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Mama07's avatar

If you need flexible mindset in ordrer to survive and heal from trauma, or just go through difficult experiences without too much damage, then maybe that's why so many neurodivergent people with quite rigid mindset get traumatised by adverse life experiences.

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Sasha Ayad's avatar

Great observation!

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Andrea's avatar

With totally different problems right now, this was so much just what I needed! Thank you so much!❤️🌻

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Silvia Aversa's avatar

Thank you very much for this. As always very good information. Resilience!

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Page Eaton's avatar

I don't agree that recognizing how trauma, stress, grief, etc. affects the body is "bleak and fatalistic." Instead, it can actually provide a roadmap for resilience, if people are willing to engage with how their body is responding. Get moving, see a massage therapist, see a competent EMDR specialist, etc. In other words, working with your body's signals can be an opportunity to empower yourself to move beyond difficult experiences. And this might be harder for autistic people who may have decreased interoception abilities.

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Sasha Ayad's avatar

I agree with you 100%. My claim is not that “recognizing how trauma, stress, grief affects the body” is bleak or fatalistic. It’s that untrue pseudoscience about hidden trauma is the problem. I’m a huge advocate of treatments that teach better interoception and proprioception and learning how to understand and better relate to signals from the body and sensory experiences.

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Judi Lynne Judy, M.A.'s avatar

Thank you Sasha! You have such a great language and experiential framework from which to speak on these very important topics. I appreciate you, and share your work with my family members and with other therapists. Judi

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Sasha Ayad's avatar

Thanks so much Judi!

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OverIT's avatar

Thank you, Sasha. I am grateful for your advice but a little overwhelmed. I wish I could see the advice working for us in our family. We had our son with two different therapists who did not affirm but our son stopped it the minute he turned 18. I wish I could support everyone doing this important work but I just feel tapped out.

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Sweet Caroline's avatar

This is great Sasha. Schools need to adopt these principles and instill them in children instead of drowning them in school counselors who are always calling for mindfulness…aka rumination.

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