10/08/2026
Monday Mindsđ§
One thing I hear a lot is:
âThere werenât all these labels back in my day.â
But neurodivergent people have always existed. Weâre not a new species sent from space.
Back in the day, many people werenât understood. They were labelled as naughty, lazy, shy, disruptive, attention-seeking and easily distracted. Other neurodivergent people learnt to hide who they really were in order to fit in.
If you donât give children the words to understand why their brains work differently, theyâll often fill in the blanks themselves. Their brains will say:
âIâm lazy.â
âIâm just attention-seeking.â
âIâm not trying hard enough.â
âIâm worthless.â
âThe world would be better off without me.â
I know this because thatâs exactly what I did.
Understanding my brain helped me break free from the box Iâd been put in. My diagnosis helped me realise those labels were never true. They were never who I was.
I was always more than those labels.
Thatâs why words matter.
If you ever believed those words about yourself, I hope that one day you discover that you are so much more than the labels youâve carried.
