My Mycelium Journey

  Chart of Easily Missed Autistic Traits in Women

I dare you to type this into ChatGPT.... I want to uncover the masks I’m currently wearing, the roles I’m currently playing and the illusions I’m believing in. Please guide me thru this process by asking me 10 reflective questions one at a time to help me recognize the stories I’m telling myself. After I answer the 10th question, please step into the role of my higher self and analyze my responses. Identify the top negative patterns present in my life and the top positive patterns I can embrace and grow, be direct and truthful. Tough love is welcome. provide me with daily affirmations to support my growth actionable steps to change my behaviors and embody my authentic self and a message of encouragement from my higher self to celebrate how far I’ve come on my journey.

 Crying is the first way we communicate. In fact, parents often breathe a sigh of relief when they hear their baby's first cry. However, as a child grows, crying—and other behaviors that express hurt—can cause parents and other adults in the room to label them as "too sensitive." While it's not sticks and stones, the label can hurt. "The period of time in which we are constructing the foundational blueprint of our sense of self," Dr. Madeline "Maddy" Brener, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with Thriveworks. "During this time, we are very influenced by the opinions and assertions of others about who we are, especially ones voiced by our parents, caregivers and trusted adults...If someone is told they are 'too sensitive' by any of those trusted voices, especially if they are told it repeatedly, it becomes one of the core elements of our self-definition." When someone internalizes the "too sensitive" label, it can ...

"Atheism is what happens when you read the bible. Christianity is what happens when somebody else reads it for you." - Bertand Russell Be agnostic, stay curious,  search for truth. 

 I don't know that I've ever met anyone that could smile with their eyes like Dad could.  Or look 20 well into their 40's... He only looked like an old man the last 4 months of his life, and really it was just after the Chemo. That was so wrong for him. I know who pushed that on him and how much he suffered thru that.  Also realizing so many things that I would have liked to ask about or talk to him about but it wasn't possible with the warden. Just stress and panic when visiting hours would get cut short abruptly. Realizing it wasn't all just about getting to know Dad, but wanting Dad to know who I was. will never get to show him who I am.  How can I help others keep from being abused like Dad was? There has to be a way to help. He kept suggesting abused spouse charity, but that's just hoping someone else will do good things with your donation. It's very specific. There has to be away to get empowerment back to the victim after being abused. Or just recogni...