Who keeps things in order

[FreyasSpirit]

One of our current models is that a variety of other things like SPD and autism and being trans can put people in a state where their baseline stress level is higher. As a result, these people are able to handle less additional stress and the required amount of stress for trauma is lower. The end result is having a bunch of other conditions can make levels of functioning which are expected of neurotypicals and considered "normal" traumatic to try and maintain. Under this model, every way that you are different from what others expect places additional continuous load on you and as a result, increases the likelihood that outside events will be traumatic.

(we don't feel particularly coherent while writing this so if you are having trouble understanding this, we probably didn't write it clearly enough and can rewrite it later when words come more easily)