Life and Creativity of a Person living with Multiple Neurological Disorders

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The inception of Neurologically Challenged

Neurologically Challenged was born from a tic during an awkward moment with some strangers when one of my tic’s shouted “I am just neurologically challenged.”

No! not everyone has ADHD, Autism, Tourettes or OCD

Sitting at the end of a table at a family function I managing to keep the tics to an unnoticed minimum, even hearing every voice in the room at the same time isn’t driving me as mad as it usually… Continue Reading →

Hidden Disabilities or Disabilities being Hidden?

The term ‘hidden disability’ is becoming quite common and hidden disabilities are becoming more recognised and understood. But there is a difference between having a hidden disability and actively hiding your disability. I live with ADHD, ASD, ME/CFS and PTSD… Continue Reading →

About Me

Sticky Post

Gordon Williams Often misunderstood i am a man living with a range neurological disorders that include Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, ASD, SPD and PTSD. I am often described as being open and honest as i share a warts and all… Continue Reading →

Navigating the Neurotypical world: My Car Analogy

Imagine you’re driving a brand-new car, and everything is working perfectly fine, you’re out in traffic, you can stop at the lights keep up with other vehicles, brake when people slow down and all your lights work signalling your intentions… Continue Reading →

Holding out for a hero

Holding out for a hero… Related Images:

A satisfactory electrocution: Obsessive compulsion resulting in action

Content contained within the following text may have triggers for people living with neurological and mental health conditions and contain references to self-harm. Obsessive compulsions are something I live with daily, many times over the years I have been unable… Continue Reading →

Learning disability or a flawed education system

I don’t struggle with learning a subject that I have a keen interest in and when the learning is done my way and my pace which can be extremely fast but can also cease at the drop of a hat… Continue Reading →

Living with fatigue after a severe infection.

A quest for answers I always had issues with my sinuses, nasal tics did nothing to help either. After speaking with a consultant, it seemed I had a badly deviated septum and an operation to correct this would be beneficial,… Continue Reading →

Feedback, comments and questions required.

Feedback, comments and questions are important for me to keep my posts relevant, on track and going in the right direction. Unfortunately due to high number of spam i had to remove the ability to comment on posts. I would… Continue Reading →

Hiding Neurodiversity in plain sight: A lifetime of Masking, Suppressing and Acting.

Growing up in a violent home, being unnoticed was important, from a very early age I learned the art of masking and suppressing the conditions I didn’t even know I had. The skills that I mastered as a child and… Continue Reading →

My resilience doesn’t protect me from the past: Living with Complex PTSD

People who know me, know I cope very well in chaotic situations and that traumatic events have little effect on me. I live daily with complex PTSD and a large range of triggers that come from a decade of emotional,… Continue Reading →

Positivity attracts positivity

Our physical and the virtual worlds can become what we allow into them good, bad, or indifferent. Jo Cole, Sadhguru and Jordan Peterson are three names I can say began changes in the direction of my life and self-image. The latter… Continue Reading →

Acceptance is for life

I do not have any issues with awareness and acceptance days, weeks, or months. In fact, I think they are essential and make a big difference, it’s the time in between that I have issue with. I think that we… Continue Reading →

Ode to my Demons

Poetry always seems to come to me at the most unusual times and often links to strong emotions or extreme times with my neurological and mental health. The brain never ceases to suprise me and this time it creates a… Continue Reading →

The flying onion

Home from school and my tea shovelled down, I’m off out to call for my mates. I never know who will be coming out, I go to Paul’s house first, he joins me and we head off to call for… Continue Reading →

My Neurologically Challenged Journey

I was asked to write a brief narrative of my life in the context of my neurological disorders and mental health to be used as a part of an educational book. I needed to fit in everything from the abuse… Continue Reading →

Neglecting the Physical while concentrating on the Neurological

While I am so heavily focused on my mental and neurological health I often dismiss or put aside My physical health. In recent years this has come back to bite me. The anxiety and stress caused by my neurological and… Continue Reading →

This is the way I am, it is who I am

Living with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD and High functioning autism means there are many times I confuse or offend people. I try to explain that I am not deliberately offensive and that this is the way I am, it is who… Continue Reading →

A little more than OCD? The obsessive-compulsion that almost took my eye.

When I took delivery of my new Henry vacuum cleaner and removed it from the box it was not long before the obsessions began. The suction is quite powerful and there is a button to boost the power, for some… Continue Reading →

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