You can pick any random word from a list of values and say to yourself "maybe if I try this one, I'll finally fit in." But it's still not your voice. It's just another mask.

Epilepsy Seized My Creativity Today I realized it's been almost a year since I last wrote something here. Not because I wasn't interested or inspired (actually, my phone is probably confused why I keep putting notes in it that I haven't come back to) but because after living with epilepsy for over twenty years and never having it completely controlled, I needed to really reexamine what my neurodivergent brain was doing. And it turned out all that examination would lead to a

Maybe you're used to having an abundance of words. So what do you do when the yap goes silent and you have nothing to say?

I write because my hyperverbal autism put a yearning for words in my soul that demands it. And it feels so good to listen.