On the outside, I look completely engaged.Nodding. Smiling. Laughing in the right places. On the inside?My brain is wandering through a strange, beautiful labyrinth of unrelated thoughts: It’s not that I don’t care about the person speaking. I do.It’s just that my brain runs a dozen tabs at once, and sometimes the “conversation” tab gets…
YYou tell yourself every night, “This time, I’m going to bed early.”You mean it. You even start winding down. And then…Your brain does that thing. Suddenly, it flips from sleepy to turbocharged curiosity mode.Every unanswered question you’ve had in the past month starts knocking: Before you know it, it’s 2am. You’re half a documentary in,…
There are days I feel like three completely different people. One part of me craves comfort – the cozy, quiet space where I can stim freely, sip tea, wear pajamas, and just be.Another part of me feels powerful – motivated, brilliant, ready to take on the world with spreadsheets, strong boundaries, and a bold lipstick.And…
Welcome to the inside of a neurodivergent brain:– Tabs open– Thoughts jumping– Sound playing from nowhere– Task? Forgotten.– Vibe? Slight panic. It’s not chaos on purpose.It’s just how our minds work. Bouncing from task to task, trying to hold a hundred ideas, plans, sensory inputs, and snack cravings all at once. What’s Actually Happening? For…
Every neurodivergent home has that chair.The one that quietly transforms from a seat…into a laundry pileinto a costume rackinto a blanket caveinto a slightly judgmental symbol of everything you meant to do. But here’s the truth:The doom pile isn’t failure.It’s evidence of trying. Trying to clean.Trying to start.Trying to do a million things with a…
When Executive Dysfunction Turns Into Creative Productivity Ever made a to-do list… and then completely forgot it existed? Rediscovered it three days later like a time capsule?Then added “make a to-do list” just so you could check it off? That’s not failure.That’s executive dysfunction -and a brain doing its best with the tools it has….
It’s not a vibe. It’s a lifestyle.Some days, creativity flows from a peaceful place.But most days? It’s fueled by an overthinking brain, three half-finished ideas, and a cup of coffee that’s gone cold… twice. We joke, but let’s be real – for many neurodivergent folks, this is how the magic happens:🌀 A flash of inspiration📚…
➤ Step 1: Discover something cool➤ Step 2: Learn everything about it➤ Step 3: Forget to eat, sleep, or move➤ Step 4: Burn out… and then do it again with something completely different Welcome to the cycle of intense passion + zero chill.You’re not flaky. You’re not broken. You’re just a neurospicy info sponge with…
It’s not laziness.It’s not a moral failing.It’s not because you “don’t care enough.” 👉 Neurodivergent brains (especially ADHD and AuDHD) often struggle with something called executive dysfunction – which is a fancy term for “the mental bottleneck between knowing what to do and being able to start doing it.” Your brain might: 🧠💥 For many…
We don’t touch.We don’t talk.We survive. Because for many neurodivergent kids (and moms!), places like Walmart are an all-out sensory assault. 🛒 The lights are blinding🔊 The carts screech👃 The smells are a lot🎶 The announcements boom from nowhere🧃 And someone’s always loudly fighting over juice boxes in aisle 6 It’s not just inconvenient –…
