Big feelings may be harder for monotropic people to handle. And if you have significant sensory sensitivity, the physical sensations can be overwhelming as well.

This episode covers some of the ways I've been approaching grief and helplessness about Gaza.

Links mentioned in show:

1. Episode 15, How Feelings Work
2. Lisa Feldman Barrett's book How Emotions Are Made
3. Al Jazeera article, ‘It’s not human’: What a French doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah
4. Macklemore song Hind's Hall
5. Sign up for General Strike in US!

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