I like to visualize my energy levels like a video game health bar.Like a video game character, different things that happen to me can deplete my health bar faster than others. - Lyric Rivera

Energy Regulation (Emotional, Sensory, Dopamine) for NeuroDivergent People

Energy, once created, cannot be destroyed. It can only converted from one form of energy to another.
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Put down, over and over again, stifled into silence because nobody knew I was AuDHD, and everyone expected me to be and act as if my brain wasn't wired differently from theirs.

Escaping an Abusive Relationship with Society: A Late Diagnosed Autism Story – My Autistic Life

When I found out I was Autistic a few months before my thirtieth birthday, it was a moment that made me realize that I’d been in an abusive relationship with society.
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Photo of a young Lyric, sitting on a red sofa with a white throw, dressed in a costume they made themselves that's supposed to be Puss N Boots. Several of Lyric's favorite stuffed toys are lined up on the sofa beside them. There is white text that reads: You don't have to have been subjected to formal Autistic Conversion Therapy to have experienced behaviorism and its harms. There are many types of conversion therapy used to "normalize" Autistic and other NeuroDivergent People. ABA, or Applied Behavioral Analysis is among the most widely

You don’t have to have been subjected to formal Autistic Conversion Therapy to have experienced behaviorism and its harms.

There are many types of conversion therapy used to “normalize” Autistic and other NeuroDivergent People. ABA, or Applied Behavioral Analysis, is among the most widely recognized and controversial.
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Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems

I, like many Autistic People, experience stomach issues and stomach distress. There are a multitude of reasons, and triggers, for my tummy troubles.
Today I’m gonna share about my experience of being Autistic and having problems with my stomach, and digestion, and why I think so many Autistic People also struggle with this. Continue reading Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems