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Let's face it, the world as it is today wasn't designed for neurodivergent people!
This means that as a neurodivergent, you need tools to help you through the tough times as best as possible. One of the best ways to do this is by working within the framework of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, also known as DBT.
DBT skills are very handy and helpful, but here's the rub, it's not often that they're taught in a way that helps people who are neurodivergent.
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"In her writing for Harper's, the London Review of Books, The New Yorker, and elsewhere, Lauren Oyler has emerged as one of the most trenchant and influential critics of her generation, a talent whose judgments on works of literature--whether celebratory or scarily harsh--have become notorious. But what is the significance of being a critic and consumer of media in today's fraught environment? How do we understand ourselves, and each other, as space...
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A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes--both infamous and little-known--that have shaped the legal system as we know it. When asked why true crime is so in vogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Amber Hunt always has the same answer: it's no hotter than it's always been. Crimes and trials have captured American consciousness since the Salem Witch Trials in the...
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Usagi Tsukino is a cheerful fourteen-year-old schoolgirl who often finds herself in unwanted trouble. One day, she saves a talking cat named Luna from some mean kids, and her life is changed forever. Luna gives Usagi a magic brooch that transforms her into Sailor Moon, defender of love and justice! Now Usagi must work with Luna to find the other Sailor Guardians and the Moon Princess, whose Legendary Silver Crystal is Earth's only hope against the...
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Saving the life of Good Witch Willow, Lilah Goodluck receives five unwanted predictions as a reward, and when the first three predictions come true, she is sent into a panic since, according to the fifth prediction, she only has a week to live unless she can stop the fourth one from happening.
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"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"--...
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"Mental illness can be devastating and crippling to those who are suffering. Kevin Conley, a Wildland Firefighter, knows firsthand how depression and a severe panic disorder can affect every aspect of everyday life and existence. This is a story about how he decided to fight back with all his will. On a journey to find peace and clarity and to finally put his demons to rest. He rode his bicycle 3,500 miles across the country in 47 days, all with his...
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"From body image issues to bullying, pandemics to panic attacks, depression to divorce, and friendship troubles to forest fires, life is full of tough stuff. There's no getting around it, but there is a way to get through it-and come out the other side even stronger. How? By being resilient. That's a fancy word for being able to deal with whatever life throws your way. A resilient girl doesn't let fear of failure stop her from trying new things. She...
11) Break the glass
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"A small-town campus is rocked by scandal. Suddenly, four women find themselves in the crosshairs of an investigation that threatens to upend their lives. Lauren is the wife of a charismatic, now disgraced, university athletic director. To keep their marriage from crumbling, she's cleaned up his messes before. This one she never saw coming. Nora is the director's interim replacement. The groundbreaking career she's worked for is on the rise. As wife...
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"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again ... Years later, Aurora is teaching...
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""For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. All my struggles and feelings were supposedly universal, and the real difference was that I was just a weak, manipulative, selfish, emotional baby. I had to toughen up. But as much as everyone tried to convince me, I knew it couldn't be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me than everyone else. Whilst the people around me seemed to have no problem being calm and happy, I had panic...
14) Island witch
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"Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's...
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"LONDON, SEPTEMBER 1915 When Constable Billy Rigsby, along with his mother and aunt, goes to the London Necropolis Railway Station at Waterloo to attend the military funeral of a neighbour's son, proceedings are interrupted by the unexpected and brutal murder of a young woman. In a panic, Billy telephones Mayfair 100, to assemble the team, and they descend upon the station to find not only a murder to investigate, but also two empty coffins, plus...
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"For Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet, the aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love, loss, a husband who isn't a mindreader, disastrous family outings, and finding a path (with help from loved ones and a few key new friends)...
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"A crucial misunderstanding causes Hari to doubt Taemu's intentions, but before she can mope about where it all went wrong, disaster strikes-her parents are hospitalized following an accident at the restaurant. Hari is in a state of panic, but thankfully, Taemu is an expert at dealing with crisis! The incident also brings Yeongsuh and Sunghoon together for the first time since their falling out. Can the two couples clear up the fog of misunderstanding?"--...
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"A new start for Captain Marvel! After facing off against the Brood with the X-Men and losing someone she holds dear, Carol Danvers needs a break. But she's not about to get it now! A slinky new cosmic threat has come for Earth's Mightiest, and they know just which surprise legacy villain to recruit to really wreck Carol's world! When the disgruntled Nitro transports Captain Marvel, Chewie the Flerken, baby Gerry and some cantankerous Luddite troublemakers...
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It is a seemingly invincible monster that is hell-bent on killing everybody on a mission to Mars. This life-devouring alien brushes aside bullets and even nuclear blasts making it one very cold-hearted Cold War-style invader. When his crew is brutally murdered on a Mars expedition, Commander Carruthers becomes the prime suspect. Taken into custody and facing a court-martial back on Earth, he discovers that the real killer a grotesque, slithering 'It'...
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"A high-spirited musical series that traces the origins of the classic hit movie. Four outcast high school girls -- a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven -- join together to form their own 'girl gang' and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started"--Container.