Perhaps you deal with heightened sensitivity to stimuli (sounds, lighting, smell, touch, physical sensations) at times to an overwhelming degree. You’re highly empathetic, experience emotions deeply and have a strong intuition. You may also lose sense of yourself at times by easily absorbing or prioritizing others’ emotions. Perhaps your life has shrunk by a large degree because of how overwhelming the outside world is for you.

You’re expected to be more independent than ever before, and you’re learning as you go. You’re figuring out how the world works and where you want to make your mark. Maybe you are having to “fake it to make” it most situations while figuring out how to authentically express yourself. Adulthood can feel scary, intimidating, exciting and confusing. It can be helpful to have a space to explore and understand this stage of your life, free of judgement and unwarranted advice.

Whether you identify as Gifted, AHDH, AuDHD, 2e (twice exceptional) or even suspect that you may be neurodivergent and would like to explore this further. Maybe life lately has been feeling like you’re operating in “difficult-mode”. You have ideas of how to help yourself and see the advice but it feels hard implement or actually stick to. Neurodivergent-affirming therapy can actually look at the root and help.

This can look like constantly pushing yourself, perfectionism, struggling to say no or set boundaries, seeking control of the outcome by taking everything on yourself. Although you’re trying to do what feels right, this can lead you to feel burnout and appear stuck in an unhelpful cycle for everyone involved.