alexithymia
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Autism and context blindness
I am not yet plunging into academic reading on the subject, but rather enjoying discovering and sharing different aspects of autism from the inside. Right now, my inner work is on ‘context blindness’ in autism. I find it not only to be fascinating, but am also discovering its deep impact on my own life. So
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One more on alexithymia, the less known cousin of Autism
Le site de Marlene en français se trouve ici photo : made with love by @Nathalie Frennet On alexithymia and relationships – how you always seem to be walking at a different pace, in time and depth – how you can’t necessarily express your feelings and desires when the other person asks you to –
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Healing through sound : I tried SSP (Safe & Sound Protocol)
I have always been sensitive to sound, having hyperacusis, and wanted to give SSP a go – a therapy that works with sound (pop songs from the 70s-80’s) that are filtered in such a way that the inner ear gets stimulated as well as the whole vagus nerve, in order to create a sense of
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Special skill or handicap? Thoughts on ‘detail orientedness’ and alexithymia
I want to talk about a typically autistic talent: finding patterns in the weirdest places, combined with a difficulty to identify one’s emotions. A few weeks ago, I noticed a series of subtle differences in the movements and behavior of my neighbors : their car was there at hours it normally wasn’t, a window that