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Consent is very important. “No” is a complete sentence. “No” is personal. “No” is the assumed answer until a clear and willing “yes” is given. If you aren’t sure what the signal is, assume “no”, clarify if that was the correct interpretation. While you may politely enquire why “no”, you can’t push. Pushing to a … Read more

Monday Open Mic – ask a Question Question : What’s your personal belief that species and mental disorders are linked??? Eg Neanderthal, Denisovan etc. Answer: TL:DR We know some DNA is a direct marker, while other DNA is just a warning/ caution. There is some good correlative evidence that having certain DNA segments increases the … Read more

Warning: Contain discussion in and around suicide and self harm. TL, DR: * My condolences for Michelle * The West Australian really F’d up the title * Autism is a neurological difference, not a disability * These differences can be directly disabling, or society led disabling. * The risk fo suicide in Autistic people is … Read more

Serenity – not just a Firefly spin off; it is the state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. The Serenity Mantra is a variant of the Srenity Prayer, but rather than asking for another entity to help you to navigate this, it brings the power of wisdom to yourself. Here we break down why this … Read more

We aren’t born knowing how to navigate this world, earn money or even get food. We need to learn how to do all of this. Learning takes a careful balance of neurotransmitters and thought strategies. Here we look at 12 ADHD Learning Hacks to help you optimise your learning. Not all ADHDers are the same, … Read more

This guide is helping in Taming the Mess. Mess overwhelms when there seems to be far too much to do to get to clean and organised. Mess often happens when you are trying to keep more things than you have places to put things, which can happen when you down size your living space, have … Read more

Can we normalise NOT confusing someone’s FREE time with their AVAILABILITY…??? We need: This isn’t the full list of “free”. And none of that should be confused for “available”. Yes, they can be paused while an urgent thing is attended to… … but be careful whose “urgent” that is. Is it actually objectively urgent, is … Read more

Unlike many psychological and psychiatric diagnoses, Postnatal Depression actually defines itself quite. Postnatal literally describes the time after giving birth, and depression is a symptom where a person feels down, sad, numb, incapable, questions the self, has little to no energy, and may feel suicidal and or contemplate self harm. This term is reserved for … Read more

Maintaining Mental Health if frequently about resource management. Do I have enough neurotransmitter to do this task? Do I have enough bravery to overcome my anxiety to do that? Do I have enough attention to focus on this? Can I put enough towards remembering the details of this course, without having to pull the necessary … Read more

It is an important skill. We need to be able to express our reasonable needs and have them taken seriously. Seriously from and for ourselves. Seriously from our “family”. Seriously from our “friends”. Seriously from our government. Seriously from services. Too often, though, we feel that we can’t Speak Up. We fear that we are … Read more