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Why I Paid £700+ For A Private Diagnosis
Even though people rarely believe I'm Autistic.
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Chelsey Flood
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My Therapist Helped Me Own My Decision to Get Sober
Our conversation helped me stop over-explaining my choice.
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Chelsey Flood
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6 Years Sober and Rewilding
Reflections on consciousness, newts, gardening and sobriety
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Why Do People Seem More Autistic After Diagnosis?
I was diagnosed in December 2020 and I’m still searching for the tools to help me
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Chelsey Flood
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What Does It Cost to be More Authentic?
Reflections on letting go of people-pleasing (and the mask)...
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Chelsey Flood
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Secret diary of a young and clueless overthinker #1
Late night Trisha, kissing and drunkenness...
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Chelsey Flood
Secret diary of a young and clueless overthinker #2
Blushing in Tescos and an existential crisis...
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Chelsey Flood
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Do You Ever Act Like a Polite Robot?
After I got sober, I became painfully aware of my people-pleasing habit. Now I'm working to destroy it.
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Chelsey Flood
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I Thought Sobriety Would Solve All My Problems, and then I Got Sober
And I realised that life is basically about solving problems.
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Chelsey Flood
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'Drank to try to cope': Melanie Sykes on how she dealt with BS while undiagnosed
Quitting drinking and being diagnosed as autistic have helped her to build a better life.
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Chelsey Flood
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How to Tell if You Are Almost Alcoholic, and Whether You Need to Quit
If drinking problems exist on a continuum where does yours sit?
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Chelsey Flood
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Nine Years Ago Today Was My Last Drunk!
Read on for the story of my not-at-all dramatic rock bottom and see if you can spot any of the neurodivergence tells...
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Chelsey Flood
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