Memoir of Autism, Misdiagnosis, and Coming Home to Myself

She was called shy. Then difficult. Then disordered.

By the time she was twenty-three, she had spent years cycling through inpatient units, battling a relentless eating disorder, and trying to make sense of a world that never seemed to fit. The diagnosis she finally received wasn’t borderline personality disorder—it was autism.

Reclaiming the Body is a raw, unflinching, and ultimately empowering memoir about growing up undiagnosed and misunderstood. Through lyrical reflection and searing honesty, the author traces her journey from survival to self-discovery, from masking to unmasking, from shame to liberation.

This is not just a story about autism. It’s a story about coming home to yourself—and realising you were never broken to begin with. For anyone who has ever felt too much, too sensitive, too wrong—this book is for you.