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“Maintaining that neurotypical mask feels deeply inauthentic and it’s extremely exhausting to maintain” I felt like I was living a double life. Like there was me around my family, but then there was my own little world in my office in the basement. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.
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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 a radical act of self-love because it is a positive valuation of one’s self against the perception of what society demands of you. You are telling yourself that
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“I started meeting Autistic people in real life, posting about Autism online, and attending local meetups for neurodiverse people” So far, their story has mirrored mine, except I haven’t taken this step. I wonder if I should. Excerpt From: Price, Devon. “Unmasking Autism.” Harmony/Rodale, 2022-04-05. Apple Books.
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“the feeling of inferiority is an awareness that arises within vertical relationships. If one can build horizontal relationships that are “equal but not the same” for all people, there will no longer be any room for inferiority complexes to emerge.” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to
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“Adlerian psychology refutes all manner of vertical relationships and proposes that all interpersonal relationships be horizontal relationships” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“Each person belongs to a separate community. And when it comes down to it, all of us belong to the community of the earth, and the community of the universe.” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“the scope of community is infinite” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“A sense of belonging is something that one acquires through one’s own efforts—it is not something one is endowed with at birth” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“In Adlerian psychology, however, a sense of belonging is something that one can attain only by making an active commitment to the community of one’s own accord, and not simply by being here.” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“This view of the human being as “I as a whole,” as an indivisible being that cannot be broken down into parts, is referred to as “holism.” Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.
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“The same holds true for reason and emotion, and the conscious mind and the unconscious mind as well. A normally coolheaded person doesn’t expect to have a fit of violent emotion and start shouting at someone. We are not struck by emotions that somehow exist independently from us. Each
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“In Adlerian psychology, physical symptoms are not regarded separately from the mind (psyche). The mind and body are viewed as one, as a whole that cannot be divided into parts. Tension in the mind can make one’s arms and legs shake, or cause one’s cheeks to turn red,