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Zoe APUK

Aug 175 min read

Exposure Anxiety

Exposure anxiety is the "excruciating sense of audience to one’s own existence".

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Escaping the Abyss: Healing From Childhood Trauma and CPTSD as an Autistic Person

Zoe APUK

Jul 317 min read

Escaping the Abyss: Healing From Childhood Trauma and CPTSD as an Autistic Person

This piece discusses the later impact of childhood trauma and the recovery process, but does not go into details of specific events.

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Zoe APUK

Nov 8, 20235 min read

Autistic Mental Health

Why are rates of mental illness so much higher in autistic people, and what can be done to help?

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Zoe APUK

Apr 13, 20234 min read

Autistic Suicide and Suicidal Ideation

Why is the rate of suicide so high in autistic people, and what can be done about it?

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Zoe Williams

Dec 28, 20225 min read

Autistic Burnout in Parenthood

by Zoe Williams Autistic burnout is an experience that is only just beginning to gain formal recognition, despite the fact that Autistic...

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Personal Account: Anxiety in the Third Trimester

Esther Whitney

Apr 4, 20221 min read

Personal Account: Anxiety in the Third Trimester

Account and artwork by Esther Whitney (aka Doctor Doom) In the third trimester, I became all-consumed by anxiety about becoming a mother....

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Autistic Parents UK

Jan 9, 20222 min read

Autistic Parenthood with DID

By Autistic Selves After we were first diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), we worked towards total integration of all of...

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