When you're gifted AND neurodivergent (also known as 2e, or twice exceptional): your high intelligence doesn't eliminate your neurodivergent support needs, it just masks them better and creates more shame around asking for accommodations. You develop elaborate compensation strategies that work brilliantly, until they don't (oh haiiii perimenopause).When the cognitive load becomes unsustainable, you burn out. You've been compensating so effectively, no one realizes you're stru