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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
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
6 Years Sober and Rewilding
Reflections on consciousness, newts, gardening and sobriety
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
Went to the Woods to Build a Shelter, Ended up Dismantling My Life
A story from the year I accidentally got sober.
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Chelsey Flood
What Does It Cost to be More Authentic?
Reflections on letting go of people-pleasing (and the mask)...
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Chelsey Flood
After My Father Died, I Couldn't Live With What Sobriety Cost Me
Self-improvement stole our love language.
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Chelsey Flood
The Letter I Wish I'd Taken Seriously
A doctor warned me I drank too much. I laughed. Fourteen years later, I finally understand what that letter was trying to give me.
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Chelsey Flood
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
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
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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