Late Diagnosed AuDHD at 53 — Logo Designer, Photographer & Blogger; 30yrs of Creative Exploration: ➔ Smitho.graphics AuDHD Blog: ➔ NotNeurotypical.fyi Photography: ➔ instagram.com/@Smithographics
➔ unsplash.com/@smithographic https://imjustcreative.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphicshttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3mb57lm3jdl2v“Sunrise peeking behind the cliffs, Seaford Head.” • Photograph by: smitho.graphics • Camera: Fuji XE-2 • Image Editing: Photomator • Image Licence: CC BY-NC-SA ——— #Photography #Photographer #Photo #Photos #LandscapePhotography #Clouds #Sunrise #Sky #Ocean #Water #ThroughTheLens #PhotoOfTheDay29 Dec 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb57lm3jdl2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3maq4rkvqiz2b• Photograph by: smitho.graphics • Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max • Image Editing: Photomator • Image Licence: CC BY-NC-SA ——— #Photography #Photographer #Photo #Photos #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #Clouds #sky #ThroughTheLens #PhotoOfTheDay #iPhonePhotography #SunsetPhotography24 Dec 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3maq4rkvqiz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m7cxnxav5s2a“Photograph of a recent Winter Sunset over the English Channel. Seaford, Sussex.” • Photography: smitho.graphics • Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max • Editing: Photomator • Licence: CC BY-NC-SA ——— #Photography #Photographer #Photo #Sky #Clouds #LandscapePhotography #SunsetPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay06 Dec 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cxnxav5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m6p5khfzjs2b“With ADHD I can’t start most things; the ones I can I usually can’t stop.” — @autisticadhdco ↓ Via X: is.gd/s4ocJa ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #AuDHD #mentalhealth #meme #adhdmemes #audhdmemes28 Nov 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6p5khfzjs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m6me62p3lc2gADHD is this, but every day: “Each year you get three Loser Days where nothing works out, and you decide to not do anything about it, and just succumb to punishment.” ↓ Via X: @MukkyWaffle is.gd/2xLsWf ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #AuDHD #meme #adhdmemes27 Nov 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6me62p3lc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m6cmgnfgok25When your Mind Knows the Answer, but your Words can’t keep up — by ADHD Explained “This post is for people who’ve spent their lives being misunderstood, etc.” ↓ Article: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1K2hyZmKxu/?mibextid=wwXIfr ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #AuDHD #mentalhealth23 Nov 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cmgnfgok25https://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m6clbu7j6k25“Insightful Example of what the ADHD Mind is Doing when Listening to Someone” ↓ Via FB: Audhd.short.gy/Mind ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #AuDHD #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness23 Nov 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6clbu7j6k25https://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m5y3jywypx2w“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.” — Coraline @simplyrotten ↓ Via X: is.gd/WgB0GE ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #depression #AuDHD #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness19 Nov 2025 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5y3jywypx2whttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m5wbcu37bt2oWhat I Think & What I Say: https://notneurotypical.micro.blog/2025/11/18/what-i-think-what-i/18 Nov 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wbcu37bt2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m5vydry2vc2uThe test for ADHD should just be one. question: "Do you want to do so many things at once, but it becomes so overwhelming that you do nothing instead" ↓ Via Threads: is.gd/gLwG84 ——— #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #AuDHD #meme #adhdmemes #adhdmemes18 Nov 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vydry2vc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4zyuutf6225Dostoevsky said: "“Isolate as much as you want to become stronger, even if you see that loneliness is an unbearable hell, it is much better than the multiple masks of humans.”" ——— #quotes #philosophy #Dostoevsky #MentalHealthMatters #AuDHD #autismawareness #ADHD07 Nov 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zyuutf6225https://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4y5hp6ias2hTrue story: I was assessed for ADHD and after the assessment the shrink said, “there’s a lot of evidence that you have ADHD, the most prominent of which was that you already went through this process and were diagnosed 15 years ago and forgot.” ↓ Via FB: Audhd.short.gy/Truestory06 Nov 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y5hp6ias2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4y44jndah2kWhat's wrong with you lately?: https://notneurotypical.micro.blog/2025/11/06/whats-wrong-with-you-lately/06 Nov 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y44jndah2khttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4vls3rzlc27”Black & White photographs of Miss Poppy, 8 year old German Shepherd, which work well as she’s mostly all black.” Photo by: Smitho.graphics #photography #iphone16promax #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #dogs #dog #gsdlife #germanshepherddog #gsd #blackgermanshepherd #germanshepherd #blackandwhite05 Nov 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vls3rzlc27https://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4nymlqjay2zEvery time I see a post or meme, describing a particular challenging aspect of living with AuDHD, the voice in my head is saying; Neurotypical folk will palm it off as an exaggeration. No it’s fucking not! In many examples, it can be worse.02 Nov 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nymlqjay2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4nyadz5w32l“The memory loss from deep depression and trauma is not talked about enough. It's not just forgetting small things, it's losing chunks of your own life. Whole days, months, even years blur together, because your brain was too busy surviving to record them.” Via: is.gd/LBvYMi02 Nov 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nyadz5w32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4mc2yw3wm2nLate Diagnosed Neurodivergent Trauma “One of the biggest challenges facing late diagnosed neurodivergent individuals, is trauma. We face more micro traumas everyday, from having to mask to unwarranted criticism.” Full Article: is.gd/gZW7z2 #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #AuDHD https://is.gd/gZW7z202 Nov 2025 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4mc2yw3wm2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4idn3zqf42s“Would you like to have this “Color Glass” icon option for iOS 26?” Via @idevicehhelp on X: https://is.gd/klIjTD31 Oct 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4idn3zqf42shttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4h6kgnnuq2l“I am so fucking sick and tired of adhd influencers and their "adhd is not a deficit!" toxic fucking positivity. Yes it fucking is. It ruined so many fucking things in my life…” Source: is.gd/7ZVjpN #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #autism #AuDHD31 Oct 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4h6kgnnuq2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4dxxxpsro2sAsking Neurodivergents: Anyone else use Foam Earplugs, as well as Noise Cancelling Headphones (with or without music)? It’s the only combo that allows me to walk around town without auditory sensory overload. #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdsupport #autism #AuDHD29 Oct 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dxxxpsro2shttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m4dccrr7rd2iOn: Friendships & Relationships with AuDHD Offering-up some clarity for those who once wondered why I vanished, or why I struggled to stay connected as a friend. ➔ FB Post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BTvXdt13g/?mibextid=wwXIfr #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #autism #autismawareness29 Oct 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dccrr7rd2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m3a3f4ls2c2zDopamine Menu by Sarah Jolie Key Takeaways • A dopamine menu is a simple list of mood-boosting activities organized like a restaurant menu (starters, mains, sides, desserts). #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport #autism #AuDHD #meme #adhdmemes #dopamine #menu15 Oct 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3a3f4ls2c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m36bdoo6332h“I'm pretty sure my brain was created with Zerotonin and Nopeamine, because like what the actual fuck is happening?” Via: is.gd/xZvhxq14 Oct 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36bdoo6332hhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m332uuk6zi2s“Told my doctor I was depressed and he asked me if I'd thought about killing myself. Hell of a piece of medical advice but here goes nothing.”913 Oct 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m332uuk6zi2shttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m2ymz5bs3r2c“Nice closeup of Miss Poppy, falling asleep down the beach.” Photograph by: Smitho.graphics℠ Image Processed with: Adobe Lightroom Licence: CC BY-NC-SA #photography #iphone16promax #iphoneography #iphone #germanshepherd12 Oct 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ymz5bs3r2chttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m2ylhert2e2vHad this statement thrown at me so many times throughout my life, as I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety, etc. Even with my recent diagnosis of AuDHD, someone will quip: “someone has it always has it worse…”. You end up not bothering to tell anyone the psychological battles you are fighting.12 Oct 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ylhert2e2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m2eenfach22kAuDHD Diagnosed, I am. Fucked totally, life is.04 Oct 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2eenfach22khttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3m2eaqbtg2l2qCosts of ADHD This is pretty stark… Source: is.gd/GVn4NJ04 Oct 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2eaqbtg2l2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3lzqpo5nyag2uThe Complex & Overwhelming AuDHD Brain:26 Sep 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqpo5nyag2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/smitho.graphics/post/3lzlcway44p2w24 Sep 2025 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:cv6briyy2pjvouirbrthkp3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlcway44p2w