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.comWhen 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
The way I see it: Nervous system regulation is often reactionary.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
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
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
A neurodivergent career: why traditional work doesn’t work for me and what I do instead
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