E95: Holly Morris
Comedian, presenter and creator Holly Morris joins Ben for a candid conversation about living with AuDHD, the hidden cost of masking, and why being “funny” is often a survival strategy rather than a personality trait.
Holly shares how her comedy career grew out of lifelong hyper-vigilance - constantly scanning rooms, people and conversations and how that same awareness fuels both her humour and her exhaustion. She opens up about navigating networking, friendships and online spaces as a neurodivergent adult, and why masking can feel automatic, ingrained, and hard to switch off.
They explore Holly’s later diagnoses of ADHD and autism, imposter syndrome, her experience of Emetophobia, and how Autism and ADHD overlap.
If you’ve ever felt socially switched on but internally depleted, this episode will feel quietly familiar.