The Moody Divergent.
Burnout. Boundaries. Bullsh*t.
I’ve been lost, broken, burnt out and told a thousand times to just get on with it. Add perimenopause into the mix, a late autism and ADHD diagnosis, and you’ve got the perfect storm.
I’m Moody, human first, divergent always.
This isn’t self-help, it’s the realities of being late diagnosed, the skill regression that comes with burnout, and the process of relearning life all over again.
Some weeks it’s heartbreak, betrayal, grief that rips you open.
Other weeks it’s rants, reflections, or pulling apart the everyday madness.
Masking. Meltdowns. Hormones. Love. Loss. Ageing. Identity.
The quiet sh*t no one prepares you for.
If you’ve ever felt too much, not enough, or like you’re carrying it all on your own, you're not alone.
I’m breaking habits. Protecting my soft, sensitive soul.
Refusing to shrink any more just to make other people comfortable.
It’s messy, it’s moody, it’s me.
Welcome to The Moody Divergent.
The Moody Divergent.
You Call It Research. We Call It Repetition.
From “idiot schools” to brain scans, from eugenics to modern autism funding—this episode pulls back the curtain on the systems that keep studying us without ever seeing us. Neurodivergence has been labelled, locked away, pathologized, and monetised for centuries. But what happens when we trace the history of that gaze? When we ask why the research keeps repeating itself—genetics, mothers, vaccines, deficits—while our realities remain dismissed?
In this episode, I explore the long timeline of how autism, ADHD, and mental health have been used to control, categorise, and capitalise. And I ask the harder question: who does this research serve? Because while they call it science, to us, it feels like surveillance with better funding.
Links For Further Reading:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3302834/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9730396/
https://scispace.com/papers/the-influence-of-maternal-diet-on-gut-microbiota-diversity-2yk752hv8jb0
https://scispace.com/papers/the-gut-brain-connection-investigating-the-correlation-53fijkgndybh
https://scispace.com/papers/research-advances-in-gut-microbes-and-autism-spectrum-f1g2gqfuapos
https://scispace.com/papers/gut-microbiota-in-young-adults-with-high-functioning-autism-58yb4yt1s6ki
https://scispace.com/papers/influential-articles-in-autism-and-gut-microbiota-21zldruilhbq
https://www.autismayurvedam.com/about-ayurveda/
https://www.autism-help.org/points-refrigerator-mothers.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ASvEduq5W0 ( Origins Of Autism In Vienna 1941 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtpR56zJDmw ( Refrigerator Mother Documentary )
https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/history?c=563153584305
WEBSITES:
https://neuroclastic.com/support-us/
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
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