Man recognising patterns and calling out behaviours and truth, fighting against injustice has got me in so much trouble.

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

A brief story from me (autistic): I worked in a management position at a media company and noticed patterns that were toxic for the company. I brought it up and explained my concerns. The result was disbelief and even bullying. I quit, and six months later, the company went bankrupt. This was not the first time I had quickly noticed such business-damaging structures. But it's a bit like Cassandra. I can shout, but no one listens (despite evidence, concrete proof, etc.).

“Rest isn’t a reward. It’s a necessity.”Thank you for saying this.

I have experienced the shaming from others when rejected as a canary in the coal mine. Then 2-3 years later, one by one, members of the group admit privately I was correct. What I said may happen, would likely happen, did. But no one apologized for how I was treated and no one returned and stopped treating me like I was a problem.  Very painful.

This video speaks to my experience that our neurodivergent is not a dysfunction.  Dysfunction experienced by neurodivergent individuals is more a response to dysfunctional human programming and systems that have been imposed on humans.   Specifically, the rampant human dis-connection from the web of life on the planet.  When I engage the web of life on the planet, compost, building soil, planting seeds, growing food and medicine, I feel fully human and not broken.  Deep down I believe it is the social structure and programing is broken and not us…  We exist in dysfunctional, collapsing social structure, and I think neurodivergent folks will play a big part in establishing the new norms.

This is so accurate and I'm elated to see someone else saying this 💜 It gets lonely out there when no one else sees what you see. It makes one feel crazy, but we're literally not. We're just more aware and tuned in. Excellent video! 💜

We are for SURE the vanguard of this future - including empaths, HSP, Intuitives also.  It is not a disorder, it is only the socio-economic society which makes it into a disorder.  In a more caringly structured society, everybody benefits (except the control system I suppose, which is why we're not there yet)

"You don't owe anyone your well-being." Wow, there is still a lot to learn for me there - or unlearn!

You know, that makes so much sense right now:
We are trained to go over our natural boundaries (at maybe 30% of exhaustion), push through, ignore them. And then, at a mark of like 80% to exhaustion they want us to THEN feel a boundary and care for ourselves... (They call it self-responsibility. But only then, at 80%! Not any earlier.😢)

I don't even know what a boundary feels like. They tell me, it cannot be that feeling I get up with each and every day ... But I think, it is. 😮‍💨

This is a really good message. As a christian i always knew there was a link between being Spiritually sensitive and prophetic and my Autism. It’s just describing the same thing with different jargon, and looking at it all with a different lens. Thanks Taylor.

My husband and friends call me “the canary in the coal mine.”

This is sooooo RELATABLE. Thank you for giving a voice to the Autistic community and people.
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Omg STAAAHP!❤❤❤I just paused this because I had to comment before I heard anything else. I am a massage therapist who can no longer practice due to fibromyalgia- a disorder I used to regularly work with and help treat. Get ready sister- FASCIA IS AMAZING. And the overlaps it has with neurodiversity??? It wasn't until my own experience with fibro that started this quest to find out what was going on with me- why this chronic pain?? My body was going to keep turning up the pain until I truly addressed the root problem. I was not "in" my body and the remedy to my pain was actually to learn to listen to it and be patient with it! Currently about to start a comprehensive neuro test and see if I'm AuDHD. And you are so right!!! GENTLENESS IS THE KEY. I now realize I had never been gentle with myself. By the time I was 10 I had an extremely punishing inner monolog but had zero awareness. The fibro onset at 43 years finally led me down this path. Can't believe I'm 47 and I'm really just learning to know and love the "real" me. And if you ever want to talk fascia? My expertise as a massage therapist was in Myofascial Release. Just msg me. And oh yeah- you are a shining star of inspiration and are definitely a healer ❤🤗

This message at this moment blows my mind. Earlier today I was journaling about medical gaslighting and the long road to diagnosis for things like EDS and AuDHD. I sometimes listened to the “pros” when I should have been listening to the all time champ of understanding me: ME! 😅

In all caps today I wrote in my journal : I MUST ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY INNER VOICE AND HONOR THE WISDOM OF MY PRECIOUS INTUITION.

You video was so validating, thoughtful and insightful. Thank you for the brave transparent way you communicate with this community. 💜💜💜

I've also been interested in fascia for a while (before I even identified as autistic, I looked into them to try to "solve" my chronic pain). I had started work with a fasciatherapist (not sure if the term exists in English) for a few months before I looked seriously into autism, and it has helped tremendously.
Then when I fell into the neurodivergence rabbit hole, I kept finding references to both dysautonomia and hypermobility, which resonated with me. I ended up watching a podcast on ADHD Chatter (with Dr Jessica Eccles) that I found absolutely fascinating.
Among other things, she mentioned that people with hypermobility (about 4 times more frequent in diagnosed neurodivergent people, and it may be that most neurodivergent actually fit at least part of the criteria, though more studies are needed) actually have a different composition to their connective tissue / fascia (there may be less collagen, and/or it may be structured differently, to sum up wildly). This may explain a wide range of differences such as proprioception and interoception, GI issues, allergies, dysautonomia, and sensory differences (there is a lot of collagen in skin and ears, for instance). I discussed it with my fasciatherapist and she confirmed she'd also learned about studies to that effect.
Knowing about this has both helped me to find better solutions for my physical and mental health, and to stop thinking that only my brain is processing things differently, but rather my entire body. I don't know why, but I actually found that so liberating!

11:03 I must admit that I often feel like I have no choice, simply because deadlines won't wait for me to rest.

Yes!! I'm a pt working specifically with fascia and it tends to be MUCH more dense and heavy in ND people! We absolutely need to go slowly and be more gentle with ourselves.

I needed this video so much and hadn't realised it. Experiencing the world so differently without having role models or popular narratives to help us understand why it is that what seems completely normal to seemingly everyone around is often so violent to us is a lifelong source of exhaustion and self doubt - when our natural tendencies are, I think, so crucial to society, especially in these brutal times. Thank you and I hope you dig further, I feel less alone.

I love the way you describe sensitivity as more of a "gut feeling". I would never be described as a "sensitive" person in the traditional sense, but I definitely have that "autistic 6th sense" so to speak.

This is probably why i end up getting made 'redundant' at jobs for calling out the discrepancies and games that are being played