Notes on Alchemy
A Blog From Javelin’s Desk
You Have 8 Senses - An Info Dump
Every time I am having a conversation with someone and I say “yeah we have 8 senses so like, it makes sense that you would be sensitive to xyz” people are like “WAIT WHAT? 8 SENSES?” Like yeah my human, they lied to you in elementary, we don’t have 5 senses, and it sure as hell isn’t special to have a 6th one. So I thought, what the heck, I’ll write a blog about it. Get ready for a info dump on human sense, and if you read to the end I’ll give you a free pdf for your troubles.
The Myth of Potential
The pressure of living up to this ephemeral potential has been the source of so much anxiety for my little self, and that anxiety has followed me well into my adulthood. And I know I am not the only one. So many humans, often who had undiagnosed ADHD or autism as children, are haunted by the ghosts of the potential that never seemed to materialize.
The thing is, that’s all it ever has been, ghosts.
Why I Like My Labels
There is a metaphor that is often quoted in medical spaces, and probably other spaces too, that says ‘when you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.’ This decidedly western colloquialism is urging people to look for the usual suspects first, not the unexpected ones.
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