Welcome to the Brain Library — a cosy little corner where all my favourite thoughts end up.
You’ll find ADHD insights, tiny tools, creative musings, short stories, and whatever else my busy brain refuses to keep to itself. Dip in, wander, enjoy, and take whatever helps or delights you.
Problem people? why they are actually gold
Let’s start by not pretending. Some people are genuinely problematic. They drain meetings, repeat the same complaints, spiral loudly, or seem determined to offload their emotional state into any available room. Calling that “not a problem” doesn’t help anyone, least of all you. But here’s the part that often gets missed. If you are someone…
Play: an essential neurodivergence tool
If play is one of the most fundamental ways humans learn, then it matters even more for people whose brains and nervous systems do not respond well to pressure, coercion, or narrow definitions of “the right way” to do things. For many neurodivergent people, the difficulty is not a lack of intelligence, motivation, or care.…
don’t stop till you play enough
When was the last time you played? Can you remember what that felt like, what you were doing, or why you chose to do it? For many adults, that question lands oddly. Play can feel distant, fuzzy, almost indulgent, as though it belongs to a different phase of life, something we were meant to grow…
Keep off my boundaries!
A lot of the advice we’re given about boundaries sounds sensible on the surface, but tends to fall apart the moment we try to apply it in real life. We’re told to be clear, to say no, to hold the line, to stop over-explaining, as if boundaries were a simple communication technique rather than something…
Have you really thought that through?
One of the things many of us get accused of, by other people and by ourselves, is being overthinkers. It’s rarely meant kindly. It’s often framed as a flaw, something excessive or inefficient, something we should rein in if we want an easier life. Overthinking gets lumped together with anxiety, indecision, or unnecessary worry, as…
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Katherine Mengardon 