At times, labels can hold us back , placing something living, breathing, and evolving into a narrow frame that doesn’t reflect the whole story.

When we name every felt experience as a disorder, we risk disconnecting from the wisdom within the experience itself.

How can we experience this indwelling presence if we don’t know how to feel it or observe it in our bodies?

“Indwelling Presence is not something we summon, it’s something we remember.”

I used to say, “Oh, I got it from my dad, he had anger issues.” I carried that belief as part of my identity.

I thought anger was me. It became my armour, a shield against shame, guilt, and the fear of being hurt again

When someone has lived with pain, limitation, or suffering for a long time, it becomes familiar.

The mind and body adapt to that state and being made well can actually feel unsafe or unknown.

without exploring what lies beneath, without seeing the whole picture,

we risk carrying misunderstood emotions that can shape our lives and even ripple across generations.

Now, imagine having Aphantasia and “reading” another person’s subconscious emotions before they’re even aware of their own.

When a child has experienced lack of nurture or childhood adversity, these tendencies intensify. We instinctively switch into overdrive doing, providing, and being everything for them, sometimes overcompensating for what we didn’t receive.

I was told I was “too sensitive,” “overreactive,” or “paranoid.”

But what no one could see was that my body was doing exactly what it was designed to do keeping me safe.

But how does that critic truly express itself? For many of us, that voice inside often masquerades as something divine, the “voice of God” judging or punishing us or the “devil” tempting and condemning. Yet I believe it is neither.

There are seasons in life when all we can do is be with what is before us.

The ache, the confusion, the waiting all the uncomfortable places we’d rather move past. And yet, this is often where the deepest healing begins.

It was as if its very presence was holding me together, providing the safety and support I lacked. Fear and vulnerability sat together in the same space.

Just as not every thought we have is truth, not every dream is meant to be a message. But some may hold invitations, to listen, to seek God, to reflect on what He might be showing us through our subconscious.

Even as I type this, I feel goosebumps on my skin. There’s something about this overlap that reveals the very essence of Christ and His sacrifice.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psa 147:3

Notice it doesn’t say He removes or erases them. He binds them. He holds what is broken.

Being predisposed to mental health or neurodivergent traits does not mean a person is broken or needs to be fixed just as someone with a susceptibility to hayfever is not defined by it. Behaviours or symptoms may be exacerbated if the underlying system isn’t supported, but these traits are not the sum of the person.

Empathy is not just a social skill it is rooted in our biology, influenced by ancestral genes, parental bonding, and early relational experiences. While neuroplasticity allows for growth and change, it is most effective when paired with strengthening social and relational skills.

This reminded me of how often we humans look at faith through a flat, two-dimensional lens. We limit God to our perspective instead of expanding into awe of what He continually reveals around us.

Too often it is misquoted and misused, painted as something unpleasant, a reminder of shame, guilt, or the idea that in order to be “known by God” we must cower in fear. But what if Paul meant something much deeper, more embodied, more life-giving?

The discovery about calcium gateways is fascinating, but it’s still only one channel and one process. We risk going wrong if we make autism a purely mechanical story, as if switching a single pathway “on” or “off” could explain the whole human experience.

Mitochondria rely on nutrients, microorganisms rely on balance, and we rely on the integration of it all. When Paul says the weaker parts are indispensable, it mirrors this scientific truth: the smallest, most hidden forces sustain the whole.

In our modern quest for health, it’s easy to become overly focused on solutions or supplements. Yet, too much too soon can be just as harmful as too little. Healing is slow, steady, and layered. Physical, emotional, and spiritual health must all be considered.

Looking back now, I ask myself: how can one say they know God or that Christ is within them without acknowledging His Spirit? Not as some far-off mystery of the past, not as something reserved only for worship services, or when prayers are answered according to our will, but here, now, in this very breath.