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Iris on health and longevity · June 16th
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That particular kind of loneliness of sitting across from someone who loves you, someone you love back completely, and still feeling like you’re on the other side of thick glass. The love is there. You can almost touch it. But something is getting in the way of access. For many autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, and high-capacity adults, this is a precise description of what happens when two specific neurological features run quietly underneath a relationship that both people are trying hard to make work. Those features are object permanence differences and rejection sensitive dysphoria. They are undernamed, underexplained, and responsible for an enormous amount of relational pain that gets misattributed to character, commitment, or compatibility. This essay is about what they actually are, how they work together, and what it means to love well when your nervous system is running this particular combination in the background. Object Permanence Was Never Just About the Toy Under the Blanket In ADHD, object permanence extends far beyond objects into relationships, feelings, and the felt sense of people across time. It’s not that people with ADHD traits don’t intellectually know that their partner exists when out of sight. It’s that the emotional reality of them, the pull toward the relationship, the remembering to tend to it, fades in ways that are hard to control and harder to explain. Read more
Hate to say it, but need to say it: No one will ever fully understand you. Not your partner. Not your therapist. Not your smartest friend. Not even the people who care for you most. (I know, it’s the worst truth.) Why This Hurts So Much If You’re Neurocomplex If you’re gifted, autistic, ADHD, deeply sensitive, or some mix of all of the above, I get you. I know the pull of wanting someone to fully understand you, to see every layer of your mind and experience. When that doesn’t happen, it can feel destabilizing. It can make the world seem narrower, as if your existence depends on being “comprehensible.” What You’re Actually Reaching For Read more
Last week, after dinner one evening, I set out for a short walk in the evening light. I turned on the baseball game to listen as I walked; it was the top of the 1st inning and the Orioles were losing 1-0. Not an auspicious start. Almost immediately after I turned on the game, the opposing team (now I can’t remember who they were playing), scored another run. 2-0 in the top of the first, really not an auspicious start. And I watched as my brain latched onto that thought - “not an auspicious start” - and scrolled through disappointment and frustration in the blink of an eye. “Here we go again.” “This pitcher is a problem.” “The season is a disappointment.” It was as though I had already decided that the game was a loss. That the season was a loss, for heaven’s sake!! Even though I’ve seen many a team come back from a deficit in the 9th inning to win. And then, again in the blink of an eye, I caught myself. “It’s a long game!” “This is just the first inning!” “Anything can happen.” Suddenly I could see, clear as day, that I have a choice. (I know this! I know this, and sometimes we all need to be reminded, even when we know.) I have a choice. I can pre-decide that the game is lost, ruined, and disappointing, or I can stay open to the belief that anything can happen. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s much more fun to watch the game with the “anything can happen” attitude, than it is to watch the game when I’ve already decided to be disappointed. All of that thought occurred in less than the time it took the Orioles to challenge the call at home plate. Because the next thing that happened was that the call was overturned, the run did not in fact score, and the runner was called out at the plate. And just like that, the game went from 2-0 to 1-0. Backwards! Highly unusual. As if to prove my point. “Anything” did in fact happen! Now the Orioles did lose that game, and their season is breaking my heart a little bit. But I am choosing to go into each game with an attitude of possibility. To see each pitch as the first pitch. To enjoy the season and the sport, the night air and the breeze, the peanuts, and potential. It’s a posture of hope I didn’t always feel, or know. I’m pretty sure it comes from eleven years of this daily practice, training my brain to Notice, Name + Share what’s good in the midst of challenge. It may not be as obvious this time, but it’s still true - this is why we practice. Monday: Lucy taught herself to crochet and made a scarf! Lunch with my friend Nina. A perfect table outside in the shade, our conversation always makes me think, and she treated me! I received an unexpected compliment. Now you? Tell me 3 good things? Xo.
Tomatoes are basically the most used fruit on the planet, and the variety is wild—different colors, acidity levels, and flavors let you swing from fresh salads to slow‑cooked sauces. The author leans heavily on simple, flavor‑first cooking, especially classic pomodoro, which they say they make on repeat because it’s quick and delicious.
A handful of their go‑to dishes include a light sungold tomato sauce, a fresh corn‑sungold‑nectarine salad (burrata optional), summer peach tomato bruschetta, and a baked seabass baked in tomato with olives, artichokes, and baby potatoes. There’s also an heirloom tomato galette with pesto and parmesan.
Full recipes sit behind a subscription, and the piece veers into personal style bits—like favorite jeans, shirts, and a few tech accessories—just as a quick snapshot of what they love beyond the kitchen.
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