It was interesting experiencing the layers, and I came back understanding self and ego and layers in between. I had often wondered if self was at a nexus of the 6 neurocognitive domains or an emergent property involving them. Part of being neurodiverse is the possibility that the answer is individual.
I cam back with the idea of it being like a seed, though seeds only have several parts so I came to conceptualize it as an egg with 8 parts: shell, air pocket, membrane, albumin, chalaza, sac, yolk and nucleus. For me, nucleus was Self and shell was Ego, or my LinkedIn profile. But while nucleus makes a lot of sense, it’s not absolute and depends on where ones strengths and values lie.
The neurocognitive domains are laid out in the DSM5 model of what is broadly termed dementia, but also reflected in the neurodevelopmental disorders: Memory, Language, Judgment, Attention, socioemotional, and sensorimotor.
I often contemplate how these map onto a venn diagram of physical, mental and spiritual. But I couldn’t decide, between Attention and Judgment, which is more purely mental. And that can be part of my neurodiversity.
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Neurodivergent Menopause 