Dr. Alex George

I think the biggest thing is just saying to people, say to your friend, your partner, whatever, I'm feeling overstimulated.

Because the worst thing that happens is that you become overstimulated.

Someone says something small to you and you snap at them where you're like, oh,

And they're like, they're offended because you've just been snappy or frustrated.

And they don't understand.

They feel upset because it's like, what have I done?

But it's not them.

So often, if I feel overstimulated, just by saying, everyone, just so you know, I'm feeling a bit overstimulated.

I'm going to go head out and have a breather for 10 minutes.

It means everyone else is like, ah, okay, I know what's going on.

Like vocalizing that you feel that way is the best remedy for me.

I think my mission personally is to understand and accept myself and be able to live with as little friction as possible.

I think my mission in terms of helping other people is to help them do exactly that on scale, to be able to be accepting and understanding of who they are.

I think what's important to me is that people are recognized

if they are neurodivergent, if they have ASD, ADHD, dyslexia, whatever it might be, that is recognized at a young age.

I think we shouldn't underestimate the damage that's done from late diagnosis.

I'm pretty sure that most people you've had on this podcast who sat down with you, including yourself, has talked about the kind of trauma, the challenges, the bad things that have happened in their lives.

because of a late diagnosis or not being diagnosed.

And I think that is really important.

And, you know, I quote this quite a lot and it's not because I want to be really morbid, but, you know, a person who's undiagnosed with ADHD lives on average eight years shorter life if they're a woman and six years if they're a man.