You spent decades convinced the problem was you.
Second revised and updated edition, 2026.
Forty-eight years of reverse engineering applied to the human species. The mechanics of autistic burnout, the architecture of the mask, the cognitive profile nobody explained.
What you'll find inside:
The thirty years of wrong diagnoses that preceded the word autistic, and the cognitive architecture that made every one of them plausible. How masking operates as a system: what it costs, how it fails, and why it worked as long as it did. The twice-exceptional profile, high analytical intelligence alongside a working memory that functions as a consistent bottleneck, and the compensatory structures built around it over decades. A late diagnosis examined without sentimentality: what it names, what it cannot undo, and what it makes legible for the first time.
What readers say
"I feel understood. I received my diagnosis at 71. It is never too late to finally make sense of yourself."
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"This is almost exactly word for word how I would describe my experience. Thank you for creating the article I wish I could have written."
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"I went 66 years thinking I was just broken. The diagnosis was freeing in a way I could not have imagined. Thank you for telling the world."
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About the author
Nearly thirty years in surgical environments, first in the Italian military, then at Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan, now at Hospital Vithas Lleida in Catalonia. Diagnosed autistic at forty-eight, with a twice-exceptional cognitive profile and strong indicators of ADHD. Wrong Planet / Right Mind applies to that biography the same precision required in an operating room.
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Edizione italiana, Pianeta Sbagliato / Mente Giusta
Edición española, Planeta Incorrecto / Mente Precisa
Edició catalana, Planeta Erroni / Ment Lúcida