When depression or neurodivergent burnout hits, work usually becomes difficult in predictable places: 🪫 energy and recovery🧠 starting, planning, switching🎧 sensory tolerance🤝 communication bandwidth⏱ time…
When work starts to break you down, two states can look very similar from the outside: 🪫 reduced output🌫 brain fog📉 missed deadlines🚪 withdrawal🎧 lower…
Depression treatment often “fails” neurodivergent adults for a simple reason: 🧠 the treatment is built for a nervous system with different defaults Many standard approaches…
Neurodivergent depression often changes relationships through one main channel: 🪫 reduced social output Less messaging.Less initiation.Less spontaneity.Less facial expression.Less “I’m okay” energy. That shift can…
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 at home often doesn’t look like “doing nothing.”It looks like your home life becoming a multi-step maze when your capacity is low. 🧺 laundry…
Rumination is the brain’s replay mode. A thought arrives… and instead of moving through and past it, your mind keeps circling it: 🔁 the same…
Many neurodivergent adults move through periods where life becomes smaller, energy drops, and everything feels harder to access. Sometimes that state is primarily: 🪫 mood-driven…
AuDHD depression often feels like a triple-load crash. 🧠 executive coordination gets harder (starting, planning, switching)🎧 sensory tolerance shrinks (sound, light, texture, crowds)🤝 social bandwidth…
ADHD-depression often feels less like “sadness” and more like drive collapse. One week you can still function (even if it’s chaotic).The next week your system…
