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Seven months on Medium taught me that a magazine and a town square are two different things.
I also rebranded my book. The algorithm doesn’t read. It classifies. And it classified Landing Protocol as a dystopian thriller.
New title, new cover, same book: Wrong Planet / Right Mind.
The full story is on Medium.
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/welcome-to-the-wrong-planet-ac9976ea38e2
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Writing #Substack

Welcome to the Wrong Planet

My first article on Medium was published on August 14, 2025. A little over seven months ago.

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Christian Gajewski 7h ago

Christian Gajewski 12h ago

Every Sant Jordi I tell myself I'll stop giving books. Too personal, too impossible to get right. Then I do it anyway, because the right book to give isn't the one that fits the other person. It's the one that gives you away.

https://substack.com/@christiangajewski/note/c-242155802?r=1y90fn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

#books #Autism #catalunya #culture #santjordi2026

Christian Gajewski (@christiangajewski)

Every Sant Jordi I tell myself I’ll stop giving books. Too personal, too impossible to get right. Then I do it anyway, because the right book to give isn’t the one that fits the other person. It’s the one that gives you away.

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Christian Gajewski 12h ago

Every Sant Jordi I tell myself I'll stop giving books. Too personal, too impossible to get right. Then I do it anyway, because the right book to give isn't the one that fits the other person. It's the one that gives you away.

https://substack.com/@christiangajewski/note/c-242155802?r=1y90fn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

#books #Autism #catalunya #culture #santjordi2026

Christian Gajewski (@christiangajewski)

Every Sant Jordi I tell myself I’ll stop giving books. Too personal, too impossible to get right. Then I do it anyway, because the right book to give isn’t the one that fits the other person. It’s the one that gives you away.

Substack

Christian Gajewski 2d ago

Seven months on Medium taught me that a magazine and a town square are two different things.
I also rebranded my book. The algorithm doesn’t read. It classifies. And it classified Landing Protocol as a dystopian thriller.
New title, new cover, same book: Wrong Planet / Right Mind.
The full story is on Medium.
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/welcome-to-the-wrong-planet-ac9976ea38e2
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Writing #Substack

Welcome to the Wrong Planet

My first article on Medium was published on August 14, 2025. A little over seven months ago.

Medium

Christian Gajewski 6d ago

SETI Institute 6d ago

#PPOD: Hello, World

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left), and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

#space #science

Christian Gajewski Mar 24

Christian Gajewski Mar 23

Is it depression or Autistic Burnout?
For years, I lived under the wrong diagnosis. Traditional treatments fail when we mistake a nervous system paralyzed by "masking" for a simple chemical imbalance.
In my latest article, I explore the neurobiology of burnout and the emerging role of psilocybin as a "window of plasticity" for the autistic brain.
Read the full piece here:
https://medium.com/the-unexpected-autistic-life/is-it-depression-or-autistic-burnout-why-the-difference-matters-for-psychedelic-therapy-589f0e108c91
#Neurodiversity #AutisticBurnout #MentalHealth #PsychedelicTherapy #Psilocybin #ActuallyAutistic

Is it Depression or Autistic Burnout? Why the Difference Matters for Psychedelic Therapy

Psilocybin isn’t a cure for autism, but it might be the key to unlocking a nervous system paralyzed by decades of performance.

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Christian Gajewski Mar 23

Is it depression or Autistic Burnout?
For years, I lived under the wrong diagnosis. Traditional treatments fail when we mistake a nervous system paralyzed by "masking" for a simple chemical imbalance.
In my latest article, I explore the neurobiology of burnout and the emerging role of psilocybin as a "window of plasticity" for the autistic brain.
Read the full piece here:
https://medium.com/the-unexpected-autistic-life/is-it-depression-or-autistic-burnout-why-the-difference-matters-for-psychedelic-therapy-589f0e108c91
#Neurodiversity #AutisticBurnout #MentalHealth #PsychedelicTherapy #Psilocybin #ActuallyAutistic

Is it Depression or Autistic Burnout? Why the Difference Matters for Psychedelic Therapy

Psilocybin isn’t a cure for autism, but it might be the key to unlocking a nervous system paralyzed by decades of performance.

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Christian Gajewski Mar 16

I spent hours cooking for a table that remained empty. To me, a vague "okay" was a contractual commitment. To my guests, it meant nothing at all.
I discovered at forty-eight that my world is built on words that mean exactly what they say.
In this article, I analyze seven traits I have only now understood, starting with that lunch that never happened.
https://medium.com/invisible-illness/i-have-been-acting-for-48-years-without-knowing-it-ced0ff912889
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Psychology #neurodiversity

The 48 Year Performance: How an Adult Diagnosis Rewrote My Entire Life

7 autistic traits I have only now understood

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Christian Gajewski Mar 16

I spent hours cooking for a table that remained empty. To me, a vague "okay" was a contractual commitment. To my guests, it meant nothing at all.
I discovered at forty-eight that my world is built on words that mean exactly what they say.
In this article, I analyze seven traits I have only now understood, starting with that lunch that never happened.
https://medium.com/invisible-illness/i-have-been-acting-for-48-years-without-knowing-it-ced0ff912889
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Psychology #neurodiversity

The 48 Year Performance: How an Adult Diagnosis Rewrote My Entire Life

7 autistic traits I have only now understood

Medium

Christian Gajewski Mar 12

Christian Gajewski Mar 9

For years I thought my emotional system was defective. I was wrong.
Alexithymia is not an absence. It is a “low-noise” operating system optimized for logic rather than biochemical storms. I explore this paradox between neurodivergence and neural architecture in this essay.
You can read it for free (no paywall) here:
https://medium.com/the-unexpected-autistic-life/the-fish-that-no-longer-wanted-to-fly-06a1305113cb?sk=e6828f387679f8ff43429d287970dff4

#autism #actuallyautistic #psychology #audhd #alexithymia #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #science

The Alexithymia Paradox: Why My Brain Processes Logic Instead of Emotion

Between neurodivergence and high-functioning alexithymia: How a “low-noise” neural architecture redefines human connection.

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Special interests	#Autism #Neurodivergence #AuDHD #Psychoanalysis #Archetypes #Philosophy #ScienceFiction #Anthropology #History #Physics
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