Tag Archives: relationships

Tears in Rain: Love, Loss, Memory and the Reality of Things That End

Endings have a habit of travelling backwards. If someone does not want me now, perhaps they never did; if something lasted a week, perhaps it was nothing. I don’t think the final chapter has that authority. People change, futures collapse, witnesses die, and memory edits without asking. None of that can make Wednesday cease to have occurred. Permanence is not the test of reality. Small is not the same word as false. A thing can disappear completely and still have happened.

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When Autism Doesn’t Work: The Human Cost of the Question of Usefulness

Part 6 of a seven-part series exploring how neurodivergent minds are understood through the lens of usefulness. The previous articles examined this question from historical, economic, diagnostic, and structural perspectives. This article takes a different approach. It describes what that dynamic feels like from the inside when it does not work.

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Neurodivergent Couples: Why Autism and ADHD Pairings Are More Common Than You Might Think

Romantic relationships between autistic and ADHD individuals are more common than many realise. Shared understanding, complementary traits, and the rise of neurodivergent communities all contribute to these increasingly visible partnerships. This article explores why these pairings work and what they can teach us about connection, communication, and neurodiversity.

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Why 30 is Not the New 20: Meg Jay’s TED Talk on Claiming Adulthood in Your Twenties

In her compelling TED Talk, Dr Meg Jay challenges the cultural narrative that the twenties are a “throwaway decade,” arguing instead that they are a critical time for shaping the trajectory of one’s life. Drawing on her experiences as a clinical psychologist and the latest developmental research, she provides actionable advice for twentysomethings to make the most of this transformative decade.

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