Late diagnosed autistic female with ADHD navigating life as a square peg.
For many, misdiagnosis and self-doubt go arm-in-arm together. They did for me and I bet they do for you too. Growing up, self-doubt was a casual friend on my shoulder, whispering sour nothings like ‘Are you sure you want to do that? Failing is so embarrassing’ and ‘Do you really think that’s good?’. It’s meant … Read more
I have to apologise to you, my lovely reader, for the swearing but also for being AWOL recently. It’s because… I’M WRITING A BOOK! Yep, that’s right. The woman with the attention span of a daffodil is WRITING A BOOK. It’s in the early stages but I’ve been shitting myself with fear because I’m TERRIFIED … Read more
In this blog post, I talk about 3 essential BPD blogs to inspire you when researching BPD. When you’re first diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you’re thirsty for information. You want to inhale as much as you can to help understand yourself and your new condition better. That’s exactly what I did and is … Read more
Today is World Autism Awareness Day so I wanted to write about autistic women and misdiagnosed BPD. If you’ve visited my blog before, you’ll know why I’m blogging about autistic women and misdiagnosed BPD. You might also be wondering how often autistic women are misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other mental health conditions. … Read more
Being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder has its perks – I’ve had my first covid vaccination. Yep, you read right. BPD and the covid vaccine. I had my first vaccination today and it’s all thanks to ‘having a severe mental illness’. In this blog post, I’m going to write about: What I first thought about … Read more
My borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis has psychiatrists asking if I could be autistic. Here are my thoughts. I must apologise for being a bit lax on here as of late. Lots of stuff has been going on that I’ve been trying to get my head around. To BPD or not to BPD… One such … Read more