Voices: Living Neurodiverse – Real Stories, Real Strategies
The Impact of Late or Missed Diagnosis
🎵 A Personal Story: 🌟 A Moment That Stayed With Me
Three years ago, I met Craig while he was performing at an event for Learning Disability Awareness in Oswestry. When I mentioned that the children with me, all diagnosed with ASD/ADHD, were struggling to stay still, he immediately understood. He shared his own late‑diagnosis story, and his honesty stayed with me.
Recently, Craig posted an original song that moved me deeply, both as an adult diagnosed with ADHD and as a healthcare professional. His words capture the reality of growing up undiagnosed, masking, and carrying years of misunderstanding and internalised blame. He turned that pain into music that gives voice to those who never had one.
🎵 Craig’s Words About “Know Your Enemy”
I finished my E.P. last year, but haven’t done anything with it yet. If I’m honest, I think I’ve just been scared and anxious about what people might think. So today feels like the first day of fighting back.
“Know Your Enemy”, track three from Just Like The Stars, is about battling an unknown illness for decades and getting nowhere. For 30 years, I was treated for depression and anxiety when the real issue was ADHD, something I had to discover myself, and something I can never get those years back from.
Sharing this song is a big step for me. If you could listen, give feedback, or share it, I’d be incredibly grateful. I know there’s something special in my music; I just need to start believing in myself again.
If you’d like to support Craig’s music, follow his journey, or book him for gigs and events, please use the link to his social media. Sharing his work helps amplify a voice that deserves to be heard.
Written by a founder with no mental health difficulties until PTSD, this is the most open and honest I have ever been. My lived experience caring for others has changed how I see the silence so many people carry. I share this blog so anyone facing invisible battles feels less alone, more understood, and reminded that their life matters.
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