And eventually led to a complete shut down of my nervous system... which showed up as stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
This is not just... autism caused my heart event... this is...
Yesterday I shared my theory on how autism directly causes cPTSD...
Particularly, how autistic UNMET NEEDS cause cPTSD over time...
And by far the most asked question was... what exactly are autistic unmet needs?
Part of why this ham-fisted pivot doesn't land is it's not like Dems will have the votes to be passing veto overrides for major policy initiatives, either. That actually takes more votes than impeachment and conviction! The House alone can do a lot more on "accountability" than "affordability."
This. 1000 times this.
There have been *literal decades of research* on the deadweight economic loss that comes from corruption. It's both widely known and widely studied since before Hakeem Jeffries was born
If all you do is engage with the exact sort of art you make, all you'll make is bad photocopies. A broad and diverse 'diet' of art will serve you very well. Plus, you need to go outside.
Even though the sound was less intense, it reacted to the (now much lower decibel) sound as though it were still coming from the same room.
This is the part that I think most people don't fully understand about sensory anxiety. It's not logical. It's nervous system activation.
Now, to be clear... I believe what they called "stress" was actually cPTSD.
In other words... my nervous system had internalized ACTUAL TRAUMA over time...
Which kept compounding and intensifying...
I was diagnosed with stress induced cardiomyopathy after being put through an invasive procedure to rule out blockages in my bloodstream.
(They called it a heart attack in the hospital, and I remember how shocked they were when I told them my age.)