I remember the first time I felt an emotion. I was 24 years old and receiving trauma-focused body work sessions. I started feeling the energy of grief: a heavy feeling primarily in my lower torso, an ache across my chest, and a bittersweet sensation along the center-line of my torso. This was a revelation to me at the time. This was what feeling emotions, that thing I'd often heard others talk about, was like! And not only that, but emotions correlate with a sensation in you

The feeling of being an outsider, of speaking a different language, is more than a fleeting discomfort for many sensory neurodivergent individuals; it's a deeply ingrained experience, a constant undercurrent in a world that often feels out of sync.