Journaling Prompts for Living with Neurodivergence
Living with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or other neurological differences means moving through a world largely designed for a brain that works differently than yours. The daily adaptations are often invisible to others, which means the effort they take is also invisible. And there's frequently a complicated internal story: years of being called lazy, difficult, disorganized, or not trying hard enough—before you or anyone understood that the brain you have simply works differently. Writing can give you space to process that history, understand yourself with more clarity and compassion, and think about what you actually need.
Journaling Prompts
What has been hardest about navigating the world with a neurological difference? Not the diagnosis or the label—the specific daily experience of trying to function in environments not built for how your brain works.
What were you told about yourself before you understood your own neurology? What stories about your worth or capability were you given that you've been carrying?
What do you do well because of how your brain works—not despite it? What strengths, ways of thinking, or capacities come from the same place as the challenges?
What do you need in your environment, relationships, or work that you haven't fully been able to ask for or create? What gets in the way of asking?
What would it mean to build a life more honestly shaped around how you actually function, rather than trying to conform to systems designed for someone else's brain?