Category: Depression

Depression can reduce what someone is able to show in a relationship without necessarily reducing what they feel. A person may initiate less, reply slowly,…

Sleep is one of the strongest regulators of mood, executive function, and sensory tolerance. In ADHD and autism, sleep often isn’t just “rest.” Sleep is:…

Depression does not only change how you feel. It can change what you can access. Preparing food may require more decisions than you can make.…

Rumination is repetitive thinking that keeps returning to distress, mistakes, losses, symptoms, or unanswered questions without creating enough new understanding or useful action. It can…

Sometimes reducing demands helps, but only partially. Sensory tolerance begins to return, yet nothing feels enjoyable. Or depression treatment improves mood, but ordinary tasks remain…

AuDHD is a community term for having both autism and ADHD. It is not a separate diagnosis, and there is no formally recognized condition called…

ADHD and depression commonly occur together in adults. When they do, it can become difficult to tell which condition is affecting concentration, motivation, sleep, emotions,…

Depression is common among autistic adults, but it is not part of autism and does not have one uniquely autistic cause. The core signs remain…

Neurodivergent depression” is a descriptive phrase, not a formal diagnosis. It refers to depression experienced by a neurodivergent person—and to the ways lifelong traits, communication…

Depression does not become a completely different diagnosis when someone is autistic, has ADHD, or has both. The same recognized depressive disorders can occur across…