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Integrity means trusting in and loving all of who we are
And not just the more palatable parts
Allowing the self to be, unedited
To shed the nice girl amour
And the need to be liked to feel safe
But to exist authentically
Neither yearning nor hoping
Happy and proud of the truth of who we always were

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Thank you to all of you who shared your accounts of how hormonal transitions impacted you as an Autistic person over your lifespan. Today I finally get to share all of these voices with you.

HormoneFULL, Not Hormonal brings together the lived experiences of 101 Autistic AFAB adults, exploring how hormonal transitions shape regulation, identity, wellbeing, and daily life across the lifespan.

Puberty.
Menstruation.
Pregnancy and postpartum.
Perimenopause.
Menopause.

These experiences are too often minimised, misattributed, or misunderstood — even within healthcare and mental health systems.

This is not opinion.
It is lived experience, gathered with care.

If you’ve ever felt, “Why is no one talking about this?”
This is for you.

Available now on www.christinedoyle.ie

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Available now ✨✨✨
HormoneFULL, Not Hormonal brings together the lived experiences of 101 Autistic AFAB adults, exploring how hormonal transitions shape regulation, identity, wellbeing, and daily life across the lifespan.

Puberty.
Menstruation.
Pregnancy and postpartum.
Perimenopause.
Menopause.

These experiences are too often minimised, misattributed, or misunderstood — even within healthcare and mental health systems.

This is not opinion.
It is lived experience, gathered with care.

If you’ve ever felt, “Why is no one talking about this?”
This is for you.

Available now on my website .. link in bio

In this My Autistic Musing, I talk about the process of re-remembering.

That stage after discovery where you know you’re Autistic — but you still catch yourself judging, pushing, or holding yourself to standards that were never built for you.

I share how easy it is to slip back into old lenses:
trying harder, second-guessing yourself, overriding your needs — all in the name of external safety.

And I talk about what’s changed for me as I practise re-remembering:
choosing internal safety, trusting my gut, and allowing myself the time, space, and regulation I actually need.

Re-remembering isn’t dramatic.
It’s gentle.
Intentional.
A quiet return to yourself.

If you’re post-discovery and finding yourself forgetting, this one might resonate.

Episode 5 is now available on Spotify, Apple and Amazon Music

Laura said this in Episode 4 and it felt really important to sit with.
Difference is beautiful — and that doesn’t cancel out the struggle that can come with it.
Both can exist at the same time, without one needing to justify the other.
That’s what this conversation holds.
🎧 The full episode is up on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

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POV: you have something on at 2pm so the morning is spent waiting - Unable to do anything as you can’t afford to get lost in a task, lose track of time or use up precious energy that you need for later so you spend the morning idle but unsettled in anticipatory anxiety
Who’s with me?!!

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I did it … I pressed print on the book today … this has taken me over a year and SOOO many re-writes … this is not my voice … it’s yours … to all of you who shared your experiences of hormones over the course of your Autistic life to date, who not only responded but who ROSE and who ROARED .. here it is, your voice heard … I hope I have done you proud 🙏🙏🙏