Read my latest awkward adventures

35. My Neurodivergent Nightmare Has a Tasting Menu
35. My Neurodivergent Nightmare Has a Tasting Menu
5-minute read (autistic experience, social anxiety, invisible disability, autism and social situations, restaurant etiquette, sensory overload, cognitive load, unwritten social rules, neurodiversity) After several posts exploring illness, healing, and the... Read more...
31. Solitary Confinement is Not a Wellness Retreat
31. Solitary Confinement is Not a Wellness Retreat
5-minute read (autistic burnout, social exhaustion, autistic fatigue, autistic experience, sensory overload, social battery) There was a period of my life where I genuinely believed I had unlocked some kind... Read more...
26. The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Learned About my Nervous System (And Shame)
26. The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Learned About my Nervous System (And Shame)
5-minute read (autistic burnout, alexithymia, autistic traits, sensory overload, emotional regulation, autistic shame, self discovery, autistic strengths, stimming, late-diagnosed autism) I am a middle-aged woman who was diagnosed with autism... Read more...
25. Perimenopause: When Decades of Masking Stopped Working
25. Perimenopause: When Decades of Masking Stopped Working
6-minute read (perimenopause, autistic burnout, late diagnosed autism, executive dysfunction, sensory overload, autistic fatigue, autistic health, chronic illness, brain fog, autistic women) I used to think I was coping reasonably... Read more...
18. Sports: My Brain’s Version of a Pop-Up Add
18. Sports: My Brain’s Version of a Pop-Up Add
2-minute read (sensory processing, sensory overload, attention differences) Some people love sports. They get season tickets, paint their faces, yell at the TV like it can hear them. Me? I... Read more...
17. Am I Disabled? Asking For… Me
17. Am I Disabled? Asking For… Me
4-minute read (autism disability, invisible disability, autistic traits, autistic burnout, autistic accommodations, sensory processing, autistic experience, autistic masking, sensory overload) I’ve been thinking lately about whether my  autism counts as... Read more...
16. Burnt Out, Inflamed, And Fabulous: My Pandemic Glow-Up (of Sorts)
16. Burnt Out, Inflamed, And Fabulous: My Pandemic Glow-Up (of Sorts)
3-minute read (autistic woman, autistic burnout, late diagnosed autism, sensory overload, autistic fatigue, chronic illness, autoimmune disease, perimenopause, mental health, self-acceptance) Remember March 2020? Ah, the nostalgia: sourdough starter kits,... Read more...
14. Driving: A High-Speed Sensory Dodgeball Game
14. Driving: A High-Speed Sensory Dodgeball Game
5-minute read (autistic traits, sensory overload, autistic anxiety, rejection sensitivity,  executive function, sensory processing) There are two types of people in this world: Those who drive with one hand on... Read more...
6. Undiagnosed Autism and Me: Because Apparently Girls Didn’t Have It Back Then
6. Undiagnosed Autism and Me: Because Apparently Girls Didn’t Have It Back Then
2-minute read (autistic women, girls with autism, late diagnosed autism, undiagnosed autism, autistic childhood, autism gender bias, "the lost generation", autistic teenager, special interests, hyperlexia, sensory overload, social difficulties, autism... Read more...
3. The Olympic Sport of Autistic Sleep (Gold Medal in Ritual, Last Place in Actual Rest)
3. The Olympic Sport of Autistic Sleep (Gold Medal in Ritual, Last Place in Actual Rest)
3-minute read (sensory processing, sensory sensitivities, sensory overload, tactile sensitivity, auditory sensitivity, autism and sleep, sleep difficulties, insomnia, sleep routine, autistic traits, fatigue, anxiety, rumination) Let me start by saying... Read more...
2. Spoon Theory? Masking? I Don't Think So.
2. Spoon Theory? Masking? I Don't Think So.
Okay, confession time: as an autistic person, metaphors are my nemesis. I mean, I get them, but my literal brain takes them way too seriously. So when it comes to... Read more...