Learn about neurodivergent experiences and how to best support those who live them.
The phone is sitting right there on the counter. The call takes four minutes, tops. You have known about it for three days, maybe three weeks, and you still have not made it. If that sounds familiar, you are in good company. Phone anxiety is one of the most common things we hear about from … read more
Think about the last time your neurodivergent learner struggled but didn’t say anything. Maybe their backpack was about to split from the weight of unfinished assignments. Maybe they were completely lost on a math problem but sat quietly, hoping no one would notice. Maybe they needed directions at work but were too afraid to ask … read more
Picture this: your student or child is staring at a homework assignment, completely stuck. The directions do not make sense, and the minutes keep ticking by. Homework time ends, the assignment goes back in the backpack unfinished, and instead of reaching out or sending a quick email, it sits silently in the bag until the … read more
Have you ever walked away from a high-stakes conversation thinking, “Ugh, I wish I had said that differently”? Maybe your tone came out sharper than you meant. Maybe you stayed quiet even though you did have something to say. Or maybe your brain went completely blank, and the moment passed before you could process what … read more
You are three minutes into explaining the thing you love, the deep-cut version with all the good details, and you notice the other person has gone still. Their replies have shrunk to small sounds. A quiet alarm goes off in the back of your head: am I doing the thing again? That thing has a … read more
Most ADHD-and-sleep content explains why you can’t fall asleep. This article is about why you can’t wake up. If you’ve been reading the dominant narrative on ADHD and sleep, it is almost entirely about insomnia: trouble winding down, racing thoughts at midnight, lying awake at 3 a.m. There’s a parallel pattern that rarely gets named … read more
An ADHD marriage does not have to turn one partner into a parent and the other into a kid. Worth saying that first, because almost everything written about ADHD in marriage starts from the opposite assumption. Most of the advice out there is written for the partner who does not have ADHD, and it reads … read more
You sit down at your desk with one task. Forty minutes later, you have answered three emails, started a different project, googled something unrelated, and the original task is still open on your screen. You sit down at your desk with one task. Forty minutes later, your shoulders are around your ears, you keep glancing … read more
You sat down to do the thing. Your heart rate climbed, your jaw set, and then nothing. The body refused to move forward, and an hour later you were still in the chair, no closer to the task and a lot more tired. Most people who land on this page have already wondered if what … read more
A friend mentions, almost in passing, that their week has been rough. Hours later, you are still carrying it. The mood settled into your chest somewhere around lunch and it has not left, even though nothing in your own day actually went wrong. If that sounds familiar, the word for it might be hyperempathy: feeling … read more