Ciara the Celtic Neurodivergent
@celticnd.bsky.social
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. - Under the shelter of each other, people survive.
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A little about me
A brief introduction...
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I always struggle with these sorts of things… and yet here we are!
I suppose I'll start with saying hi! And welcome!
Check out my substack for a little bit about me.
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I suppose I'll start with saying hi! And welcome!
Check out my substack for a little bit about me.
open.substack.com/pub/celticne...
The universe is wild.
It can return home your cat that's been missing for nearly 4 years, leave you living with that for a month and then snatch that very same cat away from you again leaving you worse off than when the cat went missing in the first place.
Wild..
#universeworksinmysteriousways
It can return home your cat that's been missing for nearly 4 years, leave you living with that for a month and then snatch that very same cat away from you again leaving you worse off than when the cat went missing in the first place.
Wild..
#universeworksinmysteriousways
August 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The universe is wild.
It can return home your cat that's been missing for nearly 4 years, leave you living with that for a month and then snatch that very same cat away from you again leaving you worse off than when the cat went missing in the first place.
Wild..
#universeworksinmysteriousways
It can return home your cat that's been missing for nearly 4 years, leave you living with that for a month and then snatch that very same cat away from you again leaving you worse off than when the cat went missing in the first place.
Wild..
#universeworksinmysteriousways
August 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Yes... sitting rocking in my dark hallway while listening to my favourite emotional songs and singing along to them is therapeutic actually.... thanks for asking! 😅
#audhd #autistic #stimming #emotionalregulation
#audhd #autistic #stimming #emotionalregulation
July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yes... sitting rocking in my dark hallway while listening to my favourite emotional songs and singing along to them is therapeutic actually.... thanks for asking! 😅
#audhd #autistic #stimming #emotionalregulation
#audhd #autistic #stimming #emotionalregulation
Wearing headphones that aren't even playing music when I go into town just so I don't have as many unexpected meetings and conversations.
Works a treat!
#autistic #audhd #socialanxiety
Works a treat!
#autistic #audhd #socialanxiety
July 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wearing headphones that aren't even playing music when I go into town just so I don't have as many unexpected meetings and conversations.
Works a treat!
#autistic #audhd #socialanxiety
Works a treat!
#autistic #audhd #socialanxiety
CT scans are definitely my favourite type of scan!
March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
CT scans are definitely my favourite type of scan!
I'm always completely shocked to find that people may actually care about me.
Even my family.
I genuinely believe that I am not a second thought in most people's minds in my life.
#audhd #autistic #bpd #borderline #rsd #neurodivergent
Even my family.
I genuinely believe that I am not a second thought in most people's minds in my life.
#audhd #autistic #bpd #borderline #rsd #neurodivergent
March 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm always completely shocked to find that people may actually care about me.
Even my family.
I genuinely believe that I am not a second thought in most people's minds in my life.
#audhd #autistic #bpd #borderline #rsd #neurodivergent
Even my family.
I genuinely believe that I am not a second thought in most people's minds in my life.
#audhd #autistic #bpd #borderline #rsd #neurodivergent
It's a very surreal feeling when you're planning for the possibility of your own death!
March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's a very surreal feeling when you're planning for the possibility of your own death!
So ireland doesn't widely recognise the symbolism and intention of the sunflower lanyard.
But it's gaining recognition, when I was in hospital twice this week they asked me if I worked there because I was wearing it.
#autistic #disabled #sunflowerlanyard #audhd #autism #invisibledisability
But it's gaining recognition, when I was in hospital twice this week they asked me if I worked there because I was wearing it.
#autistic #disabled #sunflowerlanyard #audhd #autism #invisibledisability
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So ireland doesn't widely recognise the symbolism and intention of the sunflower lanyard.
But it's gaining recognition, when I was in hospital twice this week they asked me if I worked there because I was wearing it.
#autistic #disabled #sunflowerlanyard #audhd #autism #invisibledisability
But it's gaining recognition, when I was in hospital twice this week they asked me if I worked there because I was wearing it.
#autistic #disabled #sunflowerlanyard #audhd #autism #invisibledisability
I love how my routine makes me feel.
But damn the longing for it and the dysregulation that when the unexpected comes along!
#autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent
But damn the longing for it and the dysregulation that when the unexpected comes along!
#autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent
March 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I love how my routine makes me feel.
But damn the longing for it and the dysregulation that when the unexpected comes along!
#autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent
But damn the longing for it and the dysregulation that when the unexpected comes along!
#autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent
I love making these!
March 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I love making these!
*screams into the void!!!!*
March 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
*screams into the void!!!!*
I'm literally living out one of my top biggest nightmares.
The possibility of any surgery is terrifying to me.
But a possible craniectomy?
A surgery removing a part of the skull????
How does an autistic person even begin to deal with this?
The possibility of any surgery is terrifying to me.
But a possible craniectomy?
A surgery removing a part of the skull????
How does an autistic person even begin to deal with this?
March 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I'm literally living out one of my top biggest nightmares.
The possibility of any surgery is terrifying to me.
But a possible craniectomy?
A surgery removing a part of the skull????
How does an autistic person even begin to deal with this?
The possibility of any surgery is terrifying to me.
But a possible craniectomy?
A surgery removing a part of the skull????
