"We've always done it this way." Five words in my language - si è sempre fatto così. Six in English. Either way, they work fast, they work quietly, and they work every single time. If you want to switch off a neurodivergent brain, this is where you
I never thought I would write these words. Certainly not one month after my last post. A month ago, I packed my bags and took my kingdom on holiday - the whole of it. The colorful Bird, the watchful Monster, the grey Cloud, the Burnt-Out Candle. Loud, uncomfortable, exhausting guests,
My children sometimes look at me with their big, clear eyes and notice something the adults around me never see. They don't have the words for it. They don't need the clinical names we grown-ups use. But they feel the weather change in the room
Can we please stop calling ADHD a superpower? In recent years, social media and corporate diversity campaigns have undergone a massive shift in how they talk about neurodivergence. We went from completely pathologizing mental variations to heavily romanticizing them. Today, the online narrative is saturated with toxic positivity: ADHD is
Modern corporate systems are built on a dangerous, unquestioned myth: that human productivity should look like a straight, unyielding line. From the 9-to-5 schedule to key performance indicators (KPIs), workplace structures are meticulously calibrated around a neurotypical standard of artificial consistency. We are expected to show up every
Some people don't believe illness is an illness. Then some people believe it's a personal illness. Even though the second group is already a little more aware, they still have a flawed, or at least partial, perspective. Depression is not an individual illness. It's
There is a specific side of parenthood that is carefully airbrushed out of parenting books and social media feeds. It is the absolute, crushing exhaustion of managing a family’s routine when your own brain lacks the chemical foundation to manage itself. When you live with ADHD, chronic depression, or
Disclaimer: This post was not planned. It was not drafted in a moment of calm reflection or scheduled for publication. It is being written right now out of absolute, visceral necessity - because the fear inside me is too heavy to hold quietly, and I need to put it somewhere outside
Sometimes the world isn’t just loud; it is deafening. And when my brain has processed too much, something deep within me simply goes quiet. It isn’t a choice. It is a shutdown. It feels like my nervous system has reached its absolute limit, an overload so profound that
Some days, the world tells me I am a magnet. They say I carry energy, that I change the very vibration of a room the moment I step inside. They call me charismatic, a catalyst of light. But inside, I know the truth of a different reality. Between the outside
There is a strange phenomenon that happens when your brain is constantly burning. Eventually, to protect itself from the heat, it starts to create distance. It wraps everything in a thick, heavy fog. When you live with this kind of mental exhaustion, life stops feeling like something you are actively
A while ago, I was pulled aside at work and told I needed to dress more "appropriately." Shortly after, the very same person gave me another piece of "career advice": I needed to smile more. Even on my worst days. Because, according to them, my role