A Girl Living with AuDHD: A Journey

  Imagine a world where everyone liked and was fascinated with the same things as you.  Hard to imagine, right?  As much as we all wish for there to be someone who is just like us, that isn’t the case.  In my 25 years of living experience, I’ve noticed that humans and and will attract those who are similar to them.  There are psychology and communication theories that support this argument.  We all have at least one similarity with someone out there.  Even if they seem like they are complete opposites of us.  We tend to make friends with people due to common interests and common life experiences.   What does this have to do with being autistic or having ADHD?  Well, since the autism spectrum is nowadays viewed as a circle rather than a straight line. The image below is a visual of what the autism spectrum looks like. One of the areas that is common in autistic individuals is hyper fixations .  This is when you are completely im...

  Who am I?  A question that everyone has asked about themselves at certain points in their lives (or all the time).  This has been a question that has been on my mind for a while, especially as I have started a new chapter of my adult life after getting my college degree.  After I graduated college, I struggled with transitioning into adulthood.  I spent about three months after I graduated unemployed. Then, once I thought I had a job secured, after almost two months into the job, I lost it.  Then, in one month, I had gone through two more jobs.  Two months later, I had two other jobs that I had lost (one of them was a scam and I didn’t get paid, even though I was promised I would be).  This caused me at the age of 24-years-old to really ask that question to myself, “who am I?”.  By the end of that year, I was able to keep a job for 3-4 months, which was a small victory. Who am I?  That question would end up becoming the defining questi...

  Wow!  It’s been a long time since I posted here!  A lot has happened since 2020 (obviously).  I am going to reintroduce myself and share the purpose of this blog that I have restarted. My name is Alyssa.  I turned 25-years-old in April (I don’t want to talk about the fact that I am one year closer to 30, thank you very much).  December 2021, I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies from Utah Valley University. (I’m considering getting my Master’s in Psychology)   I have lived in three different apartments since 2020/2021.  2020-2021 school year I was blessed with the best roommates ever!  We didn’t get along well at first, but as time went on, we bonded so much.  From July-August 2021 I lived in Orlando, Florida to work at Walt Disney World. Other than the horrible roommate experience and severe homesickness that led to depression, I had a great time and experience.  I learned so many things in such a small time. (...