Hormones and ADHD: How the Menstrual Cycle, Perimenopause and HRT Affect Symptoms
Many ADHD adults who menstruate notice a pattern that is hard to ignore: 🗣 “Some weeks my ADHD feels manageable; other weeks my brain falls…
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ADHD and Finances: Executive Function, Impulse Spending and Money Shame
Many ADHD adults have a painful secret theme in their lives: money. 🗣 “I earn enough on paper, but I never know where it goes.”🗣…
Autistic Inertia: Why Starting (and Switching) Tasks Feels Physically Impossible
Many autistic and AuDHD adults describe a very specific experience: 🗣 “I want to do the thing. I can’t start the thing.”🗣 “Once I’ve started,…
ADHD Emotional Permanence: Why People Feel “Gone” When They’re Not in Front of You
Many ADHD adults describe a strange and painful pattern in relationships: 🗣 “When someone isn’t around, it’s like they fade out of my brain.”🗣 “As…
Sensory Seeking vs Sensory Avoidance in Neurodivergent Adults
Many autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults describe their sensory world in ways that don’t match what people around them expect: 🗣 “Some things are too…
Late Diagnosis Grief in Neurodivergent Adults
Many autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults only discover their neurodivergence in their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. The moment things “click” can be powerful:…
Autistic Friendships in Adulthood: Why Depth, Routine and Space Matter
Many autistic adults describe friendship in ways that don’t quite match the typical social script. 🗣 “I care deeply about my friends, but I can’t…
Neurodivergent Boundaries: Why Saying No Is So Hard (and How to Protect Your Energy)
Many autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults recognise this pattern: 🗣 “I agree to things I don’t actually have capacity for.”🗣 “I say yes, then resent…
Dissociation, ADHD Spacing Out or Shutdown? Understanding the Differences
Many neurodivergent adults say things like: 🗣 “Sometimes I lose time and don’t remember parts of the day.”🗣 “Sometimes my brain just goes somewhere else…
Interoception and Neurodivergence: Why Body Signals Are Hard to Read
Many autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults describe things like: 🗣 “I forget to eat until I feel sick.”🗣 “I can’t tell if I’m anxious, tired,…