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I learned that I was neurodivergent at age 40, after many years of dealing with anxiety, depression, and burnout. It was as if I’d found the missing piece to a puzzle. My ADHD diagnosis explained my baffling contradictions and inconsistencies: how I could be smart but scatterbrained, driven but disorganized, perfectionistic but prone to mistakes. I wasn’t a bad friend, parent, or partner for forgetting important details or losing my temper. It was my brain’s structure and chemistry that made it difficult to regulate my attention, emotions, and behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e66fa326cad6276205b2d7/1631616193662-VIZ5YTU83NTSOTTELAA7/anxietydisroder My Story This pretty much sums it up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e66fa326cad6276205b2d7/1631641653211-DRXSPC5TW1U6HJTZI6ZB/collegegrad.jpeg My Story - Growing up, I was highly sensitive and dealt with anxiety from an early age. At the time, ADHD was thought to be limited to “boys who bounce off the walls.” Given that I was a reserved girl who followed the rules and made straight A’s, I didn’t fit the profile. But being a high achiever came at a cost. I worried that I would fail out of school and wouldn’t amount to anything. In high school, I quietly struggled with insomnia, depression, and suicidal ideation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e66fa326cad6276205b2d7/1631899423770-Y619RG6CYFLNAGQLIQ7Z/evolving-40-journal.jpg My Story Doing My Own Work to Evolve Without the structure of school, I felt adrift in life, like an anxious child suddenly tasked with being a full-fledged adult. In order to find my way back to myself and make my own path forward, I immersed myself in psychology and personal development. I created a number of passion projects to heal my school traumas, develop an active gratitude practice, and reflect on 40 ways I had evolved before my 40th birthday. 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