28
Mar
Let’s get two really simple things straight.
Overload is not anxiety.
Shutdown is not dissociation.
Overload may cause anxiety sometimes for some people. But it is an experience that is at the heart of things… sensory, perceptual, cognitive, whatever you want to call it. But while emotions can be involved, it really isn’t at the [...]
Tags: brain, emotions, Overload, Perception, psychiatry, Shutdown
5
Mar
The closer you get to the heart of things, the more words fall apart. First they get shaky. Then they start contradicting each other or getting paradoxical. Then they just fall apart, dissolve, vanish.
The way my thoughts work creates some similar problems for language. And it’s not just that I haven’t found the absolute best [...]
Tags: Autism, brain, Communication, Language, Perception, thought
23
Jan
In my last post I talked about my tendency to have an automatic and instinctive assumption that dead people were still around. Again, regardless of my current religious beliefs at any given time — I am not talking about heaven hell or purgatory, not talking about ghosts, and not talking about living on in my [...]
Tags: brain, change, Death, Perception, time
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