{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GT Radio - The Geek Therapy Podcast","title":"Late Diagnosed Neurodivergence: When You See Yourself in the Algorithm","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3817,"description":"#383: In this episode of GT Radio, Josué is joined by Link Keller, Marc Cuiriz, and Lara Taylor to explore what it means to recognize yourself in media—especially when that media is other people sharing lived experiences online. The conversation focuses on how social media platforms like TikTok have become unexpected mirrors, helping people identify traits associated with ADHD, autism, and broader neurodivergence long before (or even without) formal diagnosis.\nMarc shares reflections from reading Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, describing how concepts like masking, people-pleasing, and social chameleon behavior reframed his understanding of his own history. Link talks about encountering late-diagnosed autism content online and slowly realizing that many lifelong experiences—social exhaustion, stimming, echolalia, hyperfixation, and pattern recognition—fit together in ways that trauma or anxiety alone never fully explained. Lara adds a clinical and personal lens, discussing sensory processing differences, social anxiety, and how traits can shift, intensify, or soften across the lifespan.\nThe group digs into the limitations of the DSM, the value (and risks) of self-diagnosis, and why language matters more than labels for many people. They discuss how diagnostic criteria lag behind lived experience, how systemic barriers make formal assessment inaccessible, and why peer-shared narratives can be both validating and destabilizing. Throughout the episode, they emphasize that these traits aren’t just “quirks”—they exist on an intensity and frequency that meaningfully impacts daily life.\nThe conversation also touches on specific neurodivergent experiences like masking fatigue, autistic burnout, sensory sensitivities, aphantasia, dyscalculia, face blindness, stimming, echolalia, and the exhaustion of navigating a world not built for neurodivergent minds. While acknowledging that there can be strengths associated with neurodivergence, the hosts push back on overly...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nK8jGBhqp23VbM6h1p3xq-iCjcPpVKAnBrYxyP9FNck/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MTI0/ZmI0MTUwNjFhMDJj/N2U0YjE2NmRlMTQw/ZjgwYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}