RSG Ep. 1: Mental Health and Autism
For most of my life, I didn’t have the language for why everything felt so hard.
Not just “hard” in an obvious way—but emotionally hard, socially exhausting, mentally overwhelming… in ways nobody else could see. I spent years assuming I was just too sensitive, not resilient enough, or somehow failing at life in a way everyone else had figured out.
In Episode 1 of Recovering Sad Girl, I’m sharing the story of how I eventually discovered I was living with late-diagnosed ADHD and autism, and how the COVID shutdown was the moment everything I had been holding together finally unraveled. This episode is about neurodivergence in women, masking, high-functioning anxiety, burnout, and what it feels like to carry shame for symptoms you didn’t even know were symptoms.
We talk about:
✨ Late diagnosis ADHD
✨ Autism in women / autism in girls
✨ Masking and invisible burnout
✨ RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)
✨ PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
✨ Depression, anxiety, and nervous system overwhelm
✨ Why healing isn’t “fixing yourself”—it’s finally understanding yourself
I also share why learning the research changed my life, how support needs matter more than “high vs low functioning,” and why these conversations about mental health, neurodivergence, and survival are so important.
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide risk statistics (non-graphic, research-based).
If you’ve ever searched:
* “Do I have ADHD?”
* “Signs of autism in adult women”
* “High functioning anxiety and burnout”
* “Why do friendships feel hard?”
* “Why am I so emotionally exhausted?”
* “Why do I feel like I’m too much?”
…this episode is for you.
💛 You are not broken. You’re not alone. And your story matters.
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