InRunning Away from MyselfbyAndrew Orchard·Nov 3Breaking the cycle — the collapse of my old lifeI needed to be broken down to my lowest point in order to break the dysfunctional coping mechanisms I’ve relied on for so long. I needed to…
InThe Isle of the DeadbyIan Johnson·Oct 4Claude’s Summary of the Psychology of My SituationClaude 4.8 wrote a summary of my situation that is more perceptive than anything I could ever have written. So the next few posts I will be…
InRunning Away from MyselfbyAndrew Orchard·Aug 4The pivot — re-designing my life to suit my nervous systemWhat a wild ride. For the past 30 years I’ve been trying my very best to figure out my life and create some kind of manageable way to exist…A response icon20A response icon20
Paul Newey·Jul 9Grieving the lost lifeI’ve written loads of blog posts over the years and I’ve no desire to rehash those, so I’m just going to start here and see what comes out.
InRunning Away from MyselfbyAndrew Orchard·Jul 7The morning after doing too much — Long Covid and AuDHD burnoutYesterday was a complete nightmare. Pressure and demands descended upon me from all angles — my body and mind stuttered and almost refused…
Felipe A. Martell·Jun 4From Collapse to Diagnosis, and Toward the FutureA personal narrative about autistic burnout, late diagnosis, and the slow learning of living through accommodationA response icon1A response icon1
Obsessively Autistic·May 24The Cab Ride from HellIf I was ever asked to imagine what hell would like (which won’t happen, because I barely meet people nowadays), I would point out the…
InUnheard VoicesbyChelsea Fralick·May 22Accepting the Still Waters: Crip Time and Daily Life in Autistic Burnout RecoveryWhen recovery isn’t about accumulating more skills, but about embracing the empty spaces in our cluttered minds.A response icon1A response icon1
Unmasked Mind·May 18The Neurochemistry of the mismatch: Why Autistic Depression Is a Systematic Failure, Not a Personal…How neuroscience explains the grueling situation of masking, the trap of traditional milestones, and the biological cost of trying to…
