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I started binging on Civ VI again. I wonder what that says about my state of mind. My gaming has been focused on Civ VI, sudoku, crosswords, and solitaire. I got some speakers for the Xbox’s monitor; now I don’t have to wear headphones to play. I also
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Does anyone else find it funny that an autistic dating app has a name which is a homophone for “hickie”?
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I know these things are true because when I finally connected with other neurodivergent people, realised my full set of differences, and started to accept the things I cannot change – I began to thrive. You need positive examples to help you grow past your old lessons. You get those from
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Those of us who ‘adapt’ are forcing ourselves to not be ourselves – it’s an act that takes up a lot of cognitive resources for this alone, and also can lead to anxiety, depression, and a loss of identity. The more effectively Autistic people mask, the higher the risk of
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Masking can best be thought of as a trauma response to a world that tells people that are different they should be cast out, and so in an act of survival, we supress who we really are to fit into the boxes expected of us. I’d always thought of
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[School] is the first place for many neurodivergent people that the seed is sown that they are fundamentally wrong, and that they must change and supress their neurodivergent traits. The lack of understanding of how neurodivergent brains work leads to stigmatisation, isolation, feelings of failure compared to peers, and starts
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Today marks three weeks since we moved. We’ve both settled in a bit. Pepsi is positively blooming; multiple windows to look out of, boys to play laser pointer with, Dad’s undivided attention. She’s a pretty happy cat right now, though I can’t wait until she adjusts
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Alongside Assur, Salem’s role also included managing all the archaeological sites in the Shirqat area, which numbered 274. “In total, we have four archaeologists and nine security guards,” he told me. “Every guard has to look after ten to twelve sites, and the other locations have nothing.” He shrugged
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I can’t decide if the weirdest thing about my new apartment is the backwards oven racks or the fact that someone painted the bathtub
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“We wasted thirty years in which we could have remade the world,” Paul wrote. “Where once we were guided by hope we let ourselves be overtaken by fear. I think that’s the legacy of the Great War on Terror—a nation whose greatest fear is not terrorism, per se,
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“I’m not saying the movie was good, bad or indifferent. Actually, to tell you the truth, I was so prepared for the worst that I actually kind of liked it. Let me quote my cousin, who saw it shortly before he died: ‘It wasn’t as bad as I