Weirdly Successful
Dedicated to helping you understand, navigate and enjoy your weird & wonderful neurodivergent life.
All articles below were illustrated by Juli
Justice sensitivity is the heightened awareness of rule violations and inconsistencies, paired with an intense emotional and physiological response. For many neurodivergent people, fairness and consistency function as essential navigational tools when you can't reliably read social cues or predict what will happen next. When rules are applied inconsistently or stated expectations don't match …
Nothing! Neurodivergent brains need more time to process, decompress, and recharge. It probably has to do with how For us neurodivergent folks, the type of rest has to match our needs. A lot of neurotypical forms of rest work against what we need. “Candle-lit bubble bath?” If you’re ADHD, an understimulating environment might force your …
Exploring the impact of internalised ableism made me re-evaluate my misinterpreted autistic and ADHD traits.
Why it seems there are more neurodivergent people now than before, when in fact we've always been here.
There are lots of winter holiday planners out there. Not a lot of them are particularly ADHD, Autism or neurodivergence-friendly, though! So we created this one to reduce holiday stress, hassle and overwhelm so you can: Waiting for you on the pages ahead is a combination of guided self-care and planning pages to help you …
"How did no one ever notice??"
The amount of times this sentence is heard in our house, along with the dramatically exaggerated waving of arms, would definitely qualify for a sitcom catchphrase.
You see, reader, I'm what they call "late-diagnosed".
"Late" is relative, of course. For ADHD, "late diagnosis" can mean anything from above 60 for those above 60 to 25 for those who are 25. For Autism, …
Demand avoidance means appearing opposed to doing something when it's perceived as a demand, especially from an authority figure - even if you actually want to do the thing. While it may look like defiance or stubbornness to others, it's actually an involuntary self-preservation response triggered by threats to autonomy. This response happens automatically, not as a conscious decision to be …
Masking is a partly unconscious effort to hide or suppress the manifestations of your neurodivergence. It is an exhausting process that many of us do to "fit in" more. Many people start to mask to avoid abuse, discrimination, bullying, harm and ableism.
Apps, productivity systems, quizzes for ADHD types, supplements, oh my! Not everything labelled with ADHD is actually good for ADHD.
In this article, we'll show you how to tell if a product or service is just using ADHD as a buzzword for a quick cash grab.
One of the most common pieces of advice for people with ADHD is ‘just use a planner’. I’ve been using planners and notebooks since the age of 10, and as a neurodivergent person, let me tell you one thing: this advice, on its own, is bullsh*t.
