Memoirs of a Neurodivergent Latina

Episodes

Season 2 Episode 9 - Depression

I think this deserves a trigger warning in the text, though the name is probably enough. This is an episode about what my depression felt like from the inside: the spirals, the self-talk, even a brief considered un-aliving. If this is too much, skip the episode. Your mental health matters more.

Season 2 Episode 8 - The Little Things

This episode is about all the happy little things that kept me going during college. You’ve been hearing a lot of the dark, so I figured I’d break it up a little.

Season 2 Episode 7 - Thanksgiving

Holidays are a strange mix of traditions and changes that break traditions. All of these things can cause anxiety for neurodivergent people.

Season 2 Episode 6 - Irresponsible

There are negative words and descriptions about yourself that tend to stay with you forever. For me, being irresponsible came up in college, and I’ve never managed to shake the term in my internal dialogue. Listen to the things my junior year that embedded it into my psyche.

Season 2 Episode 5 - Liar Liar

This is by far the hardest episode I have done to date. There are a lot of pauses that I considered taking out, but they, I think, convey how much this still affects me. This episode is about a couple of events that redefined my trust in others around me and my belief in the reality of my friendships in a negative way.

Season 2 Episode 4 - Relationships

Relationships have always been difficult for me. Listen to the episode to see what this looked like in college. I have to admit that it was confusing, but my general feeling at the time was that I had friends who cared.

Season 2 Episode 3 - Return to Singing

I have spoken before about singing being my stim, and how there were a lot of factors that made it harder and harder for me to engage in it. This episode is about the evolution of my ability to sing and perform again throughout college.

Season 2 Episode 2 - Academics

Academics were always a consistent source of self-esteem, so what happens when I go to a new place, with unresolved trauma, and a neurodiversity that I didn’t know about? It was definitely not what I would have hoped for.

Season 2 Episode 1 - Rush Week

The new season starts with a look into what Rush Week at a University looked like from the point of view of someone neurodivergent.

Beyond 6 Seconds Interview

Hi all!! I got interviewed on my motivations for having this podcast. Please take a look: Beyond 6 Seconds - Lya Batlle-Rafferty