When Trying to Get Everything Right Starts Taking Everything Away If perfectionism has left you not only exhausted but feeling like you’ve been sucked in and spat out, manipulated by your own brain....then this is for you. There’s a certain grief that can come with perfectionism. Grief for the opportunities you didn’t take because you didn’t feel ready. The hobbies you gave up because you weren’t immediately good at them. The conversations you overthought, the holidays you couldn’t fully...

I think one of the things that affects self-esteem most deeply in neurodivergence is more than simply struggling with things. Everybody struggles with something. It's what happens to a person when they repeatedly see themselves as failing at things that everybody else seems to do automatically. Over time, it becomes very difficult not to attach meaning to that. I can honestly say it has taken me until the age of 52 to begin properly separating intelligence from the things I struggled with...

This guide shows you reliable places to find the right info and support, offer helpful suggestions and provide some insights you’ll no doubt relate to. For years, you’ve probably been giving yourself a label without realising it. Maybe it sounded like: “Why can’t I just….? I must be lazy/ stupid/ incapable/ butterfly brained” The list goes on… Those labels have a way of sticking and they start to feel like facts. That can have a significant impact on your self-esteem and a knock on effect on...