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Unlocking the Power of Play Therapy: A Neurodivergent Perspective on Unmasking #playtherapy

26 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Danielle Ralston. This content was uploaded by Danielle Ralston. This is a YouTube video titled "Unlocking the Power of Play Therapy: A Neurodivergent Perspective on Unmasking #playtherapy" (published March 26, 2024). The excerpt is a first-person monologue by a speaker describing their late ADHD diagnosis and the experience of masking and people-pleasing as a neurodivergent person. The speaker discusses unmasking by reconnecting with childhood interests and using play as a way to rediscover joy and self-identity. The content appears to be an informational/personal-reflection talk about neurodivergence, unmasking, and play therapy.

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A lot of us neurodivergent people have a huge problem when we're trying to unmask, right? We've been super conditioned to fit inside this little box, and kids don't normally have that problem. It's like, it's something that's taught, right? All these little impulsive tendencies, they lose their joy, they stop trying things if they don't think they're perfect. Like, all those things are conditioned responses. So when I got my late diagnosis and I was diagnosed with ADHD, And I was really trying to get to know myself and figure myself out. It's like, what did I like to do? Because I was a chronic people pleaser and a masker. So I would do whatever the situation called for. So the way for me to reconnect to myself and figure myself out was I started playing. What did I like to do when I was 8 years old? What were things that gave me tremendous amounts of joy?