The holiday season can be especially challenging for autistic people, making it hard to have the happy holiday experience others seem to expect. From Thanksgiving and through Christmas to New Year’s, there’s a nonstop stream of holiday events, sensory overload, and social expectations, creating an environment that can feel overwhelming and exhausting. With a fewContinueContinue reading “How to have happier holidays when you’re autistic”
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How to have happier holidays when you have ADHD
The holiday season can be particularly challenging for those of us with ADHD, leading to less than happier holidays. The pressures and expectations of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year come at us from all directions, with seemingly no break once Halloween has passed. That’s two months of holiday hype, filled with pressure to do everythingContinueContinue reading “How to have happier holidays when you have ADHD”
How to leverage authenticity and bring down internalised shame
Internalised shame around our neurodivergence often stems from societal expectations to conform to ‘normal’ standards, leading us to feel flawed, broken or inadequate. The tension forms when we’re exposed to ‘normalised’ ideas throughout our lives. These ideas come from other people and shape how we feel we ‘should’ behave, feel, emote, work, socialise, look, dress,ContinueContinue reading “How to leverage authenticity and bring down internalised shame”