Category: Tips on making neurodiverse marriage work
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Making Time For Yourself
This week I want to think about the importance of making time for yourself. Sometimes dealing with everything that comes with being the partner of someone who is neurodivergent or of being neurodivergent yourself can be very overwhelming, never mind the normal pressures of life today. So taking time out to do something you really…
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AuDHD and Valentine’s Day
Welcome friend and a very happy Valentine’s Day! In particular I am sending love today to those of you who really wanted to be romanced but whose partner completely forgot! In my experience romance never runs smoothly in a neurodiverse relationship and Valentine’s Day, anniversaries and even birthdays can be a very lonely and upsetting…
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Expectations: To Lower or Not to Lower
Apologies that this week’s blog is a little late – we have had a big week with our sons appearing in a play at school so lots of taxiing and evenings spent in the theatre for us. Also I have realized that this is a really big topic so I am going to break it…
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Ch Ch Ch Changes
Lessons in change and interior décor There was only one time that I did anything major to the house without telling Matt first. Never again! It was back when we first brought our house and I was working as a teacher and had long summer holidays. One sunny summer holiday while Matt was at work,…
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Masking Myths Unmasked
Over the weekend there was an article in the newspaper about how Christine McGuiness, who was recently diagnosed with ASC, had masked throughout her marriage in her attempts to be the perfect wife. I see a lot of different and confrontational things written about masking so in this week’s post we get to the bottom…
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Save Yourself First
I subscribe to the Headspace App because I have found it really helpful over the years, but today I had a notification that I had to disagree with in the context of our marriage. It said this: “Paradoxically, the best way to make ourselves happier is by focusing on the happiness of others”. As a…
You, Me & AuDHD 