Synthesising monotropic theory with deep ecology and holistic anatomy, we feel we have found a multi-dimensional, spacious, edgeless terrain under the monotropism map. We are calling it holotropism. This perspective may elucidate the high co-occurrences of synaesthesia, mirror-touch, dyspraxia, and hypermobility among us autistic people.
To be holotropic is to have wide open sensory gates. To participate in/as the immense world without becoming overwhelmed, we holotropes have two central methods: in, by hyperfocusing our attention on one sensory or cognitive path, and as, through synthesising our experience into coherence. A sense of wholeness occurs through both of these processes — less consciously in hyperfocus, more consciously in coherence.
Holotropism: a multi-dimensional, spacious, edgeless terrain | by Hendl H Mirra | Medium
- Monotropism, Holotropism & Floatation Experiences | by MoreRealms | May, 2024 | Medium
- Exploring Holotropism : An Autistic and Synaesthetic ramble — Bex Milgate : Psychotherapy & Psychoeducation
