Get Up, Stand Up: Releasing the Art of Self-Abandonment
Masking can be survival. It can also become so automatic that you stop noticing when adaptation has turned into self-erasure. A personal, research-grounded essay…
Read More →Archive
Tag: nervous system overwhelm
Shake Something: Why Somatic Ass Shaking Might Actually Be Good for Your Neurodivergent Nervous System
Rhythmic movement, sensory input, pleasure, stimming and cultural embodiment all offer clues to why shaking your ass can feel regulating—especially for neurodivergent Black women.
Read More →New Dx just Dropped
Black women are often required to become so skilled at compensating for distress that our compensation becomes the very evidence used to deny that…
Read More →The Rock Family Was Regulating One Another: What Every Character Reveals About Neurodivergent Family Dynamics
The Rock family works as a regulation system: Rochelle externalizes control, Julius absorbs and redirects it, Chris carries overload, Drew becomes the low-friction comparison,…
Read More →What Neurodivergent Adults May See in Everybody Hates Chris Now
A show does not need confirmed neurodivergent characters to become meaningful to neurodivergent viewers. Everybody Hates Chris repeatedly dramatizes hidden rules, overload, social misreading,…
Read More →