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...
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Jill Holly
- May 1
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Apr 23
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Apr 19
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Mar 26
- 1 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Mar 21
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Mar 15
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Feb 29
- 2 min
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....
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Jill Holly
- Feb 26
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Feb 19
- 2 min
The Shredder
Many NeuroDivergent folk hyperfocus. This can be a focus on healthy hobbies and showcase productive, creative acts of wonder and success....
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Jill Holly
- Feb 13
- 1 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Feb 8
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Feb 8
- 1 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Jan 31
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Jan 23
- 1 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Jan 4
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Dec 30, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
Privilege and Inequality.
The current Education system Teaches and Assesses our Young People based on learning styles suited mostly for NeuroTypicals. Assemblies...
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Jill Holly
- Nov 20, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Jill Holly
- Nov 8, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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