Genre Blender - Episode 13: How Physical Health, Mental Health & Neurodivergence Affect Our Hobbies

Описание: It's no secret that life can get in the way of things we enjoy! This week Rian and Kris take you on their journeys of how their physical and mental health sometimes interferes with their favourite hobbies.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:47 Read Watch Play updates
12:57 Main topic: How physical/mental health helps/hinders our hobbies
13:47 Rian talks about POTS
18:15 Rian talks about insomnia
20:12 Kris talks about chronic kidney disease
24:44 Neurodivergence
24:58 Rian talks about autism
25:14 Executive dysfunction and task switching
27:53 Hyperfocus
30:40 Routines and rituals
32:00 Sensory processing disorder
33:58 Agnosia
36:51 Kris talks about auditory processing
40:10 An interruption
40:29 Noise-blocking earbuds
42:20 Mental health
43:17 Trigger warnings
43:37 Kris talks about depression
46:29 Rian talks about anxiety
52:21 Coping tools and advice (end trigger warning)
1:00:21 Links and socials

Tendril Theory - https://eisforerin.com/2015/08/10/ten...

Books:
Absolution - Jeff VanderMeer https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7...
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - Satoshi Yagisawa https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e...
The Fall of the Giants - Gregory Kontaxis https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6...
Swan Song - Robert McCammon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3...
Exodus - Peter F. Hamilton https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7...

Films:
Sharper (2023) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7179...
Nightcrawler (2014) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2425...
The Mauritanian (2021) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/6445...
Longlegs (2024) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1226...
Nightmare Alley (2022) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5972...
Road House (2024) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5972...
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16859
Wicked (2024) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4024...

Games:
Exodus https://www.exodusgame.com/en-US

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