Rebelling
Rebelling is a podcast for neurodivergent adults who know it's not about being normal, it's about being human. In each episode, we'll explore how to live in more neurodivergent affirming ways, start to see ourselves in the world around us, and feel like we make sense. This is our place to talk, research, imagine, and create a world that includes us.
Rebelling
When Pretending Stops Working
In this conversation with 28-year-old writer and interdisciplinary artist Kelly Shannon, we dig into the complex landscape of identity, burnout, and diagnosis. We talk about policing your own intensity, contradicting the narrative of exhaustion, how the toll of performing normal led her to seek answers, and that weird liminal space you're in just before and just after realizing you're neurodivergent.
We also take an unexpected detour into the Gothic — yes, the literary genre — and how its themes strangely mirror the diagnosis experience. As an autoethnographer, Kelly has used her research skills to dig deep into her own story, uncovering exactly why seeking a diagnosis wasn’t just validating — it was necessary.
https://kellyshannon.substack.com/
Learn more about Autoethnography here & here
Laura Westengard - Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma
Sarah Teresa Cook - The Body Responds (guest post on D.L. Mayfield - Healing is My Special Interest)