This is what the autism spectrum looks like. It is not a gradation from high to low functioning. Source: Jessica Penot, LPC If you are an autistic person who can hold a job and pay bills, you will ...
What’s in a label? Humans have been labeling things essentially as long as we’ve had language. Labeling aids our memory and helps us categorize based on similarities and differences and avoid things ...
On TikTok you'll find millions of users diagnosing themselves using the term "high-functioning" — high-functioning anxiety, high-functioning depression, high-functioning autism. The term ...
Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...
The Anatomy of Melancholy was written more than 400 years ago, but Robert Burton's masterpiece is strangely modern. Although it brims with quaint language and Latin quotes, it also resembles a medical ...
As Grimes coos, “girl, you know you’ve got to watch your health” a woman looks you dead in the eye and explains you might be displaying the “four hidden signs” of high-functioning anxiety. The issue ...