mental health
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Ringing Anxiety: Life with Phone Anxiety
My whole life, I’ve loathed phone calls. And that’s not an exaggeration. Given the option, I would rather drive several hours to talk to someone I don’t know well face-to-face than pick up a phone and call them. And that’s… Continue reading
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Inherited Wounds: Autism, Genetics, and the Legacy of Trauma
I want to turn my attention this week to the part genes play in autism and how I think that ties into intergenerational trauma. There is increasing evidence that genes play an important part in autism, which most of us… Continue reading
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The Hidden Costs of Being Autistic
If you consume content by creators with ADHD, then you’ve likely heard of the “ADHD tax.” What you might not have heard of is the “autistic tax” (though I’ve seen it gaining traction). This is a common topic within the… Continue reading
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More Than Just Inconvenient: Alexithymia and Interoception
Alexithymia is a phenomenon that many autistic people, including myself, struggle with. It refers to having significant challenges in recognizing, expressing, sourcing, and describing one’s emotional states. While about 1 in 10 people in the general population experience alexithymia, it… Continue reading
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Forced to Conform: Destined to Fail
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the amount of extra work that neurodivergent people are forced to take on throughout their lives to accommodate others. Even small requests for accommodations are frequently disregarded, while we’re forced to bend over… Continue reading
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