#GoneViral: This is what auras look like from someone with projective synesthesia
I struggle a lot with how to describe synesthesia (specifically projection synesthesia). I have a lot of "versions" of it, and also...
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#UnmaskYourSelfie: 20 Lesser Known Autistic Traits
I've really struggled a lot with anger over such a late diagnosis (for both autism and synesthesia). I was angry for six months last year...
#UnmaskYourSelfie: Autism and getting out of bed
Getting out of bed may be easy for you, but for those on the spectrum it can be one of the more difficult tasks we are faced with...
#Unmasking: Anyone else practice speaking in front of a mirror before they went out?
My first Reel series has reached 3.8 million people. I am so happy to now understand “why I am so different.” Apparently a lot of other...
#OriginStory: 10 years ago I was placed on a 5150 and spent 48 hours under psychiatric evaluation
I didn't need medicine, I needed to develop coping skills, and with that came the knowledge that things don't bother me the same way ...
#RealDeal: I didn’t know struggling with eye contact was an autistic trait
My journey to my autism diagnosis has been as hilarious as the rest of my life. It started with a Human Lie Detector (who was a crock of...
#NerdsUnite: The time a square walked into a bar (and not the kind of square you’re thinking)
After that night, I recognized a pattern of me going somewhere, and 10 or so minutes later, the same "off body language" person would show...
#ActuallyAutistic: What Are Signs of Disrespect in a Relationship?
I had a lot of trouble in my 20s understanding certain social cues. (I wasn't diagnosed as having autism until earlier this year.) I would...
Hi, my name is Jen Friel and I just found out I have Synesthesia. Do you have it too?
After I was diagnosed in February, I worked with an animator who also has synesthesia to describe what I see. I've spent the last nine...
#OpenLetter: Dear Grandma & Grandpa – you guys sucked (and you weren’t even the Hoar in this scenario)
I'm shocked and need a minute ... but also took a moment to realize HOW BIG OF A DEAL IT IS to have finally merged Talk Nerdy To Me, Lover...