I have officially been diagnosed with ASD! Thanks for supporting me this far into the journey, and stick around for more autism comics! Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram (I also repost comics on Tumblr) if you like this kind of thing. (Also, please put your own experiences with adult diagnosis in the comments! […]
OCD Memoirs: a Review of Triggered
You know I’m always looking for good books about OCD, psychology, and mental illness. I wrote about having finished Turtles All the Way Down and while I enjoyed it, it left me wanting more representation for the mentally ill in literature. That encouraged me to search around through all the self-help books out there for […]
Hello Internet, I think I May Be…
I’ve always been a fairly low energy person. My lack of “spoons” in life never really matched my physical situation or age. As a teenager I slept a lot and rarely went out or partied or anything. In my twenties I slept just as much and went out even less. I think I’ve been […]
Thoughts on Turtles All the Way Down
So, I recently finished Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. I picked this book up having not read any of his other work, but with the understanding that John Green also suffers from anxiety and that this book is a reflection of that struggle. The reviews and feedback have been overwhelmingly positive and […]
What Do People Get Out of MBTI?
As a personality enthusiast, you meet two kinds of people in life: the kind of people who immediately pounce and say, “Ooh, what’s your type?” and the kind of people who roll their eyes and change the subject. I’ve met more of the latter (and they’ve met more of me) than either of us care […]
Gender and Personality
Women are from Venus, men are from Mars. Boys and girls are fundamentally different; it’s just in their biological makeup! Right? That’s an assumption I have found that many people are a little too comfortable making. When you walk between the genders (or through them, or past them), you see a different world. One in […]