Imagine having a crooked leg that actually looks very nice. People only see how nice it looks and ask you to run at full speed. But you can barely walk. That was me for 31 years of my life. My nervous system was like that leg - constantly expected to run at full speed, without anyone understanding its limitations. I just knew I wasn’t functioning in a normal way. People kept telling me: you need to get more serious, you need to work more, you need to try harder. I don’t have to do anything. Fuck off. (That’s me now. Before, I was crying and saying: yes, I’ll try harder.) Two years ago I started suspecting that I had ADHD. Then people with ADHD told me I was too organized to have ADHD. 🤣 They were right, of course. It wasn’t the full picture. Then one day on YouTube I saw a video about autism combined with ADHD. That was the moment everything clicked. I’m not a fuck-up. I’m just functioning differently. 🥳 You have no idea how big the relief is when you finally get clarity about who you are. That was last November (2025). It was the beginning of my journey toward self-understanding, self-acceptance, and understanding myself in general. That was my first step toward freedom. Real freedom. It taught me two things: • You won’t succeed if you don’t have sufficient data. • Sometimes fixing isn’t the way. Recalibration is. My message to every neurodivergent person: You do have superpowers. You also have many challenges. Don’t focus on amplifying the good things. Focus on minimizing the challenges. The good things will highlight themselves. 💪🏼 #selfawareness #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergence