Christian Gajewski
@christian-gajewski.bsky.social
🧠 AuDHD - 💙 INTP-T - ⚖️ 2w1
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📰 Writer on The Unexpected Autistic Life | Medium
🔗 https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski
🗣️ 🇮🇹 IT | 🇦🇩 CAT | 🇪🇸 ES | 🇬🇧 EN | 🇩🇪 DE
📰 Writer on The Unexpected Autistic Life | Medium
🔗 https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
I explore how omission and semantic manipulation can act as unconscious strategies of balance in autistic functioning. Not lies, but forms of cognitive self-preservation.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
Sincerity and the Need for Self-Protection: The Challenge of Coherence
Omission and Semantic Manipulation as Unconscious Strategies for Stability in Autistic Functioning
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I explore how omission and semantic manipulation can act as unconscious strategies of balance in autistic functioning. Not lies, but forms of cognitive self-preservation.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
A journey through numbers, language and neurodiversity.
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
Why I “Solved” 49 ÷ 2 the “Wrong” Way (and Why I Was Right)
How an Autistic Mind Turns Numbers into Language and Alienation into Strategy
medium.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A journey through numbers, language and neurodiversity.
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Just published a deep dive into The Little Prince as a mirror of the autistic experience, exploring suffering, empathy, and the meaning of difference.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
Without Suffering, There Is No Truth: The Little Prince as a Mirror of the Autistic Experience
How Saint-Exupéry, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche Reveal the Meaning of Pain
medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just published a deep dive into The Little Prince as a mirror of the autistic experience, exploring suffering, empathy, and the meaning of difference.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
The moment you achieve success, but the only thought you have is: 'If they found out who I really am, they’d realize this is all a mistake.'
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
Autistic Masking Fueled My Impostor Syndrome
How pretending to be “normal” turned every success into terror of being exposed
medium.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The moment you achieve success, but the only thought you have is: 'If they found out who I really am, they’d realize this is all a mistake.'
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
They tell me I’m like a robot because I don’t cry on cue, don’t laugh at the right jokes, and my emotions show up late or not at all.
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
They Say I Look Like a Robot (But I Am Just Feeling in a Different Language)
How Westworld and our culture replaced my neurodivergent humanity with a simulacrum
medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They tell me I’m like a robot because I don’t cry on cue, don’t laugh at the right jokes, and my emotions show up late or not at all.
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
They tell me I’m like a robot because I don’t cry on cue, don’t laugh at the right jokes, and my emotions show up late or not at all.
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
They Say I Look Like a Robot (But I Am Just Feeling in a Different Language)
How Westworld and our culture replaced my neurodivergent humanity with a simulacrum
medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They tell me I’m like a robot because I don’t cry on cue, don’t laugh at the right jokes, and my emotions show up late or not at all.
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
But I feel everything.
I just feel it in a different language.
medium.com/@christian.g...
The moment you achieve success, but the only thought you have is: 'If they found out who I really am, they’d realize this is all a mistake.'
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
Autistic Masking Fueled My Impostor Syndrome
How pretending to be “normal” turned every success into terror of being exposed
medium.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The moment you achieve success, but the only thought you have is: 'If they found out who I really am, they’d realize this is all a mistake.'
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
That's the toxic feedback loop when Autistic Masking fuels Impostor Syndrome.
medium.com/the-unexpect...
Just published a deep dive into The Little Prince as a mirror of the autistic experience, exploring suffering, empathy, and the meaning of difference.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
Without Suffering, There Is No Truth: The Little Prince as a Mirror of the Autistic Experience
How Saint-Exupéry, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche Reveal the Meaning of Pain
medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just published a deep dive into The Little Prince as a mirror of the autistic experience, exploring suffering, empathy, and the meaning of difference.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Philosophy #PersonalDevelopment #Literature
medium.com/@christian.g...
A journey through numbers, language and neurodiversity.
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
Why I “Solved” 49 ÷ 2 the “Wrong” Way (and Why I Was Right)
How an Autistic Mind Turns Numbers into Language and Alienation into Strategy
medium.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A journey through numbers, language and neurodiversity.
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
In this article I describe how autism shaped my way of thinking about mathematics, and how school misunderstood what was in fact a logical cognitive strategy.
#Neurodiversity #Autism #Mathematics #Education
medium.com/@christian.g...
I explore how omission and semantic manipulation can act as unconscious strategies of balance in autistic functioning. Not lies, but forms of cognitive self-preservation.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
Sincerity and the Need for Self-Protection: The Challenge of Coherence
Omission and Semantic Manipulation as Unconscious Strategies for Stability in Autistic Functioning
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I explore how omission and semantic manipulation can act as unconscious strategies of balance in autistic functioning. Not lies, but forms of cognitive self-preservation.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #Neurodiversity #Psychology #Authenticity #SelfReflection
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
The Mask of Hades
On Autistic Masking as a Form of Survival and Power
medium.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
The Mask of Hades
On Autistic Masking as a Form of Survival and Power
medium.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
The Autistic Consciousness: Another Way of Being
The mystery that lives within us
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
The Autistic Consciousness: Another Way of Being
The mystery that lives within us
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Consciousness, perception, reality.
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Three words, an abyss.
#Autism #Philosophy #consciousness #existentialism #selfawareness
medium.com/@christian.g...
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Rolling the Stone, Finding the Spark: Camus’ Myth of Sisyphus Through an Autistic Lens
Exploring how repetition, revolt, and meaning-making intersect with neurodivergent experience.
medium.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Kubrick, Symmetry, and the Overlap Between Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Subtitle: Exploring the Intersection of Artistic Precision and Neurodivergent Traits
medium.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Reposted by Christian Gajewski
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
The Mind Before the Conversation: How an Autistic Brain Handles Social Uncertainty
Predictive simulation, mental heuristics, and the hidden labor behind every interaction.
medium.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
Beyond Rain Man and Sheldon: How Fictional Autistic Characters Built — and Broke — Stereotypes
From silver-screen savants to sitcom scientists, pop culture has shaped how the world sees autism — for better and worse.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Reposted by Christian Gajewski
Inside each of us there’s always a Minotaur and a Labyrinth. I wrote about it on Medium, blending myth and psychology.
#Mythology #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #ShadowSelf #Psychology #adhd #autism #AuDHD
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Mythology #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #ShadowSelf #Psychology #adhd #autism #AuDHD
medium.com/@christian.g...
Labyrinths We Build, Monsters We Hide
When the labyrinth of thought becomes both prison and sanctuary.
medium.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Inside each of us there’s always a Minotaur and a Labyrinth. I wrote about it on Medium, blending myth and psychology.
#Mythology #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #ShadowSelf #Psychology #adhd #autism #AuDHD
medium.com/@christian.g...
#Mythology #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #ShadowSelf #Psychology #adhd #autism #AuDHD
medium.com/@christian.g...