The Corpse Flower and Me: The Excited Rantings Of An Autistic Therapist

“Wow, you seem really excited.” That was my spouse's reaction when I rushed everyone out to the door so we could catch a glimpse of the corpse flower bloom before it died. I have lots of Autistic joy moments, a silent hour when I get to dive into my SpIn, feeling accomplished or knowledgeable about something, info dumping about Autism to some unsuspecting friend who just asked one question about it. Sometimes my hands flap, sometimes I just get really energetic and talk really fast. Either way, the corpse flower did it for me today. I was surprised there was no traffic, no lines, no crowds. Then I realized that probably most people don’t find this type of thing really urgent and interesting.

It made me chuckle, of course most of the things I am interested draw no crowds like going to the library and trail running or diving into weird obscure topics or being an expert on one specific psychological condition. But hey, I don’t like crowds so it’s a good side benefit. The name myautistictherapist.com was available for the taking, no competition there. How many people niche in Autism/ADHD/giftedness/cPTSD sometimes with some OCD added for good measure… probably not many. But gosh, do I love my specialties! And the more I learn about them, the more excited and happy I feel.

Do you know what my main marketing strategy is? Just posting endlessly showing how autistic I am because I know that showing who I am and my own experience of being autistic is what will bring the right clients to me. I feel eternally grateful to be able to put my knowledge to use. Knowledge acquisition and deep analysis is probably my greatest macro SpIn. And that is probably why I raced to the corpse flower as quick as I could and I am still buzzing with excitement hours later. I know most people won’t understand what I am saying in this post but this post is for those who will.