This started the way a lot of my thoughts do — from something small that then refused to stay small. I have combined ADHD, though I lean more inattentive, and I also live with misophonia, so I know that particular moment when ordinary background noise suddenly stops feeling ordinary. I was out running, my music cut out, and almost instantly everything around me felt far louder than it had any right to — not dramatic, just that immediate internal shift where sound stops being background and starts landing directly inside your nervous system. Which took me straight into something else I keep circling. How often we still talk about ADHD and associated features as though everything sits neatly in separate boxes, when lived experience rarely feels that neat. Because once you really start looking, it is hard not to notice how much seems to gather around the same core wiring over time: sensory overload, masking, rejection sensitivity, intrusive thinking, people pleasing, hyper-awareness, shame responses, all the quieter internal adaptations people often carry for years before they even realise they are there. And then I found myself wondering about things like Tourette’s too — whether some of that leans more toward the hyper side of the same underlying picture, just expressed differently. Some of it may well sit separately. But some of it also makes me wonder how much develops around years of trying to regulate, suppress, decode, compensate, recover, and repeat — especially the parts that stay internal and therefore often get mistaken for personality rather than recognised for what they are. The more I scribble around it, the less it feels like random overthinking and the more it feels like there may be something in it. I don’t know if I’m off track yet — but I’m not fully convinced I am.

What a fabulous day, at recovery connections hartlepool, with the ladies for the menapause talk, followed by brunch , and mental health resilience truely blessed

LET'S hear it !!! Oh BTW we are opening in Harley St. Just saying 😉

@Tia Boulton @Ruth Lilleker @Emma Buttriss @Marcus Ward Session 3 Summary. These sources document a series of professional mentorship meetings between Ruth Lilleker and David Collins focused on neurodiversity advocacy and career development. The discussions detail Ruth’s transition from local government work toward establishing her own Community Interest Company and consultancy. Key themes include the development of a theoretical framework linking ADHD to addiction and the necessity for systemic changes in workplace environments. Ruth is supported through academic partnerships and supervised "Recognised Prior Learning" to achieve formal coaching certification. Ultimately, the records track her journey of transforming lived experience into a professional portfolio focused on neurodiverse recovery.

Hi everyone so I have started a checkin group on a monday evening 5-6 anyone is welcom we can discuss anything from the day you have had , to coaching questions, or even just for a vent or a chat, this is for us all as a community to come together and talk, I hope to see you all there have a fantastic day everyone x link below. https://meet.google.com/noq-vjwe-sxo