Pulled in so many directions, I forget my first priority is my health.
Tag: disability
The Renegade Thought
My instincts usually order me to close down and build up my protection, but there are urges to disobey and leave myself vulnerable. We all have our habitual thought process and propensities. We also have those triple turncoat traitorous thoughts which actually lead us to a better way of being. Time and effort is needed … Continue reading The Renegade Thought
10 Affirmations for Productivity
I deserve to feel pride for achieving any task regardless if it feels like an insignificant one, and I am proud of myself. If I cannot accomplish a task or use my time in a way I deem productive, I will not shame myself and I will be proud that I do not need to … Continue reading 10 Affirmations for Productivity
Being Recognized as You Are
As autistic and neurodivergent people, the ways we interact with the world are informed by how we’re perceived and how people react to us. This can be said of all human beings but being born into pre-established expectations we’ll never meet, social, emotional, educational, etc, involves a convoluted sense of self being projected onto us. … Continue reading Being Recognized as You Are
I Value My Time (and Other Affirmations)
I often need to remind myself of neglected truths. My skills are valuable, my time is precious, and I deserve respect. My free time is spent freeing myself, learning and creating. All time is free, we are forced into it. I’m not worth less because I’m disabled, or because I can’t work a 9-5 retail … Continue reading I Value My Time (and Other Affirmations)
My Experience with Cleanliness
I’m a disorganized person, a partially recovered hoarder, and I’m disabled. This adds up to some very unsavoury environments I’ve created around myself but in recent years I’ve made progress in leaps and bounds. Still, my apartment is rarely clean and when it is, it’s often short lived. But no longer am I sleeping on … Continue reading My Experience with Cleanliness
Ups and Downs
Mountains and valleys, sometimes the fall is further than your most recent climb but we can’t go down into a valley without an up to complete the curve. No matter how slow you go and no matter how steep the journey, life doesn’t stand still. My bipolar disorder has been properly medicated and I’ve spent … Continue reading Ups and Downs
5 Ways to Recuperate and Still Be Productive
I have ADHD along with several other neurological and psychiatric disorders which has meant I require more rest breaks during tasks, need to identify obstacles, and learn to prioritize. Understanding our own personal needs is a crucial step in increasing our productivity as we can’t accommodate problems we haven’t familiarized ourselves with. For myself, I … Continue reading 5 Ways to Recuperate and Still Be Productive
You and Your Mental Illness Don’t Exist Alone in an Empty Room
Often it feels as though we are alone in our mind, facing off against our disorders. We feel isolated. Maybe we feel doomed to follow the missteps of our parents, or that we’re missing out on life, or held back in a race everyone else is close to winning, I have moments like these every … Continue reading You and Your Mental Illness Don’t Exist Alone in an Empty Room
Alchemy of the Self
Anyone can heal. Anyone can be at peace. Our core is a valuable and pristine place which can undergo processes of change— medicine from poison. There are misconceptions about alchemy, one being that it’s a dead art-science. Modern practical and psychospiritual alchemy is becoming popularized as resources become more widely available, from ancient text to … Continue reading Alchemy of the Self
Sustaining Practice 