Category: Stress

Getting Out of the What If Cycle

Sometimes we get into the cycle of constantly asking “what if?”. Here’s my thoughts on why we do, and how we can manage it.

Anxiety Reduction for Neurodivergent Humans

Here’s one of the most helpful reframes I’ve ever come across when dealing with my own anxiety, or helping my clients through theirs.

Dealing with Anxiety Around My Dr’s Appointment

I thought I might talk you through what I do to calm myself down, to see the anti-anxiety practices I teach in action.

Close up on a white fire alarm, with a blurred out image of a room.

Are You Really “Overreacting”?

People react to different amounts of sensory input, but even when it’s only a little, it’s not made up.

The 5 Most Overlooked (and Common) Autistic Stressors

Here are five things that are so common in our modern lifestyle, that we often don’t have a chance to experience life without them, so we don’t see how much they affect us.

The backs of two people walking by some stairs in an urban park.

Thoughts on Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind is often pointed out as an autistic deficit, but is it really that? Is something else going on? And is it just autistics that find this challenging?

A fossil of a long dinosaur, in brown rocks. There's a museum label to the side saying Coelophysis.

A Dentist and A Dinosaur

A recent trip to the dentist was both a harrowing experience and a moment of acceptance.

Person sitting at a desk with an open book. They are putting two pencils to their head and looking at the person in front of them.

After trying a range of activities to see how each made your body feel, did you notice anything unexpected? Did some that you associate with relaxing not actually have that relaxing effect? Here’s why.