I’m Dora. Homes should feel like a soft landing, not a maze of sensory hurdles. When I audit a space for an autism friendly home, I’m not aiming for “perfect.” I’m aiming for predictable, calming, and adjustable. Over the past few years, I’ve tested small, low-cost changes, dimmer switches, textured swaps, and visual boundaries, that…
When my brain starts to feel like every light is a spotlight and every sound is a fire alarm, I rely on a gentle, practiced set of steps I call my “calm-first” routine for sensory overload coping. I’ve tested these approaches in real settings, conference rooms, airports, and crowded cafes, and I’m sharing what’s worked…
Hi, I’m Dora. As a psychology researcher, I’ve administered the BAI in lab and clinical-adjacent settings, compared it to the GAD-7, and tested scoring workflows to see what holds up outside textbooks. This guide keeps things practical, balanced, and rooted in evidence, while speaking softly to what anxiety actually feels like, both in data and…
Social situations can feel surprisingly complicated. The LSAS test, short for the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, offers a structured way to understand how fear and avoidance show up in everyday interactions. In this guide, I explain what the LSAS test measures, how to complete it correctly, and how scores are typically interpreted, with a gentle…
Hi, I’m Dora. When anxiety feels like a constant background hum, it helps to have a simple, trusted way to check in with yourself. The GAD-7 test is a short, research-backed questionnaire that screens for generalized anxiety symptoms. I use it often in my work as a warm-hearted psychology communicator, not to diagnose, but to…
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