voronaman/Shutterstock You have a 3pm appointment. It’s now 10am and somehow your entire day already feels out of reach. Maybe you find yourself unable to start anything properly. You feel on edge, waiting for something to begin, or end. You check the time again and again. Even a positive, planned event, like a friend visiting later, can leave you feeling stuck. For many neurodivergent people, this experience has a name: “waiting mode”. Waiting mode describes a state of mental standby before a