Connection Between Trauma and Neurodivergence and Expanding the Idea of Love-Jarral Boyd

Neurodiverse Love with Mona Kay

During this episode with neurodivergent counselor Jarral Boyd we address the connection between trauma and neurodivergence and ways to think about romantic love as well as the following:

• ​Navigating neurodivergence and trauma
• ​Understanding your emotional vocabulary.
• ​Addressing challenges through somatics and getting to know your body and acknowledge what is going on.
• ​Creating a routine can be helpful to better understand your body and emotions and help you get more in tune.
• ​Understand how to experience joy in your body.
• ​Translating what’s happening in your body when you have alexithymia.
• ​Information shared through AANE certification includes using a 1-5 scale to share with your partner how you’re feeling emotionally.
• ​Memory issues during or after a meltdown.
• ​Apologizing when you don’t feel you have done anything wrong.
• ​Trauma can make being wrong scary and unsafe.
• ​Cassandra Syndrome
• ​Benefits of decentralizing romantic love for neurodivergent folx
• ​Removing relationship hierarchy and being open to different types of romantic relationships. This can help reduce expectations of one or both partners.
• ​The value of expanding the idea of love.
• ​Asking youself "Is it the person I want or the situation?"

You can contact Jarral Boyd at: jarralboyd.com

If you are interested in the free support groups Mona offers for the non-autistic/neurotypical partners you can email her at [email protected] to get the Zoom links.

Mona Kay, MSW, Ph.D.

Host of the Neurodiverse Love Podcast

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