Discovering Neurodivergence Later in Life: Making Space for Grief, Relief and New Understanding More and more adults are discovering their neurodivergence later in life. The discovery is being made throughout the entirety of adulthood – people in their twenties to their seventies and beyond. For some people, one of the strongest responses to this new understanding is grief. There’s often a sense of how things could have been different if they, and those around them, had known

Do you sometimes find yourself in a quiet moment, perhaps at night when everyone else is asleep, and you start reflecting on your day, your week or your life in general? Perhaps certain thoughts come into your mind like: ‘Why does it feel like I’m acting a role instead of living my life?’ The more that thought takes hold, the more you might recognise performances that you’ve given without ever really deciding to. That might look like the easy smile that you wear like a mask,

It’s possible to be in a room full of people and still feel a very specific kind of loneliness. Have you ever been to a social gathering like a party, a club or somewhere with lots of people you know, like and/or love and somehow still felt very alone? It’s a feeling that can be hard to explain or describe. How can you be lonely when you’re surrounded by people? Well, you can. This isn’t necessarily about not having anybody to turn to or support you. This is quieter. You may