I do wonder how different if have turned out if I’d had just one person tell me there’s a medical reason for why I struggle. That I’m not a failure or useless or stupid, I just struggle in a world not designed for me.

Since December, my almost 15 year old budgie died, I finally ended things for good with my toxic ex, my mum has passed away (I still love and miss her, her overprotective behaviour was from her own childhood trauma), my dad wanting me out and now I’m being made redundant again. I feel like everything is pointing me in the direction of moving away, but it’s hard when no one showed me how. But maybe I can finally be in control of my own life. It’s just very very scary taking those first steps.

Edit: your username sounds British (my a makes me look American, but I’m just a weird British baseball fangirl). If I figure things out, I’d be happy to share my wisdom.

I was thinking if no one’s done it already, if I learn to be an adult, I could write a full guide for how to adult for us neurodivergent folk and others who were left behind.