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Epistemic Harm
Epistemic harm occurs when a person or group is injured not physically or emotionally, but in their capacity to know, be known, or have their…
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Executive Function
Executive Function refers to the suite of cognitive processes responsible for planning, initiation, working memory, organization, impulse control, and flexible task shifting. It governs not…
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Psychiatric Harm
Psychiatric harm is the emotional, psychological, or existential damage caused by psychiatric systems that misname, dismiss, overpathologize, or strip away agency. It often occurs not…
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Clarity Crime
Clarity Crime is the social punishment that occurs when someone asks a direct, reasonable question in a group or institution governed by unspoken rules, fear,…
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Translation Tax
Translation Tax is the emotional and cognitive toll of converting your internal experience into socially acceptable, digestible language - just to be heard or supported.…
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Avoidance Shame Spiral (A.S.S.)
The avoidance shame spiral describes a repeating cycle: a person avoids a task or responsibility, feels shame about the avoidance, and then avoids further due to…
