Closing a Chapter: On Misdiagnosis, Context, and Neurodivergence
Why the misdiagnosis happened (a big-picture explanation) This is a follow up on my life story so far from my homepage. What happened was a mismatch in interpretation, not a personal failing. A high-verbal neurodivergent profile (autism + ADHD), combined with years of masking, mirroring and adapting under stress, can sometimes produce behaviours that resemble mood or personality disorders from the outside. When context, developmental history, and medication effects aren’t ful
