Archive - Dissimilis animus

Self discovery tools for strange people

How I found them, and why I think we actually need them

Apr 5, 2024 •

Marilia Coutinho

September 2023

Life’s curve balls and “path quakes”

Getting back on the horse, reinventing ourselves, or a little of both

Sep 18, 2023 •

Marilia Coutinho

August 2023

The facebook break and management project: There and back again

Two weeks of facebook use after the break, and resuming abstinence

Aug 21, 2023 •

Marilia Coutinho

Who wants us to keep connected, hyper-connected, or disconnected?

The “Facebook break” experiment

Aug 7, 2023 •

Marilia Coutinho

July 2023

Fatigue, anhedonia, and active avoidance of positive experiences

When good things hurt because you are exhausted

Jul 30, 2023 •

Marilia Coutinho

What Chronic Fatigue is not

On how to resume any level of activity once chronic fatigue sets in

Jul 25, 2023 •

Marilia Coutinho

May 2022

Stimming with OCD, with a side of rhythm

How the obvious stimming from "passing" autistics isn't recognized by other neurotypes

May 19, 2022 •

Marilia Coutinho

April 2022

Statistically, autistic people are easy marks

Predators preferentially identify and take advantage of autistic people because we lack the ability to read red flags

Apr 19, 2022 •

Marilia Coutinho

Pentecostal abuse of neurodivergent and disabled people

How one pentecostal church inflicted pain and damage and I could not fight back

Apr 17, 2022 •

Marilia Coutinho

January 2022

Autistic folks and the gym

I write a lot about autism, neurodiversity and Mad Studies in general.

Jan 27, 2022 •

Marilia Coutinho

November 2021

Autism: Unacknowledged diagnosis, excluded identity

The lethal neurotypical strategy of ignoring neurodivergent identities

Nov 10, 2021 •

Marilia Coutinho

July 2021

Or how my autism diagnosis gave me the best two years with my Dad

Jul 25, 2021 •

Marilia Coutinho

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