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Grieving – Peace and Growth After an Autism Diagnosis

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Generally speaking, when people talk about grief, the first thing that comes to mind is the death of a loved one. However, grief can also non-death related issues such as: divorce, mental, or physical, illness, addiction, unemployment, or incarceration. The trouble one often runs into and dealing with non-death weighted grief is that they are not often recognized openly by society at large

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Reasons Stuckness Happens: Radical Acceptance (Simple Insights)

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Stuckness is a byproduct of trauma. Stuckness “occurs each tim.e we encounter a situation that our current adaptations cannot make sense of or handle meaningfully.” (Petriglieri, 2007, p187). The situation itself is an emotional hot potato. There is something that we fear and naturally avoid. However, avoidance accomplishes nothing, So what is the first step? Learning to accept the unacceptable…

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lazy-ass-itis: the all time most frustrating thing about feeling stuck

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As I establish this blog, it is my desire to sort through everything that comes with a late diagnosis of autism and ADHD. As I have stated before, this changes everything about everything. There are many things that now make sense. I see a series of missteps in life as symptoms of undiagnosed neurodivergency. I no longer characterize my being in the world as a negative personal failing.

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