Internal Dopamine Menus: Mental Play When You Cannot Change Your Environment
Some situations are boring, stressful or uncomfortable, and you cannot get out of them. You are: 🚇 stuck on a long commute🏢 trapped in a…
Kategorie: Self-Care
Designing Your Sensory Profile: Mapping Inputs, Triggers and Just Right Signals as an Adult
You probably know that you are sensitive in some way. Maybe noise drains you faster than other people.Maybe you crave certain textures or movements.Maybe you…
Neurodivergent Brains in Healthcare Waiting Rooms: Coping with Noise, Uncertainty, and Being Observed
You make the appointment because you need help. Then you arrive at the practice or hospital and you are dropped into one of the hardest…
Shutdown and Meltdown Body Emergency Plans: How to Design Your Own Toolkit and Cards
When your system is about to crash, you usually do not have spare brain power to think about what would help. In autistic, ADHD and…
Neurodivergent Self Care 2.0: Moving Beyond “Take a Bath and Go for a Walk”
When you search for self care ideas, you often see the same suggestions: Have a bubble bath.Go for a walk.Light a candle.Do some yoga. If…
Sensory-Friendly Travel: Airports, Hotels, and Scheduling Recovery Days
Travel can sound exciting on paper and still feel brutal in practice. Airports, security checks, boarding, unfamiliar hotels, new sounds and smells, disrupted routines, social…
Stimming in Adults: What It Is, Why It Helps, and How to Stop Feeling Ashamed
You might catch yourself rocking in your chair during long meetings, tapping your fingers in a very specific pattern, chewing sleeves, playing with your hair,…
Sensory Diet for Adults: Build a Daily Plan That Prevents Overload
Some days your nervous system feels like it woke up already at 80%.The lights are too bright, clothes feel wrong, everyone is too loud, and…
Shutdown Prevention Self-Care: Recognising Early Signs and Responding Before Collapse
Shutdowns are one of the most misunderstood experiences in neurodivergent adulthood. They happen when the brain and nervous system reach a point where continuing to…
Social Cooldown: What Neurodivergent Adults Need After Family Visits, Group Events or Meetings
For many neurodivergent adults, socialising is a double-edged experience. You may enjoy people, care deeply about relationships, and want connection — yet still feel completely…