Tag: ABA Therapy

• No Therapy, Still Broken: How Escaping ABA Didn’t Mean I Was Safe

  

  Speech became performance. Silence felt wrong. But avoiding therapy didn’t mean escaping harm—it just meant the trauma wore a mask too. This is what verbal masking really costs.

  ❄️Siearra Frost❄️

  July 21, 2025

  AuDHD, chaos, Medical Related, My Personal Journey

  ABA Therapy, ADHD, ASD, asd and adhd empowerment, AuDHD, Autism and Mental Health, awareness, chaos, empowerment, empowerment through writing, health, Journaling for mental health, Late diagnosis, Life, Masking, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, mental health and writing, mental health awareness, mimicry, neurodivergence, neurodivergent, Neurodivergent Thoughts, neurodiversity, ptsd, silence, trauma, Trauma Unmasked, Verbal Masking

• A Childhood of Words, a Lifetime of Silence

  

  For years I thought my constant talking was personality—until I realized it was masking. Now I’m reclaiming silence, expression, and the truth I was never allowed to speak.

  ❄️Siearra Frost❄️

  July 19, 2025

  AuDHD, chaos, Medical Related, My Personal Journey

  ABA Therapy, acceptance and growth, ADHD, ASD, AuDHD, Autism, chaos, emotional growth, growth, Growth through writing, health, Late diagnosis, Life, Mental Health, neurodivergent, personal growth, progress, ptsd, survival, Surviving Dark Days, truth, Verbal Masking, writing