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Himal Mandalia

A Tale of Two ADHDs

Masking and the myth of high functioning

2d ago

Side by side photo. Left. slightly overweight man in black t-shirt glasses looking at camera. Right, a man with glasses and beard in blue blazer and shirt in the street looking right.

2d ago

Published in
Engage

Wandering the World With a Bag of Parts

Open-ended travel with undiagnosed ADHD

Mar 5

Alt text: Man photographed from back. Green felt fedora, red t shirt, white shorts and a small shoulder camera bag. Temple ruins in front.

Mar 5

Why I Didn’t Think I Had ADHD

And why the stereotypes and memes don’t help

Feb 23

Various gears of many sizes.

Feb 23

ADHD and the Multiverse of You

How diagnosis and medication can reveal an alternate you

Feb 20

A bearded and bespectacled man in a green fedora looking at himself suspiciously in a lift mirror. Meant to appear as if there are two of the same person.

Feb 20

Was it Trauma or ADHD?

How a late ADHD diagnosis rewrote my life story

Feb 18

Rectangles and elipsis laid out neatly with words “trauma”, “confusion”, “pain”, “PTSD”, “anger” and others on the theme of trauma on them.

Feb 18

Published in
Engage

My Autism Assessment Journey

And why it was about the friends I made along the way

Jan 24

A man with a beard, tortoiseshell glasses and green felt fedora sitting on a bus and gazing out of the window on a sunny day at a landscape with trees.

Jan 24

Life Update: Settling down… a bit

Oct 7, 2024

Brown man with beard, tortoiseshell glasses, green felt fedora and hounstooth jacket on a train.

Oct 7, 2024

Published in
Engage

Into The Dragon’s Lair

How tabletop role-playing changed my life

Sep 29, 2024

A colorful assortment of red and blue dice, each displaying various numbers, stacked together in a random arrangement.

Sep 29, 2024

Published in
Zenite

Gout and Me

Dispelling the “rich man’s disease” myth

Aug 6, 2024

A doctor checking a patient's foot.

Aug 6, 2024

Published in
Engage

How I Found Peace and Enlightenment at Sun Moon Lake

Three days of cycling and exploring in Taiwan

Aug 1, 2024

A buddhist temple roof with a lake and mountains in the distance.

Aug 1, 2024

Himal Mandalia

Himal Mandalia

Wanderer. Runner. Storyteller. AuDHD.

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