They Told Me the Statistics. I Refused to Become One. | Cristina Gilbert
What happens when you’re diagnosed with ADHD as a little girl in 1995, at a time when hardly anyone believed girls could have it? For Cristina Gilbert, it meant growing up under the weight of risk statistics, labels, and doubt but refusing to let them define her.
In this episode, Cristina takes us through her extraordinary journey:
Early diagnosis at 8 years old and what it meant to grow up neurodivergent in the 90s.
The impact of hearing “risk statistics” as a child and how that shaped her confidence.
How swimming pools and high-pressure kitchens became unexpected lifelines, teaching her…
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