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Christian Gajewski
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Just published a deep dive into The Little Prince as a mirror of the autistic experience, exploring suffering, empathy, and the meaning of difference.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature

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Without Suffering, There Is No Truth: The Little Prince as a Mirror of the Autistic Experience
How Saint-Exupéry, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche Reveal the Meaning of Pain
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November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A journey through numbers, language and neurodiversity.
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
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Why I “Solved” 49 ÷ 2 the “Wrong” Way (and Why I Was Right)
How an Autistic Mind Turns Numbers into Language and Alienation into Strategy
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November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I explore how omission and semantic manipulation can act as unconscious strategies of balance in autistic functioning. Not lies, but forms of cognitive self-preservation.

#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection

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Sincerity and the Need for Self-Protection: The Challenge of Coherence
Omission and Semantic Manipulation as Unconscious Strategies for Stability in Autistic Functioning
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October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking

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The Mask of Hades
On Autistic Masking as a Form of Survival and Power
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October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking

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The Mask of Hades
On Autistic Masking as a Form of Survival and Power
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October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness

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The Autistic Consciousness: Another Way of Being
The mystery that lives within us
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October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness

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The Autistic Consciousness: Another Way of Being
The mystery that lives within us
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October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Spock and the Spectrum: Exploring Autism Representation in Star Trek
From Vulcan Logic to Neurodiverse Narratives
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August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
What If Autism Helped Humanity Evolve?
How Hidden Traits of the Mind Shaped Survival, Innovation, and Human Progress
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August 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Rolling the Stone, Finding the Spark: Camus’ Myth of Sisyphus Through an Autistic Lens
Exploring how repetition, revolt, and meaning-making intersect with neurodivergent experience.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
The Architecture of Emotion: Life with AuDHD, Alexithymia, and the Art of Simulation
When the mask becomes the face, and analysis replaces feeling.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Kubrick, Symmetry, and the Overlap Between Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Subtitle: Exploring the Intersection of Artistic Precision and Neurodivergent Traits
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August 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Beyond the Fidget: Everyday Objects and the Hidden Function of Stimming
Small gestures, big acts of regulation
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August 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Craving Fire: Autism, ADHD, and My Unusual Appetite for Taste
When sensory seeking meets the dinner table, even water becomes the strangest drink.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
The Mind Before the Conversation: How an Autistic Brain Handles Social Uncertainty
Predictive simulation, mental heuristics, and the hidden labor behind every interaction.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Beyond Rain Man and Sheldon: How Fictional Autistic Characters Built — and Broke — Stereotypes
From silver-screen savants to sitcom scientists, pop culture has shaped how the world sees autism — for better and worse.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
How Vulcan Philosophy Guided My Childhood as an Undiagnosed AuDHD Child
Finding Calm, Clarity, and a Sense of Purpose Through the Logic of Fiction
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August 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Inside each of us there’s always a Minotaur and a Labyrinth. I wrote about it on Medium, blending myth and psychology.
#Mythology #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #ShadowSelf #Psychology #adhd #autism #AuDHD

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Labyrinths We Build, Monsters We Hide
When the labyrinth of thought becomes both prison and sanctuary.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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An invitation to see ADHD and autism not as “defects” to be fixed but as cognitive strategies shaped in ancestral contexts and now trapped in rigid school and work systems.
#neurodiversity #adhd #autismo #Psychology #education #society #culture

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When Brains Refuse the Marketplace: Rethinking ADHD and Autism Beyond Disorder
What if the problem isn’t the brain, but the world it’s forced to live in?
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September 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A deep dive into r/Psychiatry’s thread “What even is ‘autism’ at this point?” — how autism is shifting from a clinical diagnosis to a cultural identity in the age of TikTok and TherapyTok.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychiatry #SocialMedia #MentalHealth #SelfDiagnosis

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When “Autism” Becomes Everything: How a Once-Clinical Diagnosis Turned Into a Cultural Mirror
Why the spectrum is stretching — and what that says about psychiatry, social media, and identity today.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Inspired by Ernesto Reaño’s video “Ser o no ser lo ‘suficientemente autista’,” I explore how the Sorites paradox helps us understand adult autism and twice-exceptionality.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #TwiceExceptional #AdultAutism #Philosophy #Identity #MentalHealth
When a Grain Becomes a Heap: Autism, Twice-Exceptional Adults, and the Sorites Paradox
How Ernesto Reaño’s “Ser o no ser lo ‘suficientemente autista’” sparked a deeper look at thresholds and identity
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September 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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One month in autism subreddits: firsthand observations on support dynamics, competition, and digital narcissism.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #DigitalToxicity #PeerSupport #OnlineCommunities

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When Support Turns Hostile: My Month in Autism Subreddits
Exploring hidden dynamics, conflicts, and contradictions within communities claiming to support autistic voices.
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September 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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I share my experiences of love, boundaries, and authenticity as someone living with neurodivergence and alexithymia.
#Neurodiversity #Relationships #Authenticity #Alexithymia #MentalHealth

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Being Yourself in Relationships: Authenticity, People-Pleasing, and Alexithymia
Finding your way through love, boundaries, and emotional complexity with neurodivergence.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Why are autistic voices so often unheard in groups? In my article, I explain the dynamics, stereotypes, and solutions for more inclusive spaces.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking

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Invisible Walls: Why Autistic Voices Go Unheard in Group Settings
When silence isn’t a choice but a response to misunderstanding, the cost of exclusion becomes invisible yet profound.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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In my latest article, I explore why autistic people’s empathy can attract narcissistic partners, how online dynamics amplify risk, and strategies to protect emotional wellbeing.
#Autism #Narcissism #Relationships #EmotionalWellbeing #DigitalCommunication

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Behind the Mirror: Why Autistic People Often Attract Narcissists
When empathy becomes a magnet for manipulation
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September 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM