Sensory Processing Disorder

  • 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

    Ringing Anxiety: Life with Phone Anxiety
  • 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

    More Than Just Inconvenient: Alexithymia and Interoception