Unmasked, Mis-labelled

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Unmasked, Mis-labelled host Stacey unpacks a critical and often overlooked issue: the intersection of autism and bulimia in women. Drawing from lived experience, Stacey challenges the stereotypes surrounding both conditions - asking what happens when someone is autistic but undiagnosed, and struggling with bulimia in a world that doesn't see her. Through raw storytelling and reflective insight, the episode explores how autistic traits like sensory sensitivities, emotion dysregulation and masking can shape the development and experience of bulimia, often leading to misdiagnosis and mistreatment.

In this deeply personal episode of Unmasked, Mis-labelled. Stacey shares her story of growing up as an undiagnosed autistic girl who developed bulimia as a way to cope with a world that never seemed to make sense. She explores the overlooked signs of autism in girls, the connection between neurodivergence and eating disorders, and the impact of misdiagnosis and masking. With honesty and vulnerability, she unpacks how bulimia became both a coping mechanism and a cry for help and how receiving an autism diagnosis in adulthood helped her finally begin to heal.