A Lifestyle Blog for Neurodivergent Adults
Making friends as an autistic adult – from personal experience, I know this isn’t always easy. For most of my life, making friends has been so hard for me. As a little kid in elementary school, I was baffled by how easily the other kids befriended each other. It was like, they knew some kind of secret magic that I… Read More
Are you afraid of unmasking your neurodivergent traits to the world, because you fear that you won’t be accepted? In case you don’t know, unmasking is when neurodivergent adults stop hiding their differences, and start boldly showing the world who they are. Many neurodivergent people mask their differences at a subconscious level, out of fear that they won’t be accepted… Read More
When it comes to autistic masking, many of those on the spectrum often struggle to identify their masks. (If you don’t aren’t familiar with the term ‘autistic masking’, check out this post I wrote. It explains it well). After learning that I’m autistic, I started learning about masking, and how autistic people often create subconscious masks to hide their autistic… Read More
Oh, the consequences of autistic masking.. where to even begin? (If you don’t know what that is, check out my first post in this series ‘What is Autistic Masking and What Does it Look Like?’) Masking Autism helped me survive the first 21 years of my life before I had any idea I was autistic. I’d always felt different, but… Read More
At 21 years old, I came to the realization that I’m autistic. After hearing the term ‘autistic masking’, I learned that I’d been subconsciously doing it my entire life. For the first time, I saw how the mask I never knew I was wearing had helped me survive in a world where I’d always felt so different, but never knew… Read More
Unmasking Autism takes work. And for those of us with a late Autism diagnosis, there’s even more unmasking to be done. Though very liberating and rewarding, unmasking is also overwhelming and exhausting. The decision to unmask isn’t one to immediately jump into. Unmasking is scary, because while we’ve already accepted our unmasked selves, the rest of the world hasn’t yet…. Read More
As a single neurodivergent adult, I’ve never been happier in my life than I am right now. Truly. I’ve wasted too many years being in the wrong relationship and caring about the wrong people, and I’m done. Because of subconscious masking, I lived the first twenty years of my life believing that everyone always knew better than I did. So… Read More
I’m so thankful to live in a time when it’s never been easier for autistic people to find alternative forms of employment and income. I’ve never had a ‘regular job’. I briefly worked two temporary retail jobs over the holidays – I hated them both and found them completely draining. I knew I’d never be happy with a typical office… Read More
Is your anxiety leaving you feeling stuck? Do you wish you didn’t have anxiety? Does anxiety stop you from doing the things you most want to do? I can so relate. I’ve struggled with Generalized Anxiety Disorder my entire life, but was only officially diagnosed with it last year. Until a few years ago, I had no clue how significantly… Read More
At almost twenty-five years old, I was diagnosed as autistic. This only confirmed the self-diagnosis I’d given myself three years earlier after first really learning about Autism. I realized I’d learned to fit in by suppressing my real self from a very young age. While this helped me appear very normal, and gain the approval of others, it completely killed… Read More
Welcome, creatures! I'm Katie, and I'm proudly neurodivergent. At 24 years old, I was diagnosed as autistic. Learning that I'm autistic freed me to be myself, and it empowered me to love myself and begin creating an authentic life that makes me happy - and I'm passionate about helping you do the same! Read More…