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70 primary disorders
- 1. Depressionp. 8–14
- 2. Cycles of insomniap. 14–15
- 3. Hypersensitivityp. 15–18
- 4. Lack of concentrationp. 18–18
- 5. Exhaustionp. 18–19
- 6. Isolationp. 19–19
- 7. Stressp. 19–20
- 8. Tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmiap. 20–21
- 9. Bowel syndrome, intestinesp. 21–23
- 10. Hyperintelligence / impatience / boredom / disgustp. 24–24
- 11. Mental dysfunctionp. 24–26
- 12. Nervous-system problemsp. 26–26
- 13. Neurotransmitter imbalancep. 26–27
- 14. Atypical problems in people with high potential (zebras)p. 28–29
- 15. Psychopathic behaviour (perceived as asocial, egocentric)p. 29–30
- 16. Energy vampirismp. 30–31
- 17. Disorders of volition (applying the will to actions)p. 31–33
- 18. Apragmatism in certain situationsp. 33–33
- 19. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)p. 33–34
- 20. Thought disordersp. 34–36
- 21. Obsessions and obsessive, intrusive ideasp. 36–38
- 22. Obsessive cyclesp. 38–38
- 23. Distrust, positive schizophreniap. 39–40
- 24. Perceptual disordersp. 40–40
- 25. Perception different from the normp. 41–41
- 26. Derealisationp. 41–42
- 27. Misophoniap. 42–43
- 28. Communication disordersp. 43–44
- 29. Disorders of the form and content of languagep. 44–45
- 30. Logorrhoeap. 45–45
- 31. Affected speechp. 46–46
- 32. Functional disordersp. 46–46
- 33. Mutismp. 46–47
- 34. Autistic withdrawalp. 47–47
- 35. Behavioural disordersp. 47–48
- 36. Agitationp. 48–48
- 37. Phobic behavioursp. 48–49
- 38. Mood disordersp. 49–49
- 39. A state of recurrent depressionp. 50–50
- 40. Euphoriap. 50–50
- 41. Mood disorders 02, states of disturbance, excitement, depressionp. 50–51
- 42. Disorders of alertnessp. 51–51
- 43. A slight, permanent reduction in alertnessp. 51–51
- 44. Emotional and affective disordersp. 52–52
- 45. Anxiety, anguishp. 52–53
- 46. Doubtp. 53–53
- 47. Affective indifferencep. 53–54
- 48. Affective discordancep. 54–54
- 49. Moderate disordersp. 54–54
- 50. Anxiety or anxiety attacks that are controlled but detrimental to concentrationp. 55–55
- 51. Irritabilityp. 55–56
- 52. Agoraphobiap. 56–56
- 53. Information-management disordersp. 56–57
- 54. Disorders in managing information about other peoplep. 57–58
- 55. Disorders in managing information about oneselfp. 58–58
- 56. Disorders in managing non-social informationp. 58–60
- 57. Deficits in social skillsp. 60–62
- 58. Deficits in activities of daily livingp. 62–62
- 59. Alexithymiap. 62–62
- 60. Identity disordersp. 62–64
- 61. Minor personality disordersp. 65–65
- 62. Obsessive disordersp. 65–65
- 63. Hyperfocus disordersp. 65–66
- 64. Disorders of bodily perceptionp. 66–67
- 65. Eating disordersp. 67–67
- 66. Effects of products containing glutenp. 68–69
- 67. Effects of sugarp. 69–70
- 68. Some consequences of dairy productsp. 70–70
- 69. Rejection of certain texturesp. 71–71
- 70. Rejection of bitterness and foods rich in sulphur and mineralsp. 72–72
Spectrum markers
Discussions of DTTS
- 1. Disorders of visual motion processingp. 73–73
- 2. Disorders in the perception of lip movementsp. 73–74
- 3. Difficulties in perceiving facial and bodily emotionsp. 74–74
- 4. Empathy deficitp. 74–75
- 5. Impaired vision of E-motionp. 75–75
- 6. Mind-blindness (areas of mental blindness)p. 75–76
- 7. Executive dysfunction and motor disorders (volition)p. 76–77
- 8. Disorders of visuomotor integrationp. 77–77
- 9. Visual proprioceptive disorders (perception of one's body and objects in space)p. 77–79
- 10. Cognitive disorders (failure to register perception, memorisation, reasoning, emotions: physiological/neurological origin)p. 79–79
- 11. Imitation deficitsp. 80–80
- 12. Slowing of sensorimotor and cognitive processingp. 80–81
- 13. Language disordersp. 81–81
- 14. Motor anticipation deficit (volition)p. 82–82
- 15. Deficits in representing an internal modelp. 82–83
- 16. Deficit in processing proprioceptive flowp. 83–83
