You did so well on the challenge. I feel "Bodies" could potentially be ticked off with Sedated and/or Untypical, but in any case, you ticked off so many prompts and I'm so glad you found reads you really enjoyed. Sedated sounds like it might have interesting crossovers with Empire of Normality, which talks about how capitalism is ultimately what led to this idea of a "normal mind" and hence impacting neurodivergent people in not so great way ^^' Thanks so much for participating in the event! I'll definitely host it again in 2025, it was so much fun :)
I had such a great time with this, and I'm looking forward to next year! ❤️ I will definitely add Empire of Normality to my TBR 👀 It sounds right up my alley because I've been thinking a lot about the term "neurotypical" lately. Typical by what measure? Says who? Is there a bell curve? This challenge has definitely made me want to read more about neurodiversity and put a lot of great books on my radar.
Cat's idea was super awesome! I'm fairly new to the terminology of neurodiversity, so I love hearing more books representing that and I'm taking notes since I want to expand my knowledge! I didn't participate because I was a bit unfamiliar but now I have a lot of recs from yourself & others who did this 🥰 Sedated is actually really relate-able. How am I always able to get so many different recommendations from you?? Because that's 100% true, and it's something I went through, and had to break myself from old workplace. I was in a lucky enough place to be able to stop working without anything to fall back on, and I do notice that there was a huge correlation between my mental health & the toxic work place once I took a step back and left. You were SO close, and I love it!
Thank you so much for this comment! You always have such nice things to say ❤️ I got a lot of good recommendations out of this from everyone else who participated as well, so it's exciting to have even more books to read 😄 I also saw a lot of my own experience in Sedated. I've had to take breaks from work and change roles because I recognised the job was causing me mental health issues, and luckily my managers and workplace were actually supportive of that, and things changed for the better. Which just shows how addressing the obvious problem is more valuable than trying to make individual mental health the culprit, and I wish we had systems that better supported that on a wider societal level.
@@TheKatBite Of course!! Always love your videos & the recs because I'm always trying to expand my reading range 🥰 I honestly wouldn't even know where to start so having a guided recommendation like this is so helpful!! YES! I really wish managers or management take courses or even read some books such as Sedated to get a better knowledge on how to maintain their workforce. Unfortunately for me, I'm on the opposite spectrum when I spoke out about it, they kind of just brushed it off 🥴and then I was like, OK, bet, I quit 😅
You did great on this event! Sedated sounds great and infuriating! Is there a call to action in it or is it just stating the facts of reality? Very interesting reads all of them.
I don't know if there's a specific call to action. Obviously being aware of the connection both in your personal life and in understanding what decision-makers are doing is really important. I think it's one of those things where shifting public mindset is key, but at the same time addressing the problems is a very complex operation 😔
@ Absolutely! And in some cases, we might have the power to make changes for ourselves. That’s not the case for everyone of course, but just the sense of getting back some power can be empowering (duh), meaning not sitting around and waiting for the doctor to “cure you” when you can change job or location or whatever, if you know that’s a cause of stress. Validation is powerful too.
I think, like many things, it's probably less about the specific ideology and more about the economic and social conditions and the distribution of power in any given place.
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You did so well on the challenge. I feel "Bodies" could potentially be ticked off with Sedated and/or Untypical, but in any case, you ticked off so many prompts and I'm so glad you found reads you really enjoyed.
Sedated sounds like it might have interesting crossovers with Empire of Normality, which talks about how capitalism is ultimately what led to this idea of a "normal mind" and hence impacting neurodivergent people in not so great way ^^'
Thanks so much for participating in the event! I'll definitely host it again in 2025, it was so much fun :)
I had such a great time with this, and I'm looking forward to next year! ❤️
I will definitely add Empire of Normality to my TBR 👀 It sounds right up my alley because I've been thinking a lot about the term "neurotypical" lately. Typical by what measure? Says who? Is there a bell curve?
This challenge has definitely made me want to read more about neurodiversity and put a lot of great books on my radar.
@@TheKatBitethat’s so great! That was exactly the goal of the event so I’m really pleased 😊
Happy Holidays! I agree with you about mental health and autism. Those topics need to be discussed and out in the open.
Happy holidays to you as well! Absolutely! That's why I loved this reading challenge for surfacing a lot of those topics in my reading 😊
These sounds like amazing reads! Have a wonderful holiday season 😊
Thanks very much! You, too! ❤️
Cat's idea was super awesome! I'm fairly new to the terminology of neurodiversity, so I love hearing more books representing that and I'm taking notes since I want to expand my knowledge! I didn't participate because I was a bit unfamiliar but now I have a lot of recs from yourself & others who did this 🥰
Sedated is actually really relate-able. How am I always able to get so many different recommendations from you?? Because that's 100% true, and it's something I went through, and had to break myself from old workplace. I was in a lucky enough place to be able to stop working without anything to fall back on, and I do notice that there was a huge correlation between my mental health & the toxic work place once I took a step back and left.
You were SO close, and I love it!
Thank you so much for this comment! You always have such nice things to say ❤️ I got a lot of good recommendations out of this from everyone else who participated as well, so it's exciting to have even more books to read 😄
I also saw a lot of my own experience in Sedated. I've had to take breaks from work and change roles because I recognised the job was causing me mental health issues, and luckily my managers and workplace were actually supportive of that, and things changed for the better. Which just shows how addressing the obvious problem is more valuable than trying to make individual mental health the culprit, and I wish we had systems that better supported that on a wider societal level.
@@TheKatBite Of course!! Always love your videos & the recs because I'm always trying to expand my reading range 🥰 I honestly wouldn't even know where to start so having a guided recommendation like this is so helpful!!
YES! I really wish managers or management take courses or even read some books such as Sedated to get a better knowledge on how to maintain their workforce. Unfortunately for me, I'm on the opposite spectrum when I spoke out about it, they kind of just brushed it off 🥴and then I was like, OK, bet, I quit 😅
Not me getting this video recommended under ''Everybody wants to rule the world cover in Classical Latin (SOFTBARDCORE)''
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Interesting... 🤔
You did great on this event! Sedated sounds great and infuriating! Is there a call to action in it or is it just stating the facts of reality? Very interesting reads all of them.
I don't know if there's a specific call to action. Obviously being aware of the connection both in your personal life and in understanding what decision-makers are doing is really important. I think it's one of those things where shifting public mindset is key, but at the same time addressing the problems is a very complex operation 😔
@ Absolutely! And in some cases, we might have the power to make changes for ourselves. That’s not the case for everyone of course, but just the sense of getting back some power can be empowering (duh), meaning not sitting around and waiting for the doctor to “cure you” when you can change job or location or whatever, if you know that’s a cause of stress. Validation is powerful too.
If you think mental health is better under socialism I’d suggest you speak with a Venezuelan.
I think, like many things, it's probably less about the specific ideology and more about the economic and social conditions and the distribution of power in any given place.