Neurodivergence & Detecting Multiple Realities: A Thought Experiment

Could more synapses have something to do with tapping into more/different realities...?

Aug 18, 2025

This article was originally written for my other publication, Recovery Revelations, where I have a section all about being uniquely wired (neurodivergent) - it’s called Uniquely Wired (go figure 😂)

BUT because it has to do with the nature of reality, the quantum field, and all that jazz, I gotta post it here, too. (It doesn’t have anything to do with ED recovery!)

So, Sweet Souls, here it is:There are some things we humans have discovered that are important for us to cover right up front:

The brain isn’t the source of consciousness. The brain is more like the receiver of consciousness. This means… We’re not the brain! That’s not who we are, where We (our essence, our awareness, our consciousness, our “I”-ness) come from. We are something outside of this human body, this human brain. We are tapped into some sort of field that is outside the physical body, the physical brain (the physical world as a whole). This is how we can (partially, begin to) explain telepathy, precognition, remote viewing, NDEs (near-death experiences)… All verifiable, observable, replicable (well, let’s not try to replicate NDEs…you know what I’m getting at with the replicable thing! 😂), phenomena. (And we’re just barely scratching the surface!)
Neurodivergent brains (“neurodivergence” includes Autism, ADHD, and much more) develop differently. They are wired differently. As we develop throughout the early years of life, the brain “learns” what’s important and what’s not (to put it very simply). There are connections in the brain called synapses, connections between neurons (the cells in our brains). The connections that are a part of what the brain eventually deems is not important? Those connections are “pruned” (like pruning a tree). They aren’t needed, aren’t important. Why put energy toward them? The brain “decides” to strengthen the more important ones. It’s like training a muscle - use it or lose it! This is called synaptic pruning. But in folks who are neurodivergent (and it’s something you’re born with, a neurodivergent brain), this same synaptic pruning doesn’t take place. The brain keeps many, many more connections than those who have neurotypical brains. More connections, more wiring, more activity, more signaling.

Point #2 has been linked to explaining the prevalence of greater levels of anxiety, OCD, and rumination in neurodivergent folks. This increased number of synapses has also been linked to higher rates of burnout in neurodivergent folks - that’s a lot of extra activity and energy in the brain to always be contending with! Coupled with activity, energy, and stimulation from the outside world. Without special and intentional care (special and intentional self care, honoring one’s uniqueness - it can also take on the form of support from others, depending on one’s support needs!), burnout can easily happen (the body and brain just reach a point of absolute exhaustion where they have to shut down to recuperate and be able to function normally again); this can be especially true because the extra activity is not so easily seen - it’s internal, up in the brain and in the nervous system (and many people are super good at masking and ignoring it, until they no longer can 🙋🏼‍♀️!).

But what else could point #2 explain? 🤔

LET’S GET TRIPPY! 🍄 (No, I’m actually being serious - don’t stop reading, please! 🙏🏻😂)

The brain is like a radio.

Tuned into a greater energetic field of consciousness, a realm outside the physical.

Tuned into your Soul essence, that exists outside of this 3D world of linear time and physical space. (This is how You are “here” in this physical form.)

Not much different from what spiritual traditions have been putting forth for… FOREVER?

We just have new insights, greater understanding, and different words now 🤷🏼‍♀️

(Pretty freakin’ cool if you ask me 😉)

Yes, it’s fun to think about. But it also changes how we live! When we understand Who We Are…when we understand how reality works…

This awakening/realization/remembrance changes how we live, how we show up in the world.

It changes how we think about this physical form, this physical body.

It changes how we treat the body, the brain.

It changes how we interact with the body, the brain - how we team up with them!

Yes, I believe Soul and body (including brain) are meant to be a team.

In all the body’s uniqueness (including the unique wiring of the brain and nervous system).

Let’s get one more thing out of the way to really set us up strongly:

We exist within/there exists all around us a field of infinite possibilities. We call this the quantum field.

All realities (yes, ALL) are existing, energetically, in a state of potentiality. When one aligns with/observes a potentiality, it can become physical reality.

Energy precedes form.

We’ve known this, again, for AGES. But, science has been finding evidence for it in recent years.

Observation/perception/awareness changes reality. Observation/perception/awareness dictates (in large part) which energetic potential becomes physical (experienced) reality.

Okay, that’s enough on that one! Now we can proceed.

How a radio is constructed will impact to which/to how many stations it can be tuned.

Its unique internal wiring impacts which signals it can receive, “interpret”, and play.

We can think of the infinite potentials/possibilities in the quantum field like radio waves/signals.

And we can then go back to thinking of our brains as radios.

Our brains can tune to/pick up various signals from the field.

