What Are My Strengths? Why it’s hard for neurodivergent people and how to recognise strengths through awareness, authenticity, and the right environment.

“What Are My Strengths” and Why That Question Is So Hard to Answer for Neurodivergent People

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The Constant Doubt: What Am I Even Good At? What are my strengths? Some people can list their strengths like a recipe. For many neurodivergent people, it feels more like fog: you sense that something is there, but it’s hard to grasp. Masking, Adaptation, and the “I Don’t Know Who I Am” Syndrome Imagine you want to understand yourself better and look for an outside perspective. Maybe someone’s talking with you, or you’re filling out a questionnaire. Do you know that feeling that you could never give exactly the same answers again? Not because you don’t want to, but because you’re simply not sure what you just said. You like… Read More

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Stepping Out of Invisibility

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Many neurodivergent people struggle with not being seen. Often because neurodivergence still doesn’t carry a positive image in society. Or because they don’t want to explain, again and again, why they react differently. Invisible – or overlooked? Neurodivergence can show up in many different forms, often in ways that are misinterpreted. The typical stereotypes (autistic people can’t hold eye contact, people with ADHD can’t sit still, dyslexic people can’t read fluently, and many more) are almost never true. Instead of dwelling on these, I want to shed light on connections. So here are three examples of what neurodivergence can show up – and how you, as the other person in… Read More

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