Surviving in the wild with neurodiversity

What is neurodiversity? how does it differ to personality and what are the things we can do to try understand and embrace our difference? These are just a couple of the questions that Chris tries to answer with Ben and Becky. Ben works on the ADHD pathway and Becky on the Autism pathway in CAMHS. This episode gives a real insight into the sort of things people who are neurodivergent may struggle with, but also the ways to try and manage these potential struggles and how they overlap with mental health. Like all of these videos its all about linking back to the potential support and resources so click the link to watch the full Youtube video and access different mental health resources. https://linkin.bio/survivinginthewild

Enjoy 

Bookmarks:

00:00 Start

00:08 What we are going to cover in the episode 

00:10 What is neurodiversity? What is ADHD and ASD?

00:14 Neurodiversity vs personality

00:22 Neurodiversity overlapping with mental health 

00:26 The world hindering vs the world helping 

00:30 Why and why not a diagnosis?

00:37 Executive functioning and masking

00:40 Self diagnosis

00:47 Implementing strategies

00:53 How do Becky and Ben survive in the wild

You can watch the full episode on youtube here

Surviving In the wild - YouTube

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