HeyJaredAnother late-diagnosed autistic woman
Sharing my experiences of autism and ADHD, and assessment in the UK, late diagnosis, mental health co-morbidities and embracing a new, neurodivergent identity.
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Physical spaces, headspaces, displacement (opens the original)
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“I think I have OCD,” a patient said to me this week. “I can’t bear it when someone throws away something from my table without asking me first.” While I consider this supposition to fall into the category of “over-medicalisation of normal behaviour” - which as a society, we are increasingly guilty of doing - I could relate to this patient. All my possessions are in disarray too, right now! I wanted to say to convey my empathy. And it’s making me doubt my already questionable sanity! I actually
Wellbeing made edible: reclaiming the pleasure of ice cream (opens the original)
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Days of nothing and shrugging off all self-imposed obligations. It’s healing; a privilege. I’m so glad I got to practise aloneness before launching myself into the unbridled busyness of medical school. And part of this practice is self-care. Because rather than letting aloneness plunge me into despair as it historically has, I’m attempting to harness the peace it brings and channel that inwards. Inner peace and ADHD aren’t natural companions, even with steadily increasing doses of lisdexamfetami
"The problem is that you're listening." (opens the original)
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God, do I need to let go. Sometimes this means sleep deprivation and swallowing a certain amount of (calculated) risk. Choking back the burbling protests born out of a fear with ideas above its station. My mood plummets in inverse proportion to the amount of FOMO I feel and I can’t help but wonder whether I am often to blame for my own missing out. Being pulled in opposing directions from inside my head over the totally inconsequential decision of whether to have a burrito bowl or just a burrito
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