Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is very common amongst the autistic and ADHD community. This blog looks at how it can come about, how it can affect us and what we can do about it.
Tag: mental-health
Help! – I Can’t Ask for Help
Reasons why asking for help - even if badly needed - can seem impossible
I’m NOT A Liar – Thoughts on the attacks on Professor Arday
Thoughts on why an honest professor was do easily villified and tarnished
The Importance and Liberation of Autistic Self-Identification: What It Means For Me
Looking at why self-identification can be a liberating experience and why it is a legitiamte choice for late-identified adults
Nomad or Settler
We know there are different neurotypes, this article theorises as to why these may have evolved.
Refrigerator Revisited
by Nanny Aut My mother and I don't have a good relationship - looking back I'm not sure we ever did. There is a lot of hurt and resentment built up on both sides over the years. To an external observer my mother would classify as a 'refrigerator mother'. To an external observer, my autistic … Continue reading Refrigerator Revisited
Who Tells Your Story?
Who should contol the autism narrative? Surely those whose story it is - not external observers.
Monotropic Moods: Happiness Lasts Forever (Until It Doesn’t) – Part 2
Part 2 of exploring being monotropic and its implications for mental health.
Monotropic Moods: Happiness Lasts Forever (Until It Doesn’t)
Part 1 of exploring being monotropic and its implications for mental health.
June 20, 2025
As you will have noticed the plan to post regularly in May was an epic fail. There were a number of reasons for this. Reasons - not excuses. Unrealistic demand - I am not a consistent person - I don't have a neurology that supports consistency, nor do I have mental health that supports consistency … Continue reading June 20, 2025
