I’d like to talk a little bit about modern celebrity culture, social media and it’s role in our lives, and some real positive role models. Firstly, I’d like to completely admonish our current obsession with celebrities, and what constitutes a “celebrity” in modern media. It’s no big secret that with the rise of reality television,Continue reading “Celebrities and Role Models”
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this is me trying…
The song this is me trying by Taylor Swift came to me at an interesting time in my life… it felt oddly specific to my current trials in life. Things have been hard since quarantine started. This is the first time that life has eased up the gas. For the first time in my lifeContinue reading “this is me trying…”
Wild conjecture and discovery thread
If I have medication off days, I tend to binge eat to generate dopamine. Seems counter productive. I’m not actually hungry, I just need the dopamine. Someone mentioned exercise, it seems like if you have an excess of serotonin compared to dopamine (and Autistic people tend to have hyperserotonemia – a natural excess level ofContinue reading “Wild conjecture and discovery thread”
Pieces of advice to myself/others after diagnosis of ADHD (in retrospect)
You are going to doubt yourself massively before, during, and after getting diagnosed. You most certainly are an ADHD person – this is part of the process. Learn to accept what is there, rather than fighting against it. Get ready to cut toxic people from your life. I spent six years working against my diagnosisContinue reading “Pieces of advice to myself/others after diagnosis of ADHD (in retrospect)”
The effects of parenting and compliance
Of course the concept of fixed personality wont make sense to highly masked people of any type. When you are changing your social appearance to match who they expect, it's hard to identify who you are – also it does change due to plasticity. Very few traits are fixed (if any). People can only changeContinue reading “The effects of parenting and compliance”
Acknowledging the hurt of late diagnosis
The hurt caused to you.