neurodivergence

“In classic neoliberal style, ADHD diagnoses shift the responsibility for distraction onto the ‘innocent’ neurobiological individual, rather than addressing an underfunded public education system, privatized healthcare, Big Pharma, unaffordable childcare, and the normalization of competitive individualism.”

When we have alexithymia, we often do not notice our feelings until they are at an eight or higher. By the time our mind registers emotions, we are typically in an urgent state. Once we are at an 8, 9, or 10 it is much more difficult to reign the emotions and calm ourselves.

This is one of the reasons people with alexithymia struggle so much with

sensory processing difficulties can affect all senses, including interoception. That means that we can have a hard time sensing these internal states and/or understanding what to do about them

we should also remember that so much of what we call ‘madness’ or ‘mental illness’ is actually just behaviour that does not lend itself well to the capitalist economic system

although I guess society and the medical practitioners often look really negatively upon social media and, you know, Instagram diagnoses and TikTok diagnoses, it's actually been incredibly helpful for people to help identify what's going on with them and to fnd community like we've already mentioned is such a big deal.

In addition to identifying the emotion you're feeling, the Feelings Wheel can also help you identify the opposite emotion . The opposite emotion is located on the exact opposite side of the wheel and can give you information about what emotion might help you at any given moment. For example, if you're feeling powerless, the opposite emotion might

And when you become identifed in your neurodivergence or your chronic illness that disappears and you realize that, fuck, I'm actually not just going to be a normal person. This is something I'm going to have to balance my whole life. So while there's a lot of freedom, I guess there's also that loss of that little bit of hope that one day you will

It's essentially like potentially being allergic to anything in the world. And it can look like a lot of different things