Musings from an AuDHD Therapist.
If you want to take a journey inside the mind of a millennial woman, mother, and therapist
who discovered her neurodivergence in her thirties, you’ve come to the right place. Buckle up.
When Two Diagnoses Hide Each Other: How My ADHD and Autism Took Turns Masking the Truth
What if treating your ADHD is what finally unmasks your autism? This post dives into the confusing overlap between ADHD and autism, and how both neurotypes can often hide the other. For neurodivergent women navigating late discovery and shifting identities, this one hits home.
Surviving Back-to-School Chaos (Neurodivergent Edition)
Back-to-school season: Exhaustion for parents everywhere. If your kids are neurodivergent, you can count on extra chaos. If you’re neurodivergent too? It’s a war zone. But prioritizing co-regulation and caring for your own nervous system can help to make this back-to-school season go smoother.
No I’m Not Lazy. I’m Just on Fire
Ever wonder what executive dysfunction looks like from the inside? If you’ve experienced it, you’ll know it’s like being held hostage by your own brain. If not, this might give you a tiny glimpse of the fire.
The Signs I Was Autistic Were There the Whole Time — I Just Didn’t Know How to Read Them
How high masking autism, burnout, and giftedness kept me from recognizing I was autistic—until I couldn't function anymore. A therapist's story of late diagnosed autism.