- 17. Joint attention deficit (observing situations without integrating the whole)p. 83–84
- 18. Eye-contact disordersp. 84–84
- 19. Deficit in detecting gaze directionp. 84–84
- 20. Deficit in perceiving eye movementsp. 84–85
- 21. Overfocused static attention (ocular disconnection)p. 85–85
- 22. Enhanced local perception: the intense increase,p. 85–85
- 23. Weak central coherencep. 85–86
- 24. Enhanced graphic abilities and spatial memoryp. 86–86
- 25. Dysfunction in phoneme categorisationp. 86–88
- 26. Hallucinationsp. 88–88
- 27. Disorganised speechp. 88–90
Articles and reflections
- The Ugly Duckling and his exclusion (the world of Hans Christian Andersen, also AS)p. 91–92
- Lucid dreaming, knowing lucid consciousness, the knowing lucid being: what is accessible to the ASp. 92–99
- Altered State of Consciousness (ASC)p. 99–101
- Freudian/Lacanian psychoanalysisp. 101–104
- Why can psychoanalysis not work for autistic people?p. 104–107
- The size of the spiderp. 107–108
- Working at your own pacep. 108–112
- An intense gazep. 112–114
- Misdirected and misinterpreted messagesp. 114–115
- Experiencing beauty intenselyp. 115–121
- And where does AS fit into all this?p. 121–123
- Living peacefully on the AS spectrump. 123–127
- Understanding AS betterp. 127–128
- To therapists,p. 128–130
- Psychological illnesses:p. 130–135
- What can we do to emerge from an imbalance?p. 135–137
- Analysis of the autistic brain in neurosciencep. 137–139
- The development of an AS brainp. 139–140
- Knowing how to welcome the (AS) childp. 140–141
- AS people: we accepted their talents. We concealed their difficulties.p. 141–143
- What is science?p. 143–144
- Words: an instrument of carep. 144–144
- Information and impressions: where they enter the brain and how they are processed.p. 144–146
- Reference figures, the foundations of childhoodp. 146–149
- ASC, an altered state of consciousnessp. 149–150
- Social connection: becoming part of the AS person's universep. 150–150
- Intelligencep. 151–154
- Executive functions in children (allistic or autistic)p. 154–161
- Weak executive functions: what to do in the classroomp. 161–167
- Social differences: my signsp. 167–174
- The AS person's commitmentp. 175–177
- Roles and functions of emotionsp. 177–179
- Personality disorders and the development of consciousnessp. 179–181
- Misophoniap. 181–181
- Medication and iatrogenic harmp. 181–182
- The ethics of behavioural therapiesp. 182–183
- Criticism of ABA (method)p. 183–184
- On ADHDp. 184–185
- Parasympathetic activation (breathing exercise)p. 185–186
- Eternity becomes a part of ourselves.p. 186–188
- Adenosine:p. 188–193
- The collective unconscious, archetypes and synchronicity:p. 193–195
- Playing the strings of your own heart.p. 195–197
- Testament and promisep. 197–198
- Nunchip. 198–199
- Reflectionp. 199–200
- Lonelinessp. 200–201
- A therapist's reflectionp. 202–202
- Questionnaires for autistic people and therapistsp. 203–206
- Better concentrationp. 206–208
- Social cognitionp. 208–209
- Well-being – integration – harmonyp. 209–212
- Jeffrey Schwartz, a neuropsychiatrist at UCLA, states: “You are more than your brain.”p. 212–217
- Make sure that your relationship with your child with AS is based on genuine love.p. 217–217
- Some reflections inspired by Piero Ferrucci, an Italian psychotherapist, on our overwhelming desires.p. 218–219
- Freedom and ASp. 219–233
- Cognitive science according to Céline Alvarezp. 233–237
- The anxious personalityp. 237–241
- Thought loopsp. 241–242
- Understanding anxiety disorderp. 242–243
- Origins and forms of anxietyp. 243–244
- The panic attackp. 244–245
- Solutions and treatments for anxietyp. 245–248
- Now let us turn to psychotherapy. There are three main approaches:p. 248–251
- The control and protection centres of our brainp. 251–254
- Panic disorderp. 254–256
- Meditation and states of consciousnessp. 256–258
- DEPRESSIONp. 258–262
- Nadi Śodhanap. 263–265
- Bipolar disordersp. 265–267
- Anhedoniap. 267–268