The Control Freak Label: Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome and the AuDHD Brain
In my last post I wrote about the difference between autism rituals, compulsion and OCD. But there is one more label that tends to follow people like me around, […]
Masking
Going Off the Rails on a Crazy Train: My AuDHD Morning Routine
Every morning, Nana Mouskouri arrives the moment I open the blinds. “Guten Morgen Sonnenschein” firing up in my brain like an alarm clock nobody asked for, and stays for however […]
The Stare: On Gifts That Don’t Have a Name Yet
Recently I had a conversation that lasted an hour and a half and felt like five minutes with another fraud fighter. We met briefly at a professional event about […]
AI Doesn’t Write For Me. It Finally Lets Me Be Heard.
I was called “Judas” when I was five years old. My mother called me Judas. We were leaving the house and ran into a friendly neighbour who asked where we […]
AuDHD and Time Part 2: Parallel Universes, Disappearing Acts and the Camera in My Head
Let me paint you a picture. I am sitting in a meeting. Someone is talking. To all external appearances, I am present – eye contact, appropriate nodding, the occasional […]
AuDHD, Relationships and the Art of Being Chronically Misunderstood
There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes not from being alone, but from being consistently misread by the people around you. From trying your hardest to connect, […]