Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.

We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.

Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.

By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.

We need to remember to do this more often.

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Is cleaning and inking a #FountainPen,

so that you can write yourself a note with ink that makes you feel good,

so that you can set writing and reading goals,

so that you can do the boring thing you don't want to do,

productive or advanced procrastination?

#NeurospicyThoughts