… you will keep chasing people who don’t love you either. I read this phrase a while ago and it stuck with me. For autistic people who have lived undiagnosed for a long time, this…
Browsing Category Autism (late diagnosis)
Ostracized, infantilized, ridiculed, not believed? About autistic women and confidence
But weren’t we all so tolerant ? Have you ever had the feeling people did not really take you seriously? Or treated you as though you were actually quite incapable? Like when a person takes…
How the neurotypical brain works in one meme
So let’s talk about neurotypical people and their problems with communication. Lately it has happened to me again: a person says something to me to be nice, or to look good in the eyes of…
Revelation: some people think I’m weird and you know what? That’s fine with me!
Actually, it’s even FUN. On our last night before moving house after 15 years in an apartment in the city, we had a drink with our direct neighbors. The downstairs lady was also present. Between…
Autism and context blindness
I am not yet plunging into academic reading on the subject, but rather enjoying discovering and sharing different aspects of autism from the inside. Right now, my inner work is on ‘context blindness’ in autism….
One more on alexithymia, the less known cousin of Autism
Le site de Marlene en français se trouve ici photo : made with love by @Nathalie Frennet On alexithymia and relationships – how you always seem to be walking at a different pace, in time…
Healing through sound : I tried SSP (Safe & Sound Protocol)
I have always been sensitive to sound, having hyperacusis, and wanted to give SSP a go – a therapy that works with sound (pop songs from the 70s-80’s) that are filtered in such a way…
On hypocrisy, autism and Sinéad O’Connor
(image : painting by (c) Herr Seele – with permission ! ) The most difficult part is relationships, be it before or after the diagnosis. I didn’t think it would be when I was 20…
It’s official: I’m an Autism Counselor!
After 58 years of experience with autism from the inside, I am a firm believer in ‘Nothing about us without us’. Article en français ici I have studied to be an Autism Counselor. It’s a…
Unmasking (in) relationships : letter to my younger self
Dear teenage Marlene, Of course it is painful when you realize that your friend(s) never really knew you. It hurts when you understand they never saw your distress, your problems at home, your sensitivities and…