Neurodivergent people may experience sensory input more intensely or differently.
Lights, sounds, textures, or smells can feel overwhelming. These sensory responses are valid and deserve respect.
#SensoryAwareness #NeurodivergentExperience #AmethystAmesAndCo #AdvocatingForAmethyst

🤍 Brightly teaches us what stillness can reveal. Support this next step.

#NeurodivergentExperience #ParentingInsights #LearningWithLove

But if you had to pick the hardest part of ADHD to explain to someone who doesn't have it…
What would you say?
(no pressure to pick just one 😂)

#ADHDTruth #BrilliantlyUnconventional #NeurodivergentExperience #NotJustDistraction #ExecutiveDysfunction #ADHDReality #SensoryOverload

Five Years In: The Diagnosis That Reframed Everything Learning, Unlearning, and Letting Go of Shame

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Five Years In: The Diagnosis That Reframed Everything
A personal essay on ADHD, late diagnosis, and the slow process of learning (and unlearning) shame.

#ADHD #LateDiagnosis #NeurodivergentExperience #MentalHealthWriting #DiagnosisStories

Shallow Breaths: Living Autistic With OCD The piss molecules were inside my skin. There was a cloud of urine with a 200 foot radius emanating from the drunk passed out on the sidewalk and I was already in it. I knew this was going to happen b...

Took willpower to publish; early readers described visceral reactions & could imagine the intersection of autism and OCD.

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#autism #OCD #neurodiversity #disability #NeurodivergentExperience #SensoryOverload #MentalHealth #IntrusiveThoughts #hyperawareness #LivedExperience