AuDHD... Or just a bit weird..? – Details, episodes & analysis

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Memory, or a severe lack of, has always been a massive issue for me... and today's episode is all about how it's affected me throughout my life and the coping mechanisms I'm starting to come up with to help me get by.

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Let's get into the nitty gritty... neurodivergent trait number one incoming... and its my complete inability to just stay still!

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In the first ever episode of AuDHD... or just a bit weird, I want to tell you a bit about who I am and why I'm going through the process of seeking an official AuDHD diagnosis at the age of 47. I'll be talking about how I first realised I'm most likely neurodivergent, examples of traits I've had my entire life and why I've decided to be so open and vulnerable with my experiences.

It's finally happening... each wednesday... hopefully... if i actually manage to finish each episode on time...

Join me while I attempt to find out if I'm AuDHD... or just a bit weird...

This episode I'm joined by the queen of chaos herself, Mrs AuDHD, Sam Brown from the ADHD Adults podcast!

Sam and I talked about our ADHD traits and our ASD traits and how they clash and can be confusing and exhausting. There are some funny moments, some serious moments, brief mentions of drug use and the usual trigger warnings apply. I haven't talked in too much depth yet about my autistic traits so I really appreciate Sam creating a safe place for me to do this.

I was so excited to have Sam on as a guest and I'm incredibly grateful for her giving up her time to talk to me and for being so open and honest. Of course, we chatted for ages so this is part one of a two parter.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Keeping hold of friendships throughout my life has always felt tougher than it should be and often felt like an unreliable friend. Over the past couple of years I've started to understand why and what I can do about it to maintain the friendships I've got and also how to avoid the friendships that maybe aren't worth maintaining.

We're back this week with the second half of my chat with Emma covering life from diagnosis until right now! Again, a massive thankyou to Emma for coming on the podcast and being so open and honest about her experience with the ADHD diagnosis process.

Trigger warning: we cover some topics in this week's episode that some people may find upsetting so listener discretion is advised.

I am so lucky that Emma agreed to come on the podcast and share her experience of adult ADHD diagnosis. In this first part we go off on about a billion tangents, forget what we are saying halfway through sentences but also talk about everything from Emma's first realisation that she is neuro divergent up to getting her formal diagnosis.

I had a message recently from a listener whose son has been diagnosed with ADHD, asking me what I wish my parents had done differently if I had been diagnosed as neurodivergent in childhood.

As my parents are no longer around, it has taken me a while to be ok with releasing this as they aren't here to give their version of events or weigh in on what I'm saying. I do, however, think my childhood could have been a happier one had they have known about my neurodivergence and done things differently. Hopefully this episode can help any parents of neurodivergent children tweak the language they use with their children and the expectations they may have of them.

I'm back with the second part of my interview with ADHD activist and all round amazing human being, Laura Mears-Reynolds from ADHDAF podcast, ADHDAF Emporium and ADHDAF+ charity talking Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. We talk about some emotional things because of the episode topic to listener discretion is advised.

Thanks again to Laura for giving me so much of her valuable time and for making this a super special couple of episodes.

Also…. 3 years ago today the very first episode of Laura’s awesome and inspirational podcast ADHDAF launched! So a very happy birthday to ADHDAF and a bloody huge congratulations to Laura! 🎉🥳🎂

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