Aromatherapy for Neurodivergent Stress Responses
Stigmatization leads to many negative mental and physical health outcomes for neurodivergent people. As a neurodivergent person myself, it often feels like I am drowning under the weight of failure. My inner self is happy, joyful, and free - but she is often weighted down by the expectations of others and of my more judgmental self. Some of those judgmental inner voices are my own, but many of them stem from society and unrealistic expectations repeated often enough to stick.