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These studies help to explain why people generally identify a few lines and a circle as a “face” so quickly and without hesitation. Cognitive processes are activated by the “face-like” object which alerts the observer to both the emotional state and identity of the subject, even before the conscious mind
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Much like water, we take the shape of our container. To put it another way, we don’t choose the form that our masking takes, the environments we exist within often choose it for us. This is why many Autistic people experience internalised ableism, the environment of neuronormative society teaches
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The key difference in our opinion is that while burnout can lead to depression, it does not start there, and is rarely responsive to typical treatments for depression. Autistic burnout starts with monotropic split (Adkin, 2022) over a sustained period of time. Burnout recovery can take months or even years,
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What atypical burnout can look like is being stuck in a hyper-aroused state, Tanya often affectionately dubs this as “meerkat-mode”, she describes a meerkat-type nervousness, constantly on the look out for danger, unable to focus and self-regulate creating the need for constant co-regulation with another person, and a fear of
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monotropic spiral Creating Autistic Suffering: What is Atypical Burnout? - Emergent Divergence
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I call this monotropic split. The monotropic mind is having to split its attention and give more mental energy and attention than it has available to be able to withstand the environment it is in and remain safe. Guest Post: What is monotropic split? - Emergent Divergence
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So I started to do something I regret in hindsight, I started to become an unwanted guest. This is not something I planned or realized at first, but I found out in an extremely awkward way. One night, after spending MANY days pretty much camped out at this friend’s
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The limbic brain does not use language but reads the small muscles around the eyes, the set of shoulders, the breathing, the posture, of other people. In other words, cues that people who have trouble with faces or difficulty making or maintaining eye contact might have trouble reading. The Opposite
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“Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It’s also a radical act of self-love.” It is justice for our disability when I am forcing my disability to get the same attention as their ability. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.” Harmony/Rodale, 2022-04-05. Apple Books.
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“Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It’s also a radical act of self-love.” Refusing to behave typically is revolutionary because it goes against the status quo. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.” Harmony/Rodale, 2022-04-05. Apple Books.
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“Our first experience of ourselves as a person in the world, therefore, is one of being othered and confused” Confused would be a good word to describe me in childhood. I always felt like I was a step off, a beat behind. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.” Harmony/Rodale,
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“Our first experience of ourselves as a person in the world, therefore, is one of being othered and confused” The people of the world were not my comrades, and I very quickly felt like I was different than everyone else. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.” Harmony/Rodale, 2022-04-05. Apple