The word felt loaded with assumptions I never agreed to: exceptionalism, elitism, overachievement, even ease. None of these described my inner world...

They did not cease to matter, but that I no longer needed their mattering to hold its form, or mine.

I actually had the option of running down the stairs and out into the street, screaming. Yet when I actually considered doing so, I decided against it because I reasoned that it seemed highly unlikely to solve any problem that I was experiencing, and indeed appeared to risk creating more problems instead.

Queering was spoken like a ritual mispronounced, an invitation, not a memory of exile. It sounded smooth on tongues that had never bled for it. It was not fully understood that celebration belonged to those who had borne the bruise, not to those merely drawn to the glitter.

Love, the kind without ledger or leash, does not genuflect before the architecture of enough.

The human soul does not reorganize itself to meet billing cycles. Sometimes “what just is" resides in liminal spaces.

For the gifted individual, identity is thus a “fractal” phenomenon, in the sense that “selfhood” exists in layers.

to perceive perception requires stepping outside of perception which creates a new perspective to perceive from

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This analogy of a vehicle, a path, an engine, and fuel offers a relatable way to understand Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintigration

If you’ve ever felt like you experience the world much “more” than others, you are not alone, you are needed.

I am nauseatingly sad. The weight of uncertainty feels like a constant, unwelcome presence.

Those who know me well enough know that my favorite word is AND. Yes... AND.

While intuition is a natural cognitive process, it doesn't always flow easily.

A neurodivergent writer offers his definition of creativity, why it can seem elusive, and how this definition can help you be more creative.

growth and recovery become acts of self-care, where individuals can heal without feeling pressured to meet external expectations

“Treat others the way you want to be treated," never quite worked for me because the way I want to be treated is so different...

whatever I had found down there, whatever I had excavated and unearthed, had only made me stronger

There it was - finally proof that I was intuiting correctly. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been dismissed or told that I was crazy.

The one to break the silence, to stir the stillness, to craft new life from the bones of the past.