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Yes, neurodiversity has a lot of niceties, if you can tap into the powerful upsides and know how to deal with the downsides. One downside, however, is the lack of learning from experience like neuronormal people. What do I mean? Imagine the cat touching the hotplate of a stove and it will remember never to… Read more
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Yes – and no. Catastrophising itself is not like a hyperfocus (to me). But what results as a means to counter or stop the vicious circle of catastrophic whirlwinds in my head is quite like it. Let me explain. Working with clients that suffer from either an addiction or a compulsive disorder/panic attacks/anxiety disorder or… Read more
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Atomic Habits and self efficacy expectation – Reframing Appointment overwhelm to joyful anticipation
Reframing has long since become a very important tool to re-condition and rewire certain networks in my brain thanks to neuroplasticity. Otherwise I would have been very unsuccessful regarding stopping to drink alcohol. I have been laboring on the topic for quite a while and I have found some similar difficulties in terms of quitting… Read more
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Ah, yes. Impulse control. One of the functions that I can rely on worst in my neurodivergence. There are a lot of issues where this is a severe obstacle in my daily life and routines. And most of it is due to the lack of dopamine and noradrenaline when you mist need it. Then overwhelm… Read more
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Long question, short answers? Possibly, since I want to start writing on a daily basis again. Not to build up reach, but to better sort out my ADHD and the correlation with substance abuse. So, let’s get into it. (a) Well, this one is obviously the most hard to answer and theoretical question at first… Read more
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I think I had been on this path earlier. But I also have written earlier, that I sometimes take up loose ends and closed cases, because the actual need may come to it or I have new insights. And since my ADHD brain is too impatient to roam through all my old posts, this is… Read more
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It seems as if the summer season acts as some sort of filter or reset for certain habits, needs and routines in my life. If I have the same in winter, when the year closes, I don’t know. I think so, but the big filter is summer season. I guess it’s the rhythm that has… Read more
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Literature and philosophy in itself bear a lot of power to change. Likewise does exercising. Interestingly, I found a very immersive way of incorporating one way with the other to really get a full bodily appreciation of read passages from an audio book. The reason this is so meaningful is that the insights and memories… Read more
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Sometimes things are harder to endure than in other times. My personal suffering boundaries depend a lot on overwhelming and stressful life situations and lack of motivation, that’s for sure. In different modes and moods, I tend to react differently to things that are bugging me and stressing me out up to the point of… Read more
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Don’t get me wrong. I love Thomas Ligotti. I love him for his writing style, his slow pace horror that is lingering around for a long time and the thoughts his writing provokes in a very existential manner. But the things I love about Ligotti is exactly the things I despise and fear about him:… Read more
