The Companion Guide.
Free, plain-language lived-experience guides for understanding neurodivergent life with more context and less shame.
Not sure what’s causing this? Start here
What are you noticing?
No diagnosis required. Start with what feels familiar; these guides support reflection, not diagnosis.
- Overwhelm
Why am I overwhelmed all the time?
- Energy crashes
Why do I crash after busy weeks?
- Anxiety
Is this burnout, anxiety, ADHD or something else?
- Social exhaustion
Why do I crash after socialising?
- Low motivation
Why do small tasks feel impossible?
- Sensory overload
Why am I sensitive to noise when tired?
- Burnout
Is this burnout, anxiety, ADHD or something else?
- Brain fog
Why do I have brain fog?
- Sleep changes
Why has my sleep changed?
- Understanding Neurodiversity
A grounded introduction to neurodiversity, different brain styles and the language used across the community.
- Understanding Yourself
Explore identity, masking, self-recognition and the process of making sense of your own patterns.
- Understanding Your Energy
Learn how capacity, executive demand, recovery and the spoon metaphor can help explain daily energy.
- Understanding Burnout
Recognise overload, shutdown, autistic burnout and the slower work of rebuilding sustainable capacity.
- What Am I Feeling?
Make sense of emotional intensity, anxiety, overwhelm, rumination, low mood, rejection sensitivity and when more support may help.
- Understanding Your Senses
Understand sensory load, seeking, avoidance, interoception and why ordinary environments can become exhausting.
- Understanding Work
Look at executive demands, communication, masking, recovery and practical ways to make work more sustainable.
- Understanding Relationships
Explore communication differences, processing time, conflict, connection and the impact of feeling misunderstood.
- Understanding Daily Life
Unpack routines, transitions, decision fatigue, household demands and the invisible effort behind everyday tasks.
- Understanding Support
Consider accommodations, professional support, self-advocacy and what genuinely useful help can look like.
- Living Well
Build a life around self-knowledge, recovery, values and supports rather than constant self-correction.
- My Journey
A lived-experience account of recognition, burnout, medication, self-understanding and building AuDHD Companion.
AuDHD Companion provides self-reflection, organisation and general wellbeing tools. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or emergency support.