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Somatic Practices for Nervous System Resilience in Neurodivergent Adults
Somatic therapy offers a hopeful pathway for neurodivergent individuals to gently expand their nervous system's window of tolerance.
The Somatic Cost of Masking In Neurodivergent People
The chronic muscular tension, profound fatigue, and identity fragmentation often experienced by neurodivergent individuals who mask are not separate symptoms but interconnected signs of a body forced to live a prolonged performance.
How Alcohol Disrupts Your Body's Master Regulatory System
Alcohol artificially manipulates the brain's endocannabinoid system, depleting its natural regulators like anandamide and 2-AG over time.
Finding Your Voice: Self Advocacy for Neurodivergent Individuals
For neurodivergent individuals, self advocacy often requires translating fundamental needs into a foreign language of social norms.
Building Your Inner Witness: Neuroinclusive Pathways to Awareness
Cultivating an internal witness is a vital skill for mental wellbeing, accessible to all neurotypes through tailored pathways.
Neurodivergent neuroception and building a personal safety inventory
For neurodivergent individuals, the subconscious process of neuroception, which scans for safety, can be uniquely sensitive, impacting social energy and daily life. This post explores how a personalized safety inventory and dedicated rest can help regulate the nervous system and foster well-being.
A Personal Sensory Profile: Exteroception, Sensitivity, and the Neurodivergent Experience
For many neurodivergent individuals, exteroception, or the perception of the external sensory world, is a primary source of overwhelm and exhaustion.
Mapping the Inner World: Interoceptive Awareness for Neurodivergent Wellbeing
For many neurodivergent individuals, decoding the body's internal signals can be a profound challenge.
The Body in Space: Understanding Proprioceptive Differences in Neurodivergent Experience
Proprioception, our body's internal GPS, often functions differently for neurodivergent individuals, leading to a disconnect from physical self-awareness.
Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergent Sensory Experiences
Sensory sensitivities are a core, valid experience for many neurodivergent individuals. By understanding and implementing personalized mitigation strategies, we can foster safety and reduce the harm caused by chronic overstimulation.
Reclaiming the Inner Voice: CPTSD and Negative Self-Talk in Neurodivergent Individuals
For neurodivergent individuals with CPTSD, negative self-concepts are often trauma responses forged in a world of chronic mismatch. Healing involves gentle practices that address both the ingrained neural pathways of criticism and the specific context of neurodivergent experience.
The Transformative Power of a Late Neurodivergence Discovery
A later-in-life neurodivergence diagnosis can provide the essential framework to rebuild.
Loneliness and Friendship in the Neurodivergent Experience
Loneliness within the neurodivergent community is not a personal failing but often a result of navigating a world designed for different social operating systems.
The Missing Map: Understanding and Building Cognitive Empathy
Many neurodivergent individuals possess profound empathy, yet struggle with cognitive empathy, the mental map for reading social cues.
When Attunement Fails: The Child Who Becomes the Container
For many children, especially those with neurodivergent sensitivities or caregivers burdened by their own unprocessed trauma, the parent’s inability to attune becomes a chronic rupture.
Neurodivergence, Communication Trauma, CPTSD and Embodied Healing
For many neurodivergent individuals, the very act of communication can become a source of profound and repeated trauma.
Synesthesia as Neurodivergent Perception
Synesthesia is not merely a curiosity but a fundamental aspect of sensory processing for many neurodivergent individuals.
Neurotype, Truth, and Conflict in Relationships
When conflict arises, neurodivergent individuals often prioritize objective truth seeking, while neurotypical individuals tend to focus on emotional considerations.
Literally Speaking: Strengthening Neurodiverse Relationships Through Playful Communication
For many neurodivergent individuals, language is a world of literal meanings, where common phrases and implied requests can be confusing.
Parenting While Neurodivergent
Parenting while neurodivergent presents a distinct set of challenges that often go unrecognized.