Jeanie Gee's Neurodivergent Blog

Shame, Boundaries & RSD: How Adapted CBT Can Help - A Conversation with Dr Anita

From shame to people-pleasing, Dr Anita explains how Adapted CBT can help ADHDers build boundaries and co-regulate with compassion.

Sep 17 • 

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An Interview with Nicola Rose on Magnetosphere: Finding Beauty in Otherness

Nicola Rose is the director, writer, and producer of Magnetosphere, a new film that explores the world of Maggie, a teenage girl with synaesthesia

Sep 16 • 

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April 2025

What It’s Like Being Part of a Neurodivergent Community — From the Founder of a Neurodivergent Friendship Group

(Or: Why I No Longer Feel Like a Malfunctioning Alien) Before I met my neurodivergent people, I was convinced I was an alien, and I desperately wanted…

Apr 12 • 

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February 2025

Are Neurodivergents with ADHD and Autism Unable to Achieve Self Actualisation?

My Guinea Pig Henrietta and I explore the implications of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and how Neurodivergents are getting stuck at each level of the…

Feb 1 • 

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November 2024

Reducing Text Stress and Setting Boundaries

We’re normalising an expectation of instant responses and constant availability. It’s time to push back

Nov 15, 2024

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I have ADHD and here’s why I don’t reply to your texts

When I say I forget, I will  remember when it is 2am, when I am in a meeting, or when I am crossing the road

Nov 7, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) & How to Manage It

99% of people with ADHD experience RSD, and many find it to be the worst aspect of our condition. Much worse than The Disappearing Phone. It causes…

Oct 30, 2024

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Are Neurodivergents being Sidelined in Counselling Training?

I am starting to wonder if this is the case, after my own personal experiences and conversations with other Neurodivergents who have gone through the…

Oct 13, 2024 • 

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How Empathy is Experienced as a Neurodivergent

It is a myth that Neurodivergents, especially those with Autism, lack empathy. Many Neurodivergents experience heightened emotional empathy. This myth…

Oct 6, 2024 • 

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Eyeball Gazing and Secret Tears: My first counselling training session

Everything was going so well. And then we came to one of the final activities.... We were told that we were about experience a very uncomfortable five…

Oct 4, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Neurodivergent + Neurodivergent Friendships

Neurodivergent communities are life changing, healing sanctuaries for us after years of being misunderstood and feeling out of place. But we have…

May 10, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Neurodivergent + Neurotypical Friendships - The Glass Wall that Divides Us

Us neurodivergents often struggle to connect with, interact with and maintain friendships with Neurotypicals.It can feel like there's a glass wall…

Feb 20, 2024 • 

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