Wednesday January 14, 2026 | Journal Prompts | The Idea Space | 100 Mindful Prompts for Self-Care & Stress Relief

I don't read to know more about something but to understand other people.  I love to read about anxiety disorders, selective mutism, Autism and ADHD.  I don't think that I have ADHD per say.  I do things that just make it look and feel like ADHD.  It does not mean that I have ADHD.  Some people are so wrong about what I say or think.  Now autism I do think I have a bit of mild autism called Asperger's Syndrome.  I have the symptoms.  It's hard for people see that in me since I can't be me.  

A person can't know everything, but they can always learn more.  What are you happy knowing?  It would be nice to know what was causing me to not be able to initiate a conversation with people.  Or is that normal to not able to do that?  

What do you wish you understood more?  Yes, I do wish that I understood people a lot more.  It would be certainly helpful if people had captions on their forehead.  Sometimes I do imagine that they do have captions on their forehead.  I certainly do really well on one-on-one conversations depending on the person and how they know how to talk to me in a way that helps me to speak more.  But lately I can more or less talk with 2 people in the conversation and that my dear is the sliding in technique in selective mutism.  That is what I need to ask people to do and then allow me some time for me to answer.