Search found 14 matches
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:17 pm
- Forum: Studying
- Topic: learning lines
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4752
Re: learning lines
When I was an actress (I gave up due to stress) I found that moving around the room with each new line helped me keep it in my memory. Most people learn the line for the sake of the line and then connect with the meaning afterwards, I found that if I learn the line with its objective and emotian it ...
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:45 pm
- Forum: Studying
- Topic: Urgent! Advice needed on the best type of laptop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8163
Urgent! Advice needed on the best type of laptop
I am doing a Celta course and realise I need to buy a new laptop. The main problem with my current laptop is that I bought it second hand 4 years ago and somehow it says that my copy of windows is not genuine. Most of my lesson templates and assignments are not compatable with word 2003 and come out ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:27 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Smear Test
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5659
Re: Smear Test
use ky jelly before you go in.
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:23 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: My Rights as an adult
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3568
Re: My Rights as an adult
gee I can feel your stress. I reckon moving out is the best thing that you could do. Iv'e answered you on your other post about how to use the counscel route. I have just remembered that a lot of my non dys friends save for a deposit, move in to a private flat and then put in a claim for housing ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:05 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Knowing how perceptive others people are
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7230
Re: Knowing how perceptive others people are
Lol, thats so funny.ishi wrote:It's the normals, they're useless.
Also why do normal people need to plan things, It's like crossing a river over stepping stones when you could just walk straight over the bridge to get to the other side.
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:00 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Living away from home tips and support
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7226
Re: Living away from home tips and support
Q. what is expected of me as a person using rental accomadation? What is expected of me by the landlord besides paying my rent??? A. Counsel tax is a huge bummer which you will need to work nto your budget unless you get housing and councel tax beneft. The landlord will give you a tenancy agreement ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:47 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Living away from home tips and support
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7226
Re: Living away from home tips and support
You have to go to the Homeless person's unit of your local councel with a letter from your parents staing that you are no longer welcome to live with them and the date which you are expected to move out on, i.e three weeks from now etc. It sounds harsh but thats just the procedure they follow. First ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:33 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Exercise
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26081
Re: Exercise
Aqua aerobics is jolly good fun. Try looking for a comunty badminton group in your area. In London the local councels run them for people with mental health needs and the over 50's. It's good fun trying to hit a ball and concentrate makes me run about so much I sweat afterwards so deffo burn loadsa ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Caring for your body
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7253
Re: Caring for your body
oh and another tip to instant glamour are synthetic hairpeices. I just wash my hair and leave it dry naturally then tie it in a pony tail and pop a hair piece on. It saves me bettling with a hair dryer and hair staghteners etc. Yanked my eyelashes out once when I accidently stepped on my ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:49 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Caring for your body
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7253
Re: Caring for your body
mmmmmmm I find going for manicures reasonably cheap in the Thai nail shops which are popping up on every High st. It's about 12 pounds for a basic manicure but a pedicure is a bit more pricey at about 20 pounds. It's a nice little treat every now and again, it makes me feel like I am putting the ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:35 pm
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: Dyspraxia and sex
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15436
Re: Dyspraxia and sex
It's realy great that you love your girlfriend a lot and care enough to ask advice about this tricky sbject. As a women I can say that i love my boyfriend a lot but a lot of the time I am not quite in the moment when we are lovemaking. In the beginning when we first met I made a huge effort to act ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:47 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Dore programme
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12526
Re: Dore programme
Sounds like I would get the same results by going to pilates class and buying a wobble board!
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: rationalisation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4429
Re: rationalisation
I use a technique called minfullness. Its about noting the thoughts and labbeling them whilset focusing on breathing. It helps me calm down when I have general anxiety about a particular event or something on my mind which I can't seem to pinpiont. Also, relaxation exercizes, there are so many mp3's ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:13 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi from London
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1700
Hi from London
Hello I am new here, as I have just found out that I am dyspraxic. Well, I have always known but thought that my problems were just called dyslexia and that the co-ordination problems have were just down to being dyslexic. I am 32 years old and was diagnosed when I was 6 years old as dyslexic. I ...