that. Especially people with autism, AD(H)D and/or a psychological vulnerability know that the tension can also come from within. Through fear of the unknown, for example. Fortunately, the opposite is also true: the stress can also come from within yourself, for example because you have developed compensatory strategies and dare to ask your friends for help. From the model above you can actually deduce what you can do to reduce your stress: increase your load capacity and reduce your tasks. But how do these two things work in practice? Difference Between Stress and Anxiety In the literature, stress is typically defined as caused by an external trigger, whereas anxiety is defined by internal ones (such as worries that don’t go away even in the absence of a stre... Read more]]>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:13 -0800Read more]]>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:00:18 -0700Read more]]>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:13 -0800Read more]]>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:08 -0700