"The Research Caught Up," round two. The verdict: "not trying hard enough." The research: effort runs on fuel, and some brains meter it differently. Wiring, not worth. sampeterslpc.substack.com

Sensory budget in 30 seconds. Good luck out there! #neurodivergent #adhd #neurodiversityaffirming #actuallyautistic #audhd

Putting my 💰 where my 👄 is & doing what I teach my clients to do. #neurodivergent #adhd #audhd #actuallyautistic #masking

You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event

By Friday a lot of us are running on empty and blaming ourselves for it. It is not weakness. It is a nervous system that has been spending all week at a premium, with no statement in the mail. The Sensory Budget is the fix: sampeterslpc.substack.com

NOT FORGETFUL ⬇️ WORKING MEMORY ⬇️ TINY WORKBENCH ⬇️ OFFLOAD IT Sampeterslpc.substack.com #neurodivergent #adhd #audhd #actuallyautistic #masking

The 3 energy costs hiding in your normal day. If you end the day exhausted with 'nothing' to show for it, this is why. #neurodivergent #adhd #audhd #masking #sensoryoverload #autisticburnout #spoontheory #executivedysfunction

Nothing bad happened today and you're still wrecked by dinner. Not a mood, just an overdrawn nervous system billed at a premium, with no statement in the mail. Not "too much." Overdrawn. New issue on the Sensory Budget: sampeterslpc.substack.com/p/running-a-...

"The verdict is wrong. The work is to set it down." You aren't the wrong shape. The world was sized for a different system. One of those is yours to put down. sampeterslpc.substack.com

New series: "The Research Caught Up." Each one: a verdict an ND kid got handed, and the research that overturned it. The pattern is always the same. It was wiring, not worth. Turns out they were the ones “jumping to conclusions” all along… sampeterslpc.substack.com

"The mask comes off somewhere, or it comes off everywhere." You cannot mask 24/7 and stay well. The only question is whether you unmask somewhere you chose. sampeterslpc.substack.com

Issue #2 of Built Different just shipped: late diagnosis, and the grief nobody warns you about. You're not grieving something you lost. You're grieving something you never had. Free, every other Wednesday. sampeterslpc.substack.com

If you have ADHD, your brain doesn’t “remember”, it ambushes you. One second you’re talking about swimming, the next you’re 12 again reliving something you’d successfully buried. 🙈🤦😮‍💨🤷‍♂️ You’re not being dramatic it’s just how the hardware runs.

If you grew up being told you "lack empathy" because of how you respond, this is for you: The research has caught up. The breakdown is mutual, not yours. You aren't missing empathy. You and the other person have been processing different signals. SamPetersLPC.Substack.com

Tomorrow morning, Issue #1 of the Built Different newsletter ships. Just finalized v3.7 of the book last week. Three new chapters. A rewritten closing. The right metaphors. 47 of you are already in. sampeterslpc.substack.com