92 {Taylah Ashley} When family violence & undiagnosed neurodiversity collide

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Trigger warning: domestic violence

 

This week we are joined by someone truly amazing.

Taylah is an 18 year old psychology student, who on first glance looks just like everyone else, except in her first 18 years she has overcome bigger challenges than some of us may see in our entire lives. Through personal experience and academic study, Taylah wants to help change the way we look and speak about mental health, in particular autism. Though she might be young, she has gone through more than most would in their lives, and she dreams of being able to better the research between autism, trauma and the brain through her further studies in order to better educate the community around her.

In this episode Taylah shares:

 

• Her autism diagnosis and how being left undiagnosed had a massive effect on her life
• The abuse she experienced as a child and how she felt like she was going to die
• The numerous times she ran away from home 
• Her experience with self harm in year 7
• How she struggled with her body image and was hospitalised for anorexia in year 12
• How even though she only had 32% attendance in grade 12 she made it through high school and was accepted into university.
• Why she has started to study and how it has change things for herself

Key Quotes

 

“Just because someone doesn’t hit you, doesn’t mean the threat of violence isn’t there.”

 

“It’s not perfect, I don’t want it to come across like life’s perfect now, its just not as bad as it was.”

 

“Anyone can look or act however they want, but we’ve all got shit.”

More about Taylah

If you have any further questions for Taylah, her email address is [e-mail].

You can also reach out to her on instagram @taylahashley_ . 

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