Life changing chiropractic for about $20:
Dr. Ruch’s books (WAY cheaper than an adjustment):
Knees: AmazonSmile: GOT KNEE PAIN? Where is Your Tibia?: 9781977224149: Ruch, William: Books
Hips/pelvis (as important as the spine since they mess up everything else if they are off – it’s not just for birthing): The Level Pelvis Method: for Pregnancy and Birthing Ease – Kindle edition by Ruch DC, Dr. William J.. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ AmazonSmile.
Is it a slur?
With all slurs, ask yourself: “Where is the noun?”
“Person” or another person word like “adult” or “someone” should always be the noun. The condition itself should never be the noun.
“I have ADHD.” The noun here is “I”, a person. If someone says, “Look at that <slur>”, the noun is <slur>. That’s what makes it dehumanizing. Instead of being recognized as a complex being that includes a trait, they are reduced down to nothing but the trait.
Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation?
Did you ask someone from that culture what their thoughts are? And by “ask” it means first do a web search to see if someone has already answered it.
Language does change and evolve as it is used in different ways. It can be a barrier or a bridge.
1. Tribe
2. Tipping Point
3. No can do
4. Guru
5. Hold down the fort
6. Ninja
7. Powwow
8. Off the reservation
9. Call a spade a spade
10. Indian Summer
11. Nitty gritty
12. Climbing the totem pole
12 Culturally Appropriative Words and Phrases To Stop Using Today – Yoga Journal
Examples of Cultural Appropriation and How to Avoid It | YourDictionary
Preferred Terms for Select Population Groups & Communities | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC
The Diversity & Inclusion Glossary [A List of 200+ Terms] | Ongig Blog
Inclusive Language Guidelines (apa.org)
stub – extract relevant part from: single word requests – Alternative terms to “Blacklist” and “Whitelist” – English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
We did American Swim Academy‘s Walnut Creek location and paid for private (bought out both spots – a parent or BT could use the second spot if we wanted) and later did back to back sessions – one private and one with another kid. Courtney, Jenna and Destiny were especially good. All the instructors give lots of positive feedback and work on exposure for kids who aren’t comfortable with water. Very positive experience and my kiddo now swims comfortably.
I keep meeting folks who have one kid diagnosed but other kids that aren’t. There is relatively strong evidence that it’s genetic/hereditary (Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders – PMC (nih.gov)) – enough that I’m not sure why folks aren’t told to automatically have all siblings evaluated.
I’m 42 and just now starting to figure out who I am and who I want to be, I spent so long masking so deeply that it’s taken over two and a half years to start to realize that I don’t need to do things I “should” to be “normal” or “fit in” – a recent example was telling my best friend that I don’t like eating at restaurants, most of them are sensory nightmares and that I would stay home and happily wait while the others went out. It’s so nice to be able to say no to things without feeling guilty or like I need to explain or give reasons.
Daily schedule, routine, rhythm, agenda, care tasks – call it what you will.
Slow Down to Speed Up
Do each thing completely and well.
To focus, find the gratitude, and remember the reason – connection and care.
Connect with yourself to know how to care for yourself. Connect with your environment to care for it – it’s your habitat and caring for it is caring for yourself. Your body, the place you are right now, your home, your neighborhood, city, county, state, country, continent, your planet.
Start from the center and work outward. From the seed grows the tree, and its full reach is unseen.
Documentation is key. If you don’t have time to write it down….you’re doing too much. So I’m documenting.
You’re a human with the environmentally sensitive neurotype & likely genotype.
If you have Autism – then you also are probably suffering from some number of these issuses:
Your intellect, creativity, independence, etc. are all part of your neurotype, but if you can’t connect or communicate with others, that’s something you can work on and improve – and most likely therapy isn’t the way to start – figuring out your particular health problems and addressing those is. Starting with sleep.
With the rise of chemical farming, both chemical exposures and also lack of nutrients, Autism has increased. With the introduction of sugar and processed foods, Autism has risen.
There have always been Neurodivergent folks, they are the ones driving the advancement of society. And without Neurotypical folks, society would collapse. We’re in the process of fixing things by way of breaking them first to figure out how they work.
Before humans did things that worked, that were discovered by trial and error experimentation, but didn’t know why it worked. Examples being much of indigenous knowledge, and eastern knowledge.
The main example I know of is acupuncture & qi. Western medicine only recently realized that the fascia maps to the energy flow of qi. And sensory signals are energy flows/transfers.
Permaculture with its restorative agriculture that can restore the soil-food web and our health is also the solution for climate change. Human culture and the human race are evolving into a global community, and right now we’re suffering the growing pains. If we can learn to truly care for ourselves, then we’ll learn that to do so, we must care for others and our planet.
First I have a question – how do YOU feel when someone gives you unsolicited advice?
If it’s more like the first ones and not the last two, why would someone else feel differently?
What would happen if instead you asked if they were open to you sharing ideas or your experience?
What if you respected if they weren’t ready to hear it, but at least they know you’re available if they want it?
What if you asked them what they think they need or what they want, and why they want it? Could you ask leading questions so they could figure things out on their own?
What would happen if you took your own advice first? What would it look like to be the change you want to see?
What are you missing if people aren’t listening to you? Are you not connecting first? Are you regulated? Are they?
Cassandra from Greek Mythology embodies the anguish of seeing the future and not being able to do anything about it. But it’s a misleading tale – we can do something about it, but not the thing that is easy for us – telling others.
We have to do the hard work of helping them see for themselves, or the even harder work of connecting with others so strongly that they trust us to be looking out for their best interests as well.
Here’s some info on POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) – which I think might also be called Vasovagal Syndrome – at least it sure sounds the same to me, possibly the vasovagal one is missing the other related symptoms. Either because they aren’t there or just the connection isn’t being made since they aren’t what a cardiologist might be looking at.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) (for Parents) – Nemours KidsHealth
I didn’t discover it until 2005-2010ish, but looking back it explains my temperature intolerances, fainting, dizziness, vertigo, fatigue, tunnel vision, chemical sensitivities, etc. and those either developed or got worse during my teenage years.
Being pregnant and having the associated increased blood volume was the best I ever felt and I finally figured out the wall of fatigue the first couple days of/before my period is from the drop in blood volume.
It also addresses the gas and nausea I would have that was one of my worst symptoms. I didn’t figure that out until much later and even then I didn’t know why, it took my ADHD doctor to explain it to me because he was monitoring my blood pressure while we found the right dosage of Adderall. Turns out that the side effect of increased blood pressure is super helpful for me and I was able to reduce my Midodrine by half or more.
I only figured out my POTS because I kept seeing the acronym when I was looking up EDS info. When I went to look that up it was another epiphany moment for me.
Syncope can trigger your sympathetic nervous system (panic! the brain isn’t getting blood to provide oxygen!!), and then when you recover that can kick off the parasympathetic system (rest & digest – time to dump some digestive juices into your empty stomach!) which can then result in gas, bloating & nausea.
I was wondering this morning why “I feel ___ when ___, I need ___.” statements are so hard to use.
My first thought was that being honest means being vulnerable – which can be very hard for many of us. I’m very open about the facts of my life, but I realize I still struggle with sharing my feelings.
Side note, I recently read something about the difference between feelings and emotions.
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