How does an autistic person even begin to deal with this?
Reposted by Ciara the Celtic Neurodivergent
The strange thing about growing up in Ireland in the ‘70s, was you had a ring side seat to Brit & US culture, whilst at the same time having experienced how those cultures were based on exacting a toll from the colonised, like us. It was a discombobulating experience. Belonging & not belonging.
March 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The strange thing about growing up in Ireland in the ‘70s, was you had a ring side seat to Brit & US culture, whilst at the same time having experienced how those cultures were based on exacting a toll from the colonised, like us. It was a discombobulating experience. Belonging & not belonging.
I wish it wasn't easier to explain to people "I'm depressed" than "I'm in autistic burnout."
People shouldn't be dismissed by saying the latter just because others cannot seem to comprehend how debilitating being in an autistic burnout actually is.
#burnout #autisticburnout #autism
People shouldn't be dismissed by saying the latter just because others cannot seem to comprehend how debilitating being in an autistic burnout actually is.
#burnout #autisticburnout #autism
March 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I wish it wasn't easier to explain to people "I'm depressed" than "I'm in autistic burnout."
People shouldn't be dismissed by saying the latter just because others cannot seem to comprehend how debilitating being in an autistic burnout actually is.
#burnout #autisticburnout #autism
People shouldn't be dismissed by saying the latter just because others cannot seem to comprehend how debilitating being in an autistic burnout actually is.
#burnout #autisticburnout #autism
Reposted by Ciara the Celtic Neurodivergent
Autistic people have always been here.
You institutionalized us. Imprisoned us. Assaulted us. Lobotomized us. Killed us. Left us for dead. Abandoned us.
We never left.
We aren’t going anywhere.
You institutionalized us. Imprisoned us. Assaulted us. Lobotomized us. Killed us. Left us for dead. Abandoned us.
We never left.
We aren’t going anywhere.
March 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Autistic people have always been here.
You institutionalized us. Imprisoned us. Assaulted us. Lobotomized us. Killed us. Left us for dead. Abandoned us.
We never left.
We aren’t going anywhere.
You institutionalized us. Imprisoned us. Assaulted us. Lobotomized us. Killed us. Left us for dead. Abandoned us.
We never left.
We aren’t going anywhere.
Reposted by Ciara the Celtic Neurodivergent
Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
March 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
This year's been bloody crap.
Can we have a redo? 🤪
Can we have a redo? 🤪
March 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This year's been bloody crap.
Can we have a redo? 🤪
Can we have a redo? 🤪
Reposted by Ciara the Celtic Neurodivergent
There are more *diagnosed* autistic people because they changed the diagnostic criteria and started diagnosing people other than white boys with autism. Also: 40 years of "awareness" campaigns.
That's it. Mystery solved.
That's it. Mystery solved.
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There are more *diagnosed* autistic people because they changed the diagnostic criteria and started diagnosing people other than white boys with autism. Also: 40 years of "awareness" campaigns.
That's it. Mystery solved.
That's it. Mystery solved.
Judge Martin Nolan strikes again. Disgrace of a man. Letting away pedophiles, rapists and abusers on a regular basis.
Petitions left right and centre to get this man disbarred and investigated.
Women aren't safe while this man has the power to continue doing this.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJLRYSa/
Petitions left right and centre to get this man disbarred and investigated.
Women aren't safe while this man has the power to continue doing this.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJLRYSa/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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February 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Judge Martin Nolan strikes again. Disgrace of a man. Letting away pedophiles, rapists and abusers on a regular basis.
Petitions left right and centre to get this man disbarred and investigated.
Women aren't safe while this man has the power to continue doing this.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJLRYSa/
Petitions left right and centre to get this man disbarred and investigated.
Women aren't safe while this man has the power to continue doing this.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJLRYSa/
It's amazing how one simple day that goes exactly how I plan, with nothing unexpected, and little spcial interaction can change my whole week.
#audhd #autistic #autism #adhd #neurodivergent
#audhd #autistic #autism #adhd #neurodivergent
February 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's amazing how one simple day that goes exactly how I plan, with nothing unexpected, and little spcial interaction can change my whole week.
#audhd #autistic #autism #adhd #neurodivergent
#audhd #autistic #autism #adhd #neurodivergent
I planned to ring someone.
Then that person rang.
That instantly made it a demand. An expectation. It was no longer my choice. No longer on my terms.
Thanks PDA!
#audhd #autistic #pda #pervasivedemandforautonmy #autism #pathalogicaldemandavoidance #demandavoidance
Then that person rang.
That instantly made it a demand. An expectation. It was no longer my choice. No longer on my terms.
Thanks PDA!
#audhd #autistic #pda #pervasivedemandforautonmy #autism #pathalogicaldemandavoidance #demandavoidance
February 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I planned to ring someone.
Then that person rang.
That instantly made it a demand. An expectation. It was no longer my choice. No longer on my terms.
Thanks PDA!
#audhd #autistic #pda #pervasivedemandforautonmy #autism #pathalogicaldemandavoidance #demandavoidance
Then that person rang.
That instantly made it a demand. An expectation. It was no longer my choice. No longer on my terms.
Thanks PDA!
#audhd #autistic #pda #pervasivedemandforautonmy #autism #pathalogicaldemandavoidance #demandavoidance