Jenara Nerenberg

Un estudio que cambiará nuestro paradigma sobre las mujeres neurodivergentes ―las que tienen trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), autismo, sinestesia, alta sensibilidad y trasto

AUDIBLE EDITORS PICKThe bestselling, paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent womenthose with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorderexploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her symptoms--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversitya framework that moves away from pathologizing abnormal versus normal brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Nerenberg explores these topics in depth, delving into: Flawed systems that focus on diagnosing younger, male populations. How people assigned female at birth are conditioned to blend in and conform to gender expectations, and how women often dont learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. The impact of millions living with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and how the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Practical solutions for neurodivergent people to thrive, not just survive. Divergent Mind is the much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are different. Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD, and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, its not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg offers us a path forward, describing changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.

A timely guide to help you re-examine your ideas, encounter debate, and navigate a polarized world with calm rationality."Nerenberg offers ways to speak up, stand alone, and be true to ourselves. . . . Nerenbergs timely and thought-provoking analysis is sure to spark discussion." BooklistTrust Your Mind takes you on a stunning tour of self-silencing, groupthink, and their antidote: critical reasoning. From conducting in-depth interviews to uncovering scientific research and sharing her own personal story, bestselling author Jenara Nerenberg offers searing insights on how to identify and exit everyday extremism and transform fear and hesitation into courageous dialogue that embraces dissent.If youve ever felt suddenly silenced or taken over by your own self-censorship, Trust Your Mind has been praised as compelling, lucid and timely by social psychologist Ethan Kross and hailed as a bold call to think deeper and speak truer by social psychologist Kurt Gray for how the book reinvigorates an ethic of pluralism at a time when respect for differing viewpoints is narrowing: Contradictory ideas spark hysteria and backlashresulting in mobbing and cancel culture A wrong remark or comment, no matter how seemingly innocent, gets twisted and results in banishment Polarization and pressure to conform to the groupfriends, families, workplaces, and communitiesfuels alienation and threatens the fabric of a connected society Trust Your Mind guides you along the difficult path toward critical thinking and illuminates: The origins of self-silencing culture and how to counter the devastating loss of independent thought The inner workings of critical reasoning and how to come down to earth away from everyday extremist thinking How to forge existential survival skills and what Nerenberg calls an emotional backbone"Communication has become increasingly divisive; Nerenberg calmly shows readers how to walk through discomfort, stay grounded in ones own viewpoint while encountering opposition, and stay connected. To examine and communicate ones own ideaslike a deep-sea diver, investigator or anthropologistis a vital, strategic skill and exploration for individuals in the 21st century.

Un estudio que cambiará nuestro paradigma sobre las mujeres neurodivergentes ―las que tienen trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), autismo, sinestesia, alta sensibilidad y trasto