Have you ever wondered if you might be autistic? Maybe you’ve spent years feeling like certain things seem much harder for you than they seem to be for other people. Social situations can be exhausting. You may need more recovery time after being around others, feel overwhelmed by noise or busy environments, or find changes to your routine surprisingly difficult. Maybe you’ve always felt a little different, but you never had an explanation for why. For some adults, learning a

When we think about grief, we often think about losing someone through death, but sometimes we grieve someone who is still alive. A relationship may have ended. A family member may no longer be part of your life. Someone you love may be struggling with addiction or a serious illness. A person may still be physically present, but the relationship you once had with them may no longer exist in the same way. These experiences can create a particularly complicated kind of grief. Y

When something feels threatening, overwhelming, or unsafe, your body can respond before you've had time to consciously think about what is happening. You might feel an immediate urge to get away, become angry or defensive, feel numb or unable to move. Or you might find yourself automatically trying to make everyone else happy and prevent conflict. These responses are often described as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. You may have heard these terms used to describe trauma res