S1, Ep 7 Friendship Therapy: Neurodiversity in Friendship - a unique perspective on dyspraxia and how it can impact friendship
Friendship Therapy
Emma Reed Turrell
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Diagnosed at just six years old, dyspraxia has affected every aspect of Jemima's life since she was a small child, from being put into remedial classes at school, to throwing and catching balls with her brother so she could be more like the other children. Jemima's family just wanted to keep her safe from a world that didn't necessarily understand her, but Jemima wanted to reject her dyspraxia diagnosis altogether. Now, as a woman in her forties, she has come to learn a lot about herself and the way she exists in the world as a neurodiverse woman with her own unique experiences in life and in friendship.
In this episode, Jemima generously shares how she navigates friendship and dyspraxia. We hear about her experience of being neurodivergent in a world that doesn't always celebrate difference, struggling with burnout and feelings of rejection and abandonment, and through it all, the unwavering support, love and encouragement that her friends and family have shown her.
Jemima's story reminds us that when we mess up, as we inevitably will, having grace for ourselves and for our friends can be an incredibly powerful metric of friendship.
To find out more about Eric Berne's Parent, Adult, Child theory, click here: https://www.simplypsychology.org/transactional-analysis-eric-berne.html
Information on dyspraxia from the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/developmental-coordination-disorder-dyspraxia-in-adults/
Exceptional Individuals - https://exceptionalindividuals.com/
Some book recommendations from Jemima:
The Lion Who Wanted to Love - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lion-Who-Wanted-Love/dp/1860399134/ref=asc_df_1860399134/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697208928393&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9929041182393392105&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046002&hvtargid=pla-537898099083&psc=1&mcid=36f7310928af3f02b640a4340b0442d0&th=1&psc=1&gad_source=1
Autism in Heels - https://booksplea.se/autism-in-heels-the-untold-story-of-a-female-life-on-the-spectrum-by-jennifer-cook-otoole/?setCurrencyId=1&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqanE7ZXbhgMVspVQBh3j_QLDEAQYASABEgL6MfD_BwE
Rhinocorn Rules - https://www.theworks.co.uk/p/picture-books/rhinocorn-rules/WKS_9780008617103.html?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyLf5iZbbhgMVw4hQBh2_rAo8EAQYASABEgJYv_D_BwE
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by Protein Works, creators of award-winning tasty food, shakes and snacks. |
| 0:07.5 | Welcome to Friendship Therapy, the podcast in which we therapies some of the most influential relationships we'll ever have in life. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Emmery Terrell, a psychotherapist and author, and I'm here to help you understand the issues |
| 0:20.1 | we all face in friendships, whether it's the end of a friendship, the impact of major life events on our friendship groups, or the challenges of making new friends in later life. |
| 0:29.5 | Each week I'll be joined by a guest who comes to better understand their friendships and leaves with a better |
| 0:34.9 | understanding of themselves. Join the conversation and understand yourself and your friendships better too. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome back to Friendship Therapy and I am so delighted this week that we have we have a |
| 0:49.4 | lovely listener who got in touch and said is this a conversation that you think might be worth having on the podcast? |
| 0:55.7 | And I said, hell yes, please come and talk to us. |
| 0:59.1 | So we have Jemima with us today and Jemima is here to bring a perspective to friendship |
| 1:05.1 | therapy that is going to be about neurodiversity and I think it's such a necessary |
| 1:11.0 | essential piece of understanding when it comes to friendship. |
| 1:16.4 | So I'm really so happy to have you here Jemima. |
| 1:19.6 | We've had a few technical issues this morning by the way, we're here now so we're all good |
| 1:23.6 | and we're gonna start our conversation so welcome Jemima thank you so much for |
| 1:28.5 | having me Emma it's so delightful to be on this podgum oh well thank you for |
| 1:31.8 | reaching out and suggesting this topic because it's one I've definitely wanted to dig into and I wonder maybe you could just, well, kick us off. Tell us a bit about what prompted you to make contact and why we're having this conversation. |
| 1:46.2 | Well I was diagnosed with dyspraxia when I was six and for many many years I wanted to not be this praxic even though my mom always said you know it's |
| 1:56.1 | really important to understand what you need to do and what you need to think about and |
| 2:00.2 | how to make life easier and I rejected it and rejected it. |
| 2:03.0 | And recently I've really thought about the fact that friendship difficulties that I've had in my life |
| 2:11.0 | and I didn't really understand that dyspraxia really can cause problems |
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