When we become aware of potentials, we can choose to align or not - we can choose to align with bringing them into physical reality or not.

It’s just dreaming! It’s imagining. It’s playing in the quantum field. (We can all do this, of course, but how often do we stop ourselves? We say dreaming is silly? We say we need to be “practical”? 😕)

There are a great many things that impact which signals we become aware of:

Beliefs
Who we hang around with
What media or other content we consume
Sleep
How well we’re taking care of the body overall
Spiritual practices (of ANY sort, definitely not tied to religion!)
The meaning we’ve been choosing to give certain life occurrences
Perspective

And more! But it all ultimately comes down to energetic vibration.

We all have one.

It can change.

We can tune it.

We cannot become aware of that to which we’re not an energetic match. And we cannot experience something if we can’t be aware of it in the first place!

Our energy determines to which possibilities in the field we can be tuned, aware.

Perhaps our wiring also plays a role?

With more wires in the radio, so to speak, perhaps there is a greater ability to pick up more?

Yes, the energy still plays a role! But it couples with the physical wiring in the brain (and nervous system).

To produce an entirely unique experience/perception.

Could this be happening for us neurodivergent folks?

Could this be one reason we are more prone to anxiety and OCD and rumination, simply because we are tapping into/sensing a greater number of potential realities? (We may not even be consciously aware but our system can get overloaded/overstimulated with all the energetic options.)

One reason.

Could this be one reason we tend to anthropomorphize “inanimate” objects, because we can more deeply sense the energy of Source in all of creation?

This is just exploration… But isn’t it fun? I personally resonate with this right now.

And I think it could speak to the prevalence of telepathic abilities in those who are neurodivergent and non-speaking! Again, I’m not trying to put forth any hard scientific evidence and this is not at all me trying to undermine the awesome scientific research that’s been done into telepathic abilities (in the neurodivergent community and beyond). This is just, again, an exploration.

Wouldn’t it make sense to be tuned to more/different realities with different wiring?

There’s nothing at all wrong with being neurodivergent, having more synapses, being uniquely wired.

Yes, it’s a spectrum.

Yes, many “conditions” fall under the label of neurodivergence.

I happen to have both Autism and ADHD. This is colloquially termed AuDHD (that’s not an actual diagnostic term yet).

Along the spectrum, people have different support needs and face different challenges in a world that was designed for and by people with different brains. (This isn’t me saying that neurotypical people have intentionally designed the world to exclude or be hard on those who are neurodivergent - I’m just stating how it is.)

While I have low support needs, I still experience plenty of challenge because of my AuDHD. But I’ve turned it into an adventure… I’ve been so much better able to turn toward myself in compassion, stop telling myself I’m broken or that there’s something wrong with me, and figure out how to navigate the world in the ways that work best for me (confidently). I know that’s not everyone’s experience or perspective, but I hope that by doing my own thing I can help others along the way and in the future. I would never in a million years try to invalidate another person’s experience by saying, “Well, this is how I see it. This is how I live as someone who is neurodivergent/AuDHD…” No. Way. I’m just doing what feels best for me.

Okay, okay, back to different realities…

We know that the wiring of the brain and nervous system impact ways of seeing the world and interacting with the world - the physical world.

I just simply wonder (and personally believe) if this could extend to non-physical reality. The energetic. The realm where all begins before it becomes physical.

Now, this isn’t to say that neurotypical people cannot also tune into a multitude of reality possibilities! Everyone has their own way.

I’m just simply linking brain wiring in neurodivergent folks to the detection of this multitude of reality potentialities.

Just a different kind of radio, that’s all. A different set of wiring.

To wrap up, let me go back to what I said impacts to which frequencies we can tune:

Our energetic vibration.

No matter who you are, no matter what type of wiring you have…

You can always intend to tune your own personal vibration to that of Love.

And even if you’re sensing a million and one (or more) potential realities, they’ll all be of the best.

You can still be aware of other realities that are not of the best. You can still see others choosing those types of realities.

But the ones that are coming into your awareness and are calling to you? If you are choosing Love, they will be of Love. This is how we keep leveling up - we keep choosing Love.

We let that choice of Love change us, of what we’re aware, and our reality around us. We trust that choosing Love will change what we are not in control of, physically as humans.

Love is the answer, Love is the point.

Always, no matter who you are.

Love is the antidote to fear, overwhelm, confusion, and anxiety.

We’re not here to live some arbitrary perfect life - that life doesn’t exist. It just…doesn’t. Not in the way we’ve been sold.

We’re here to (I believe) just keep on choosing Love in the moment. No matter what.

What do you all think? Let me know! I would love your thoughts.

Until Next Time,

Katie Anne

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