The Chronically Resilient OT

22/08/2026

Anyone else relate?!

I always find i so weird when it's like the hyperfocus clicks off, you suddenly feel like you're almost waking up out of a dream and you're suddenly back in reality and you go to get up and you are suddenly EXHAUSTED!! Like just a minute ago I felt perfectly fine, could keep going for a few more hours, everything is great, then BAM nope! 😅 Getting up to go to bed is always the hardest!

21/08/2026

Needed some laughs

20/08/2026

So few spoons currently!

Thanks NeuroWild

18/08/2026

17/08/2026

I’m working on developing a couple of short (1-2 hour) trainings for a couple of organisations at the moment on neurodiversity affirming language and my goodness I think shorter trainings are more difficult to create!

There’s so many things I want to put in that I just won’t have space for!

15/08/2026

The Body’s Wise Survival Strategies,
aka the first half of the stress cycle

Read more at medium.com/




References
- The Polyvagal Theory by Dr. Stephen Porges
- Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve by Stanley Rosenberg
- Deb Dana, LCSW, https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/
- The Polyvagal Podcast (Renamed Stuck Not Broken)

This is a re-post from 2020.

[Transcript: A page of handwriting on notebook paper.

Moving along a gradient from Ventral Vagus to Sympathetic to Dorsal Vagus, there are 5 states.

Safe & Social - Can I protect myself through authentic connection with others. If yes, stay here. If no, then…

Flight – Can I protect myself by running away from the threat? If yes, stay here. If no, then…

Fight - Can I protect myself by being assertive and addressing the threat head-on? If yes, stay here. If no, then…

Fawn - Can I protect myself by rejecting or suppressing my True Self? If yes, stay here. If no, then…

Freeze – Can I protect myself by shutting down, disconnecting, or collapsing? This is the final protection response if all others are not possible.]

🦎 I'm hosting a set of workshops on Functional Freeze, Fawn, & Masking on August 19 & 21, 2026 at 3pm EST. We’ll be learning about how these responses work in the body and in our world, and we’ll also talk about how to change a chronic pattern of long-term fawn states.
This is for both ND people and professionals. My classes are a unique space where we get to interact as peers without hierarchy. Recordings are shared the next day. Price options are $140, $70 (sliding scale), and $0 (community scholarship).
Details here: https://traumageek.thinkific.com/courses/workshop-series-freeze-fawn-masking

14/08/2026

From Autie-biographical Comics

Flashback Friday: Originally posted August 7th, 2021

A disability doesn't need to be invisible for people to believe it isn't real. There's this weird belief that disabled people are faking their disability for pity, attention, or money, which is just asinine. Do you have any idea how many hoops one has to go through to just get a tiny bit of assistance?

Please like, share and follow! It really helps support me!

[Image description: A four panel comic of Honeydew discussing invisible disabilities with their visibly disabled friend. The comic is titled "Visible Ableism" and made by Theresa Scovil.

Panel 1:
Honeydew and their wheelchair using friend sit at a fast food restaurant table, drinking soda and eating fries.
Honeydew looks annoyed as they ask "Why do people think that just because a disability isn't visible it isn't real?"
The friend listens as they eat a fry.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says "They say we're faking our disability just because they can't see it. It's not like they'd say that about someone with a visible disability, right?"
Panel 3:
The friend says "Actually that happens pretty regularly."
Honeydew looks incredibly shocked as they take a sip of their drink.
Panel 4:
Honeydew screams "What is wrong with people?!"
The friend says "A lot."]