In this episode, Angela speaks with Georgina Banks, Autistic founder of AuDHD UK, about the misdiagnosis, chronic burnout, and late discovery that led her to build a suicide-prevention charity.
Powerful episode on the gap between experiencing burnout and being believed. The part about doctors dismissing sensory overwhelm and shutdowns as just anxiety is so frustratingly common, I've watched freinds go through nearly identical diagnostic odysseys where their bodies were screaming but systems kept labeling it wrong. Georgina's model with AuDHD UK addressing both access and validation simultaneously feels like addressing the actual problem instead of just symptom-chasing.
The pattern of chronic illness and sensory collapse being routed into “anxiety” shows how diagnostic language can obscure rather than clarify risk.
Powerful episode on the gap between experiencing burnout and being believed. The part about doctors dismissing sensory overwhelm and shutdowns as just anxiety is so frustratingly common, I've watched freinds go through nearly identical diagnostic odysseys where their bodies were screaming but systems kept labeling it wrong. Georgina's model with AuDHD UK addressing both access and validation simultaneously feels like addressing the actual problem instead of just symptom-chasing.