McGrath
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I’m a creator at heart. I’ve always been obsessed with making things, performing, and bringing ideas to life. I’m a storyteller, and I’ll tell a story in any medium I can get my hands on, because I genuinely love the process of creating worlds, characters, and moments that feel real.
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I’ve been like this for as long as I can remember. I started acting and dance classes when I was four, and I never really stopped chasing that feeling of stepping into something bigger than myself. Even then, I was drawn to characters, emotion, and performance. I loved learning how to move, how to speak, and how to make people feel something.
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A LITTLE SOMETHING MORE ABOUT ME...
I was diagnosed with POTS in 2022, and it honestly changed the way I understand myself. For a long time, I thought I was just “weak,” lazy, or not trying hard enough, because my body would crash so quickly and I couldn’t keep up the way I wanted to. Getting a name for it didn’t magically fix everything, but it explained so much, and it helped me be kinder to myself.
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POTS is a chronic, currently incurable condition that affects the autonomic nervous system, which is the part of your body that handles things you don’t consciously control, like heart rate and blood pressure. For me, it means that standing for too long or pushing myself too hard can make my heart race, make me feel lightheaded, shaky, or faint, and leave me completely wiped out. My energy can drop fast, and sometimes my body feels heavy and weak even if my mind wants to keep going.
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I’m also autistic, and that’s another part of how I experience the world. It shapes the way I process things, how I recharge, and how deeply I connect with my interests and creativity. In a lot of ways, it’s influenced my love for storytelling and performance, because I notice details, emotion, and character in a really intense, focused way.
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I’m learning how to manage everything day to day with pacing, planning, and listening to my body. I’m open about it because awareness matters, and because so many people with POTS and autism spend years feeling misunderstood or blaming themselves. If sharing this helps even one person feel a little less alone, that means a lot to me.