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The Dentist, my enemy. Hidden cost of NeuroDivergence. Sharing.
No one tells you about this stuff. So I will. This is just my perspective. I just had a visit to the hygienist. Scraping and whizzing...
Jill Holly
May 16, 20241 min read
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People, We Matter
It's a Bloggy kind of day. I happened to stumble upon this recording. Where have I been to have missed this Imelda May? I well up and get...
Jill Holly
May 1, 20242 min read
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Oversharing is Awesome
Today, I 'almost' sh#t myself in my glorious autistic friend's car. The friend is awesome, not the car, although the car is nice. An...
Jill Holly
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Do You?
I don't normally share Others' videos here, but this one—10 minutes long — needs expanding and applauding. Although it is about ADHD, it...
Jill Holly
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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If I had a magic wand
If I had a magic wand and could make a change for NeuroDivergent folk, what would I do? I would make all educational settings...
Jill Holly
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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I've got The ADHD Energy Burst
I have ADHD Energy Bursts. In the middle of the night, I had a million ideas and wanted to write about them and create lists of amazing...
Jill Holly
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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SEN Emotional Tax
Anyone disadvantaged (by their health or the system) knows everything we must do is harder. Mine is called the SEN tax. This is...
Jill Holly
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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ADHD Brain fog, poor working memory. Ableism.
My whole life I have had a struggle with my memory. I cannot retain information that I do not find interesting. It is mostly that simple....
Jill Holly
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Resilience. What is this buzzword?
Resilience is the ability to manage and recover when things are tough or go wrong. It's like building muscles. Rupture and repair. It is...
Jill Holly
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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The Shredder
Many NeuroDivergent folk hyperfocus. This can be a focus on healthy hobbies and showcase productive, creative acts of wonder and success....
Jill Holly
Feb 19, 20242 min read
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We are Different.
I am NeuroDivergent. I was bullied in school. Having grown up feeling like a misfit, I now just do me. School meant feeling like an...
Jill Holly
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Emotional dysregulation, wobbles or whatever you call them.
I am writing from my perspective but as an observation about Children, having worked in Education. Support in school. What does that...
Jill Holly
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Evening Revenge Dinner.
Unmasking is serious business. Not always a choice. However, this is a jokey, upbeat version of Unmasking. I have plans to go out for...
Jill Holly
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Dear ADHD.
I wrote this in August 2020. To my ADHD. I always knew you were in the background, grabbing my attention. I absolutely hated you. I...
Jill Holly
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Failing. But still Winning.
We can't fail when we are Authentic. Here is an example. I set up a NeuroDivergent Professionals online group on Facebook. I accidentally...
Jill Holly
Jan 23, 20241 min read
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Paralysis, or whatever it is. Me versus it.
If you know, you know. It's that 'can't be arsed' feeling even when we want or need to do the Thing. And no, everyone being "a bit like...
Jill Holly
Jan 4, 20242 min read
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It is not what you think.
Masking. It appears so often in a NeuroDivergent's world. But what is it, and why? My old masked self had an identity. A way of living...
Jill Holly
Dec 30, 20232 min read
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Privilege and Inequality.
The current Education system Teaches and Assesses our Young People based on learning styles suited mostly for NeuroTypicals. Assemblies...
Jill Holly
Dec 11, 20232 min read
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Non stop head frenzy. Decisions.
Want to know what ADHD feels like when you need to make decisions? My Brain is nonstop. It goes to every million possibilities of what...
Jill Holly
Nov 20, 20233 min read
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A bunch of just different pebbles
I personally think NeuroDivergent (ND) folk are set up to fail when: * We live in a NeuroTypical (NT) designed life, * We are seen as a...
Jill Holly
Nov 8, 20231 min read
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