ADHD in Elite Sport: From Shame Spirals to Tag Rugby World Cup Bronze | Sophia Prout

The Neurodivergent Lens · Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 1m

She was diagnosed with ADHD at 16 in the US, thought she'd grown out of it, then diagnosed again in her 20s after the pandemic pulled the routine out from under her. In this episode, former GB tag rugby player and Tag Rugby World Cup bronze medallist Sophia Prout joins Meryem to talk about masking, rejection sensitivity dysphoria and the "shame spirals," and the striking contrast between the coaching environment that made her question everything and the one where she thrived and medalled.

Sophia is business manager at Neurodiverse Sport and co-founder of Women in Tag Rugby, which she helped…