Summary:

In Part 1 of our wildly unfiltered and utterly epic conversation with Laura Mears-Reynolds — aka Renegade, host of the globally popular ADHDAF podcast and founder of ADHDAF+ — we dive deep into the grief, rage, and revolutionary resilience that fuel her work. Laura opens up about the brutal realities of living with undiagnosed ADHD, the impact of RSD (rejection sensitivity dysphoria but also her coined term "Really Shit Daydreams™"), and how burnout nearly took her out before she rose up as a leader and advocate for late-diagnosed women and marginalized genders.

We talk about the emotional cost of masking, the cracks in the UK mental health system, and how Laura’s anti-ableist activism has kicked open the doors of ADHD visibility. This isn’t just an interview — it’s a leopard print army RAWR, a validation, and a call to radically rest when the world demands your grind.

Keywords:

Laura Mears-Reynolds

ADHDAF

ADHD podcast

RSD

rejection sensitivity dysphoria

ADHD burnout

ADHD grief

late-diagnosed ADHD

neurodivergent women

masking

radical rest

DSM

UK mental health

ADHD community

feminist podcast

ADHD Peri Punks

ADHD and emotions

ADHD and media

ADHD activism

neurodivergence