I think Sports Bras are up there with Sexism, Gender pay gap, Periods, and Risk of sexual assault, in the list of the worst things about being female 😣
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Literally squeezing the life out of us, one sweaty, exhausted gasp at a time.
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At what point does 'tight enough to stop black eyes and unwanted attention from perverts' become 'too tight and inhibit efficient respiration'? 🤔
... and which should I prioritise??!! 3/3
@neuroteachers I'm an Autistic nurse & teach professionals about Autism & Neurodivergence in my job.
I relate Alexithymia to interoception & start by explaining interoception. I use the example of what it feels like to need to pee - you can't describe it, but your brain automatically knows...
@neuroteachers ...what those bodily sensations mean - that's interoception. Then I explain that it's the same when you feel an emotion, except for those of us with Alexithymia our brain can't process and interpret the bodily sensations instinctively. So, we can physically feel and...
@neuroteachers ...understand something is happening, but we don't know what it is or what to do with the information - it quickly becomes intense and easily overwhelming, like when most people feel absolutely terrified with fear for example. Most people have the buffer of interoception, but...