Audhd
Fun fact 6: When you talk to yourself out loud, your brain processes it like an external voice. Studies show self-directed speech can help cognitive control and emotional regulation by engaging auditory feedback loops.
That’s why verbalising thoughts can actually calm the limbic system: the emotional command centre.
Neurodivergent Geek Girlsubstack.com
Kelsey Hendricks
pin.it
Being (somewhat) self aware is a funny thing—sometimes I’m just sitting there watching myself fail, getting frustrated that I’m not doing anything about it yet not having the will power to change anything
So she decided to practice task initiation. Like a skill you can learn.
She started working on her art in between hosting tables at a restaurant, and allowed interruptions to become part of the experience of creating her art.
And as soon as I heard this story, I thought: holy shit. We get to do that?
We get to practice initiation—and make it feel safe... See more
She started working on her art in between hosting tables at a restaurant, and allowed interruptions to become part of the experience of creating her art.
And as soon as I heard this story, I thought: holy shit. We get to do that?
We get to practice initiation—and make it feel safe... See more
The way I see it: Nervous system regulation is often reactionary.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
A neurodivergent career: why traditional work doesn’t work for me and what I do instead
Morgan A Clementineopen.substack.com
When I’m swept up in a special interest, I feel alive. The concepts of “work-life” balance and “burnout” just don’t always translate to Autistic people’s schedules in the ways neurotypicals might expect. I’ve gotten intense burnout from periods of my life where I worked relatively little but socialized a lot, for example.
Devon Price • Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
