Cyber Geek Girl is a blogger and writer who has been through many challenges in life, but is still here to tell the tale!
She loves technology, gadgets, cyber security, writing, heavy metal music, writing and her GSD/Husky cross dog. This blog is a window to her world.and she can be contacted via hello@cybergeekgirl.co.uk
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Do I Look Neurodivergent?
Since I was diagnosed with autism in 2018 and subsequently ADHD, dyspraxia and dyscalculia in 2023 I’ve received a myriad of different responses and comments to sharing my diagnoses. For the most part they have been nothing but positive and supportive, which has been...
10 Ways to Work With Me as Someone Who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
As someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent, I know I don’t cope or thrive well in an office environment. If the office is open plan, noisy and is decorated with lot of patterns, colours and furniture this makes things even worse for me because it is too much of a sensory...
The challenge of an office for someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
The one area of my life where I got so good at masking what I was really feeling as someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent was at work. Today I work from home in cyber security and I couldn’t be happier. I am fascinated with anything to do with hacking, and I have my...
How I Manage Imposter Syndrome as Someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
In my last article I talked about impostor syndrome and how all my life I have struggled with this and feeling like I am a fraud who will be exposed at any moment for not being good enough. In this article I will share a few things that I’ve done to help me manage it...
Oh Yes…I’m The Great Imposter: Imposter Syndrome and Being #OpenlyNeurodivergent
ll my life I have had a strong feeling that whatever I do, even if it is something that I know full well I am good at and am perfectly capable of doing, I am not good enough at it. I had no idea what this feeling was, but it has been there throughout my life and...
My Strange Interests as Someone Who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
One thing that I know is very different about me as someone who is neurodivergent is the fact that I have some very strange and eclectic interests. When I was growing up, I knew that these interests were different and not at all like the sort of things that my peers...
All Eyes are on Me: Why I Hate Being Watched as Someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
Picture the scene. It is New Years Day, and as the lyrics from the song by U2 go, all is quiet. My husband and I have taken a drive 2 junctions north on the M5 to run in my brand-new car that he picked up for me from Castle Donnington the day before. It is a while...
Why The #TakeTheMaskOff Campaign Resonated With Me
Ever since I can remember I have “masked” who I really am to try and “fit in” and be “normal”. Of course, I had no idea until recently that I was #OpenlyNeurodivergent. I just knew that I was “different” and that to be accepted by society, to hold down a job, be a...
What the World Doesn’t See – #TakeTheMaskOff
As someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent and neurodivergent, I had no idea how much I saw the world differently and how much I had struggled over the years until I got my chance diagnosis a few months ago. I always felt like I was wading through treacle, and I didn’t...
How I Manage Autistic and ADHD Burnout
Throughout my life I would often experience what I would describe as huge peaks, whereby my masking was so good I could function perfectly, achieve great things, live day to day without any problems and be extremely effective and productive in my work. These would...
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