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Continue reading →: The Autistic Spectrum
One of the first things I learned about being an Autistic person was that there was always going to be people that compare me to their Autistic (child/ uncle/ neighbour/ cat/ hamster’s cousin). I’ve had many conversations with parents who’ll say things like “my son is Autistic and it’s just…
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Continue reading →: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)
One thing about me that’s been consistent throughout my entire life is that I hate feeling embarrassed. In anyway shape or form. Messing up my words, getting something wrong, giving an incorrect answer, slipping, falling, being drunk, etc. Nope. No thanks. I’d rather not be seen at all than be…
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Continue reading →: RSD in relationships.
We always talk about the things that were said to us as kids are the reason many neurodivergent people may suffer from Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). How constantly being told by those around us that we’re ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’, how we talk too much or we’re too quiet,…
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Continue reading →: Why Autism Research is Important
Being a late diagnosed AuDHD adult, I spent most of my life and all of my developmental years masking. I’d basically been supressing parts of myself for so long all because other people didn’t understand them and thought my traits were ‘weird’ or ‘disturbing’. Constantly being told as a child…
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Continue reading →: Shutdowns
In a recent post, I wrote about meltdowns and how I experience them. I, like many other autistic people, can also experience shutdowns. It’s very rare I shutdown but when I do, it’s almost like every bit of light that made me Me has gone out. In my brain, it’s…
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Continue reading →: Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden
Recently I watched a show called Heartbreak High on Netflix after seeing many clips on TikTok of a character named Quinni. Quinni’s character peaked my interest because she was autistic but not like Dr Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor, or Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory were autistic…
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Continue reading →: Meltdowns
Yesterday, I experienced a brutal meltdown that left me in tears and my poor partner (who hasn’t been feeling well at all) a little bit confused. It was seemingly out of the blue to him but he pushed his confusion to the side and handled it so brilliantly! Because meltdowns…
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Continue reading →: The Friendship That Broke Me
Being neurodivergent, making friends never came easy. I think that’s one thing we can all agree on. So, when we do make a friend, it’s only natural to feel like we have to cling to that friend for as long as we can. Because we can’t guarantee someone else will…
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Continue reading →: The Anti-Planner by Dani Donovan: and why I love it!It’s a universal ADHD thing to consistently struggle with tasks because we’re feeling unmotivated, uninspired, overwhelmed, stuck, etc and all neurotypical people have to say is “Why don’t you get a planner?” “Have you tried making a schedule?” “Just do it in baby steps! One chunk at a time!” and…
Hello,
I’m Abby
AuDHD and Me is a blog about my experiences dealing with Autism and ADHD! In sharing my journey, I’m hoping I can help you on yours!