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A Neurodivergent Life

Written by: Travis Breeding
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  • Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a neurodivergent autistic person? Now's your chance to sit down, listen, and learn. Whether you are a neurodivergent person yourself, or you love someone who is neurodivergent this podcast will open your eyes to the daily life of individuals living with autism and other neurodivergent traits.



    Travis takes the listener along a journey through his ups and downs of life with autism. You will learn how Travis uses applied behavior analysis to teach himself many life skills to help him live his best life and behavior analysis will be disseminated right here on the air.



    So sit down, grab some popcorn or chips and salsa and enjoy the episodes.

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Episodes
  • Interchanges Between Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Interchanges Between Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    Jun 20 2021

    Travis talks about how Autism combines and interchanges with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to magnify the perseverative thinking that autistic people typically have. When combining OCD with autism people can become hyper-focused on one particular subject or person. This hyper-focus can either be healthy if it is a positive special interest or it can be unhealthy if it is a negative special interests.


    Travis discusses the differences between obsessions, fixations, and special interests. He talks about how positive special interests lead to good mental health and negative special interests lead to poor mental health. The opposite is true that poor mental health leads to negative special interests and good mental health leads to positive special interests.


    Travis shares personal stories and provides practical advice on dealing with co-morbid OCD with autism spectrum disorder. Travis introduces you top deep breathing exercises and discusses the technique called "dive" which is meant to reduce anxiety and OCD thinking.


    Tune into this podcast to learn more about OCD mixing with autism spectrum disorder

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 4 - A Neurodivergent Life: A New Job

    Episode 4 - A Neurodivergent Life: A New Job
    Jun 19 2021

    Travis landed a new job and starts work on Monday. He talks about the job and why work is so challenging for him with all of his ocd and anxiety.



    Travis hopes this job will be different and last longer than any other job he has ever had. He shares some coping strategies he has been working on in counseling to help him manage some of the anxiety and keep employment for the long term.



    Checkout the podcast to learn what working a job is like for a neuridivergent autistic person.

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    42 mins
  • Neurodivergent Beginning Part II

    Neurodivergent Beginning Part II
    Jun 19 2021
    In part II Travis discusses his adult life on the spectrum and talks about how applied behavior analysis and the medication of fluvoxamine is changing his life by helping with his obsessive compulsive disorder.

    Travis shares personal dating stories of how he paid people to provide companionship and like him because he was so desperate.

    Learn how a person with autism tried to navigate the social world and find help for himself without supports because he had aged out of the system before ever being diagnosed.

    Travis shares why keeping a job is so difficult and it’s not for the reasons you might think it is.

    Travis let’s you into his world in this insightful episode of A Neurodivergent Life.

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    43 mins
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