neurodivergence
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Everything that kills me (2)
The first time I heard ‘Counting Stars‘, written by One Republic guitarist Ryan Tedder, I heard the lyric: EVERYTHING THAT KILLS ME, MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE and I felt validated. While all art is subject to individual interpretation, in my mind this song translated an understanding of my love/hate relationship with my oft rampant wild side and… Read more
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I just don’t get it. So I find ways to.
So often in life, I just don’t get it. You know- the multitude of its that other people appear to be “getting” and moving in the understanding of that I can’t seem to grasp without coming up with a method or workaround that speaks to me, clarifying my directive. I require a “picture” created in… Read more
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When what it LOOKS like isn’t what it IS
I have an imaginary husband. This is a running joke of many people I grew up around. I stop short of using the word friends to indicate that while those who amuse themselves with this anecdote are certainly friends in the schoolmate historical sense of the word, we remain friends merely in the genuinely happy… Read more