Lauren

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“Many women latch onto language from popular psychology, such as "panic attack," when often they are instead experiencing sensory overwhelm.”
― Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

tags: adhd, anxiety, autism, neurodiversity, panic-attack, sensory-overload, sensory-processing-disorder

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“High stimulation is both exciting and confusing for people with ADHD, because they can get overwhelmed and overstimulated easily without realizing they are approaching that point.”
― Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

tags: adhd, hypersensitivity, neurodiversity, overstimulation, sensory-processing

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“There is a sense that a particular neurodivergence does not make people inherently disabled, but they feel disabled because of the generally overstimulating environments of dominant neurotypical culture and settings.”
― Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

tags: disability, neurodivergence

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“Dat ze iemand blij kon maken met zoiets als een glas limonade bracht haar een gevoel van heel simpel geluk. Het soort geluk dat nergens van afhing, dat er gewoon altijd wel was en je af en toe terloops even aanraakte.”
― Yorick Goldewijk, Films die nergens draaien

tags: dutch, geluk, kinderboek, kleine-gelukjes, nederlands

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“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

tags: alien-perspective, animal-pov, book-title, human-nature, humanity, humans

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