I am a queer, millennial woman diagnosed with Aspergers, ADHD combined type, social anxiety, and complex trauma. I also have aphantasia: the inability to visualize within my mind's eye. I had hyperlexia as a child, being assessed at a grade 12 reading level when I was 8-years-old. On top of all this, I have a diagnosis of hypermobility spectrum disorder, thoracolumbar scoliosis, osteoarthritis of
the L4-L5 facet joints, as well as suspected fibromyalgia, POTS and MCAS. So yes, I am a "zebra spoonie" as well. As of 2023, I am in my second year of university studying sociology and anthropology. As a neurodivergent individual, my strengths are in research and writing. Some of my special interests include: medicine, history, archaeology, sociology, creative writing, genealogy, photography, natural disasters, and of course, psychology, but I have many other interests as well. I used to read medical encyclopedias for fun as a child. My dream career was to be a doctor, but I feel medical school is inaccessible for someone like myself, because I wouldn't do well on tests, such as the MCAT. But give me a list of all your symptoms and I can almost guarantee I can figure out what's going on with you. I have the uncanny ability to retain and recall a large amount of medical knowledge, almost like I have a medical memory. Between that and my passion for researching and solving medical mysteries, I have no doubt that I would thrive as a physician. If only there wasn't this barrier preventing me from getting into med school. This page was created to share my journey learning to unmask, to educate people, and to also help fellow neurodivergents to embrace neurodiversity.
