Clinically Awkward

About Clinically Awkward

Clinically Awkward is the podcast for neurodivergent women, femmes, and thems who refuse to shut up.  Hosted by AuDHD therapist Alyssa Zimmerman we'll deep dive into a hyperfixation, swap stories, chase tangents, and say the quiet part out loud. We embrace the “awkward” and celebrate the “overshare,” because around here "too much" is exactly enough.

Publisher

Alyssa Zimmerman

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

2 Oct 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Funny Bitches with Weird Brains: Season 2 Preview, Therapists Diagnosing TV Characters, and Assessing Enneagram Types with Rain Glynn

   Clinically Awkward Season 2: I'm finally giving the algorithm the hyper niche content it's looking for, so this season we're yapping about our favorite fictional characters through the lens of mental health, neurodivergence, and the Enneagram. It's also less scripted, less edited, more therapist-focused, and fully unmasked, because cutting all the awkward parts out of a podcast called Clinically Awkward was, in hindsight, a weird choice. Joining me for this season preview is Clinically Awkward bestie Rain Glynn, back from Season 1 episodes 3, 14, 20, and 28 (yes, three of those were Heated Rivalry). We map out a hyperfixation calendar that promises dopamine, dopamine, dopamine, and then a crash, address the men who keep cold emailing to explain why they're the exception, and get into late diagnosis, autistic speech patterns, being a neurotypical repellent, and why therapists make the absolute worst therapy clients. Then we run through all nine Enneagram types and the TV characters who embody them, from Monica Geller and Carrie Bradshaw to Chandler Bing, Lady Danbury, and Shane Hollander, plus why Rachel Green is a two and not a four. We also tackle the question every newly diagnosed client asks: is my diagnosis my personality? It's not. Any Enneagram type can have any diagnosis. New to the Enneagram? Start with Season 1 episode 2, episode 21 on HBO's Girls, and episode 28, where Rain and I type our favorite fictional hockey boys. Full videos, bonus content and clips on Youtube, Tiktok, and Instagram all @clinicallyawkwardpod

2. 

   23 Jun 2026

   Hyperfixation Season: Hockey, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and Crying About Strangers with Jana Morgen

   If your hyperfixation got a hyperfixation, congratulations, you are exactly who this episode is for. The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs broke a lot of neurodivergent brains this season, and I needed to talk about it with someone who gets it. This is the season finale of Clinically Awkward, and I went out with a bang. My friend Jana Morgen (@thisbookishlady on TikTok) is a content creator and event coordinator based in the Bay Area who came into hockey through Heated Rivalry, went to eight Sharks games in a single season, and has been crying about men she found out existed that day ever since. We have been mutuals on TikTok for a while and I have been waiting for the right moment to get her on the pod. A Stanley Cup win felt like the right moment. We got into why sports fandom might be the most neurodivergent-friendly environment on earth, how hyperfixation works when the thing you fixate on has literally infinite content, the parasocial spiral that happens when the playoffs eliminate someone's favorite captain and TikTok serves you their retirement press conference six minutes later, and why I think we need to stop calling it mental health and start calling it brain health. We also talked about goalie psychology, WAG shoe choices, the Vegas jerseys, the rotisserie chicken on the ice, and why Carter Hart simply does not have the mental fortitude. You know what you did, Carter. Find Jana on TikTok at @thisbookishlady and find me at @clinicallyawkwardpod. If you want to work with me or apply to be a guest, head to alyssazimmerman.com. 00:00 You Found Your People: Neurodivergence, Sports Fandom, and the Art of the Hyperfixation03:50 Heated Rivalry to Rinkside: How an AO3 Fic Accidentally Turned Into Eight Sharks Games09:01 Had to Google It: Vintage Footage, Early Playoff Chaos, and Wait That's the Same Guy13:30 Parasocial as a Love Language: Crying About Men You Met Today21:37 WAG Culture, Vegas Jerseys, and the Case for Sparkles: Hockey Fashion We Did Not Expect24:25 Bussi, Anderson, and the Case for Calling It Brain Health30:35 Non-Toxic Male Friendship and the Carolina Hurricanes: What Seth Jarvis and His Friends Are Teaching Us33:17 Technically a Tangent: ADHD, NVLD, and Ways to Make Your DSM Actually Useful36:32 Carter Hart Has No Mental Fortitude and Other Things We Said Out Loud42:53 The Stanley Cup Is the Best Man at Three Weddings47:07 I Did That: ADHD Superstitions, Hockey Rituals, and How I Won the Stanley Cup52:02 Next Season Energy: PWHL, Finding Your People, and Jana's Secret Project

3. 

   16 Jun 2026

   Feathered Roommates: Autistic Special Interests, Neurodivergent Pets, and the AuDHD Animal Spectrum

   Some people have a pet. Nikki Dinwiddie has a neurodivergent household that includes two Great Danes, a goat in perimenopause, and what she describes as feathered roommates. She is a therapist. This tracks. Nikki and I get into what it actually looks like when the whole household is neurodivergent, kids, husband, dogs, and possibly the goats. We talk about animals as an autism special interest, why parrots are feathered roommates and not pets, and where each of us falls on what I'm calling the autistic animal spectrum. Spoiler: we are not on the same side. We also get into goats with a PDA profile, elephants who understand their own mortality, orcas organizing to flip yachts, and what animals know about us that we consistently underestimate. Plus Nikki closes us out with a snake fact that I was not prepared for and neither are you. Nikki practices in Concord, New Hampshire and is licensed in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, specializing in autism, ADHD, and the LGBTQ community. She can be found at balancementalhealth.com. 00:00 Intro: AuDHD, Animals, and the Whole Neurodivergent Household 04:36 Suspiciouition: How AuDHD Therapists Spot Each Other 07:42 Autism Special Interests, Autistic Parents, and Why We Became Therapists 12:00 Parrots Are Feathered Roommates: The Ultimate AuDHD Pet 21:25 Sensory Issues and Animals: The Neurodivergent Animal Spectrum 31:29 Neurodivergent Sensory Trauma, Animals in Captivity, and Zoo Ethics 38:33 Do Animals Understand Us? What Neurodivergent Pet Owners Know 43:46 Late Autism Diagnosis, Masking in Childhood, and Growing Up Neurodivergent 47:31 Animal-Human Connection: What Our Pets Actually Know About Us 47:32 Ethical Pet Keeping, Bioactive Vivariums, and Showering With Your Parrots 56:07 Elephant Matriarchs, Orca Pods, and Animals Who Have It Figured Out 56:07 Final Facts: Snakes Have Two Penises and Other Things You Needed to Know

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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