Elara Compass
@elaracompass.bsky.social
ADHD • Trauma Healing • Cult Recovery • Motherhood
Writing about survival, identity, and self-trust.
https://linktr.ee/elaracompass
Writing about survival, identity, and self-trust.
https://linktr.ee/elaracompass
My ADHD brain is in a full-scale Burnout Vortex. 🤯 Toxic boss tracked my address, pressured me over childcare, and retaliated after I exercised my right to strike.
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🌪️ The Burnout Vortex: When Workplace Absurdity Collides with Your ADHD Brain
Why a Micromanaging Manager Can Trigger Full-Scale Executive Dysfunction Meltdown
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December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My ADHD brain is in a full-scale Burnout Vortex. 🤯 Toxic boss tracked my address, pressured me over childcare, and retaliated after I exercised my right to strike.
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Late-diagnosis life means finally understanding why workplace conflict feels physically painful. It’s not drama; it’s executive function collapse.
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Late-diagnosis life means finally understanding why workplace conflict feels physically painful. It’s not drama; it’s executive function collapse.
My ADHD brain is in a full-scale meltdown thanks to my boss. When micromanagement meets Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), the office becomes a war zone. 🫠
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My ADHD brain is in a full-scale meltdown thanks to my boss. When micromanagement meets Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), the office becomes a war zone. 🫠
I grew up believing safety meant obedience and perfection.
Turns out that rewires your brain in ways productivity tips can’t fix.
Turns out that rewires your brain in ways productivity tips can’t fix.
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I grew up believing safety meant obedience and perfection.
Turns out that rewires your brain in ways productivity tips can’t fix.
Turns out that rewires your brain in ways productivity tips can’t fix.
I’m not starting over to become someone better.
I’m starting over to stop abandoning myself.
#ADHD #neurodivergent
I’m starting over to stop abandoning myself.
#ADHD #neurodivergent
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m not starting over to become someone better.
I’m starting over to stop abandoning myself.
#ADHD #neurodivergent
I’m starting over to stop abandoning myself.
#ADHD #neurodivergent
Boundaries aren’t loud for everyone.
Sometimes they look like quietly stopping.
Sometimes they look like quietly stopping.
December 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Boundaries aren’t loud for everyone.
Sometimes they look like quietly stopping.
Sometimes they look like quietly stopping.
Motherhood has a way of activating every wound you thought you’d healed.
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Motherhood has a way of activating every wound you thought you’d healed.
Some stories don’t want to be launched, just placed somewhere safe. #ADHD
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Living With Undiagnosed ADHD, Burnout, and Motherhood
What starting over for the thousandth time taught me about boundaries, trauma, and self-compassion
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December 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Some stories don’t want to be launched, just placed somewhere safe. #ADHD
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Trauma + ADHD + motherhood =
executive dysfunction on expert mode.
executive dysfunction on expert mode.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Trauma + ADHD + motherhood =
executive dysfunction on expert mode.
executive dysfunction on expert mode.
I’m starting over again.
Not dramatically.
Not optimistically.
Just honestly.
Because I don’t have the energy left to keep reinventing myself to survive.
#ADHD #Neurodivergent
Not dramatically.
Not optimistically.
Just honestly.
Because I don’t have the energy left to keep reinventing myself to survive.
#ADHD #Neurodivergent
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m starting over again.
Not dramatically.
Not optimistically.
Just honestly.
Because I don’t have the energy left to keep reinventing myself to survive.
#ADHD #Neurodivergent
Not dramatically.
Not optimistically.
Just honestly.
Because I don’t have the energy left to keep reinventing myself to survive.
#ADHD #Neurodivergent
It's not that I can't start the task. It's that my brain is currently arguing whether the order of the task matters more than the existence of the task. #ExecutiveDysfunction #Neurodivergent
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It's not that I can't start the task. It's that my brain is currently arguing whether the order of the task matters more than the existence of the task. #ExecutiveDysfunction #Neurodivergent
The grocery store is a sensory attack, but I can hyper-focus on dust motes for an hour. Balance? Maybe. #ADHD #Neurodivergent
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The grocery store is a sensory attack, but I can hyper-focus on dust motes for an hour. Balance? Maybe. #ADHD #Neurodivergent
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Some days I wake up overwhelmed. Some days I braid my hair. Both count. #ADHD #Neurodivergent
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Some days I wake up overwhelmed. Some days I braid my hair. Both count. #ADHD #Neurodivergent