mental health – Rory's Reckons

A Different Year – A Different Focus

New beginnings and focus for a new year. Recapping what I learned last year.

An outline of my book for those interested.

Hyperfocus brain is not always our friend when we feed it with bad information.

Compassion is a logical, intuitive, or logically intuitive willingness to act with kindness toward someone else.

I have a black box brain a lot of the time, you throw random data in, it gives you a solution when doing something else. Passive problem solving.

Social pain and physical pain aren’t that different. They hurt just as much to those who feel shame.

The most important thing is you love your kid and try your best – that is the best you can do.

Autonomy is the most vital thing for Autistic people’s safety. Respect it.

Sometimes you can get yourself back – even after nearly three decades of forgetting who you are underneath.

The dangers of elimination of stimming behaviour – be careful what you “wish” for.