@news I am this Paul Taylor.
#NeuroDiversity #ADHD #ADHDUK #ASD1 #Aspergers

Old episodes of #MockTheWeek are my safe space. Genuinely. I'm gutted that we are no longer creating more of them.
Being able to spend 30 minutes with an episode really helps me calm my head down.
I guess this is more of an #ASD1 thing than #ADHD.
#Autism #Aspergers

#InsideOurAusticMinds has only just started on BBC2 and it's already an incredibly touching and informative programme.
As someone who's new to an autism identification (it's not a diagnosis), ASD1, I'm still using that information to understand myself more.
My autism is on a completely different level to that of the programme's participants but I can see echoes of their experience in my own and it's already helping me to understands.
#Autism #ASD1 #Aspergers #Neurodiversity

I'm the same me who's always had issues with doing homework/projects/work at the last minute as a deadline rapidly approaches. I'm the same me that experiences crippling social anxiety until I know or can control how a situation works. None of that is caused by my diagnosis. None of that is going to be changed by my diagnosis. But I can now tell you why I am that person
#ADHD #neurodiversity #ASD1 #Aspergers

8 months later I've come to realise my ADHD/ASD1 diagnosis isn't a "diagnosis". It's a classification, an explanation. It's not an illness I can be cured of, it's a description of who I am.
Medication or therapies might help me deal with some of the more practical issues it causes (focus on tasks, impulse control, depression) but they won't change who I am. I am me. I am the same me I've been since my school teachers called me lazy despite me getting top marks in my exams.
#ADHD #Aspergers #ASD1

Extra #introduction....
I realise I haven't mentioned that I post about #MentalHealth issues. I suffer on and off with #depression. I have recently been diagnosed with #ADHD and #ASD1 / #Aspergers / #Level1AutismSpectrumDisorder.
I'm still working out what that "diagnosis" means, but I feel it's more of an explanation and not necessarily a negative thing.
I like to talk openly about it all to normalise doing so for other people, especially men.