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The hardest battles are saved for the toughest warriors!
Albert Einstein was Autistic and he discovered everything was energy.Abraham Lincoln was depressed and he ended slavery.Charles Darwin had a number of mental and physical health issues and discovered evolution.Princess Diana had depression and bulimia and she was known to be full of heart and compassion.John Nash was schizophrenic and yet he helped father the…
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That misphonia life
Do you know what it’s like to live with misphonia? Do you want to? I wonder if you would even be able to imagine it. First off, What is misphonia exactly? according to Merriam-Webster is: “a condition in which one or more common sounds (such as the ticking of a clock, the hum of a…
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Musings of an insomniac…
What if the neurodivergency spectrum was linear from altruistic and empathetic to autistic and narcissistic, and everyone was on it? And then each person on the overall spectrum had their own personal color wheel of a spectrum tailored to their individual personality, gifts, and flaws? What if it’s not an attention deficit, but rather an…
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Prompt of the day: 8/16/23
What is a word you feel that too many people use? The word I feel gets over used is “love.” That word as lost all natural meaning and instead is basically used as a means of control anymore. I’ll love you so you won‘t leave me and will stay and tolerate my abusive bullshit. I’ve…
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Prompt of the day: 8/14/23
What profession do you admire most and why? Any profession that actually makes a positive contribution to the world and the people in it. Writers, Artists, biologists, inspirational speakers, advocates… teachers, policemen, doctors, and nurses used to be included in that group but those professions are mostly about power, control, and ego anymore these days.…
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Childhood memories…
* I remember getting slapped across the face right outside my elementary school on more than one occasion, because I said something she didn’t like. Had to enter the building with a red hand print on my cheek and tears in my eyes, but no one asked me what happened. No one ever asked me…
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Memories…
* I remember my entire life being told what I was feeling and the reasons why I was doing things. My protests of correction fell on deaf ears, and of course their reasons never had anything to do with my neurodivergency. It was always due to my assumed intentional laziness or disrespect. Spoiler alert: I’m…
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“Conversations” with my neurologist…
So on Tuesday I had a 24 hour EEG put in place and had it removed Wednesday. Today was the follow up visit where we would discuss the results. Here is, in a nutshell, how that appointment went… Me: Hi Dr: Hi, how are you? Me: I’m you know doi- Dr (abruptly): your EEG is…
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Ch-ch-ch-changes…
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I’d like to expose the truth. Break stigmas about mental illness, neurodivergency, lgbt+, religion, and spirituality. I hope to be not just an influence, but an inspiration for other people to heal their minds, bodies, and souls, and to break…
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Famous Visionaries
Abraham Lincoln was known to be melancholy, yet he ended slavery.He was murdered at 56 years. The meaning of the name is “father of multitudes” or “father of a nation.” Albert Einstein was on the autism spectrum, most likely Aspergers, and suffered a multitude of chronic health issues of the digestive system, liver, stomach ulcer,…
Diaries of an Empath 