Category Archives: Neurodivergent Life

14 years on wordpress

Posted on Dec 11, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Apparently today is the 14th anniversary of me signing up for wordpress! I’ll admit I don’t post on here as often as I could or should. I often struggle with coming up with something other people might consider interesting. I … Continue reading →

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Mornings or Nights

Posted on Dec 2, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Are you more of a night or morning person? My gut instinct is to say I’m more of a night person, I can quite happily stay up to the small hours of the morning and sleep until late morning or … Continue reading →

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Coming Off Antidepressants

Posted on Oct 20, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I was initially diagnosed with Depression in 2012. I had been struggling with it on and off for a while at that point, and it was the right time to seek help for it. I started medication not long after. … Continue reading →

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Dyspraxia Awareness week

Posted on Oct 11, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I learned recently, on LinkedIn of all places, that this week (6th-12 October) is Dyspraxia Awareness Week, and as someone with Dyspraxia, I feel it’s only right that I celebrate it. What is Dyspraxia? Dypraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination … Continue reading →

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The Small Hours

Posted on Oct 5, 2025 by duncanainsworth

What’s your favorite time of day? I’m not sure what it is about the middle of the night that I find so appealing, but I find it to be the best time of the “day”. Maybe it’s my ADHD or … Continue reading →

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What is Autistic Masking?

Posted on Aug 20, 2025 by duncanainsworth

What is autistic masking?In short, Masking is the conscious or unconscious efforts made by autistic people to hide or suppress their autistic traits and behaviours in order to fit in with Neurotypical (non-autistic) people. There are many ways that autistic … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2025

Posted on Jan 6, 2025 by duncanainsworth

It’s that time of year when everyone sets goals or resolutions for themselves to achieve over the year. I don’t normally do this, but I wanted to write something down so that I can hold myself accountable throughout the year! Continue reading →

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Fate and Destiny

Posted on Mar 6, 2024 by duncanainsworth

Do I believe in Fate and Destiny? Short answer, No, not really! Now for the long answer. I think there are things that are beyond a person’s control, but I don’t think I would call them fate or destiny. Fate … Continue reading →

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Future or past?

Posted on Feb 7, 2024 by duncanainsworth

Recently, I have been thinking more about the future than the past.Thanks to ADHD medication I now feel like I have a future to build and look forward to. I know I’ve talked about this before in previous posts, but … Continue reading →

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2023, A Year of Personal Positives.

Posted on Dec 31, 2023 by duncanainsworth

Here we are on Boxing Day 2023 (26/12/23)! With the year drawing to a close it’s only natural to do some reflecting on how the year has gone by. So how was 2023? For me, it has been a pretty … Continue reading →

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