How communities created words for experiences professionals missed.
People named what systems had not seen.
Terms around masking, burnout, sensory overload, shutdown, executive dysfunction and rejection sensitivity often spread through community language.
These words helped people explain experiences that formal systems had missed or minimised.
Awareverse uses plain language so people can recognise themselves and ask for support.
When looking at community language, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?