DISCOVER KNOWLEDGE

I was born as a cis-gendered female in the year 2000 in the UK (now identifying as unlabelled using any pronouns, but they/them is favoured). Growing up, I had many struggles which I later came to find were traits of Autism and ADHD, but my teachers continued to push it off as me being "weird" and saying I would "grow out of it". Still to this day, I have not grown out of it.

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Due to my late diagnosis being in adulthood, I was severely bullied and spent most of my childhood and teen years wondering why I was so different to everyone else around me. I spiralled into a dark place of anxiety, depression, and shame. This lead me to abuse substances and land myself in even more traumatic situations.

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I was firstly diagnosed with ADHD in 2019, and then I was diagnosed with a Personality Disorder prior to receiving my diagnosis of Autism. I was medicated heavily with sedatives and antipsychotics, all whilst my physical symptoms (frequent UTI's, hyper mobility, chronic rapid heart rate, seizures, migraines, and heavy irregular periods) and special needs were neglected. 

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In my mid-twenties, I am only just discovering the deep overlap in my symptoms with so many disorders and conditions, and I'm coming to realise how much of it has been created to replace this notion of "hysteria" and further control women. so I began my own research, and now I share it here, so you also have the option to be educated about your own bodies. I plan to further my research and education on the matter by applying to do a PhD which focuses on ADHD in women, or general feminist studies which could further the psychological field.