The Shame Spiral

Well ADHDers and Allies the first glimpse of Spring has finally sprung and I couldn’t be happy. Literally my Seasonal Affective Disorder has finally come to an end, and I can think a lot better than I could before. I mean I’ll never be the world’s best thinker due to the whole ADHD think but I’ll take what I can get. Today, I want to […]

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ADHD: The Teen Years

The Teen Years

Those of us with ADHD know that it’s difficult to live with on a daily basis, right? Children with ADHD may not have an awareness that they have but it still impacts their day-to-day life. The one thing nobody seems to talk about is, teenagers with ADHD. They are light in the between that everyone seems to forget about. I remember my teenage years and […]

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Neurospicy: Helpful or Confusing?

Dictionary text to illustrate - Neurospicy: Helpful or Confusing?

Over the last few years, I’ve seen a lot of terminology changes and inventions within the neurodivergent community. While I appreciate that labels to a certain extent can help others understand I also get concerned that more and more terminology for the same thing just makes for a load of jargon that leads to confusion. The latest buzz word I’ve seen on TikTok is ‘neurospicy’ […]

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Alexa, Cure my ADHD!

Image of an Alexa form Amazon

Hey ADHDers and Allies! A happy new year to you all! I hope you had a great holiday season. Personally, I found Christmas day to be very overwhelming and much more enjoyed the downtime afterwards. Alas back to reality now and I’m still adjusting. I’ve been getting better acquainted with Alexa over the last few months to try and aid symptoms of my ADHD. This […]

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Reflections and Projections

Fireworks to illustrated ADHD reflections

Wow ADHDers and allies, I can’t believe that 2024 is almost nearly over. Anyone else feel like they blinked and missed it? It seems like only yesterday I was sunning myself on a sunbed in Benidorm on our family holiday and that was all the way back in May. They do say as you get older the years go by more quickly and I’m definitely […]

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SEND Reform

Houses of parliament Send government policy

Sorry for the delay in posting this ADHDers! It’s been a manic week or two trying to get prepared for Christmas among other things. In recent news the education secretary under the newly formed Labour government announced plans to overhaul the SEN system in the UK, at a recent conference. Of course, those of us with SEN children or those who know SEN children have […]

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Worth the Weight

Scales and tape measure

So, after listening to this month’s podcast released last week (available here), you might have heard that a little while ago I sought the help of a healthy lifestyle coach through my doctors. I’ve always been able to lose weight, but I think this year was the first time I realised that I have become what is known a yo-yo dieter and I hate it. […]

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GOALLLLL!

Typewriter with word goals - about ADHD goals

We ADHDers never tend to think of ourselves of people who can achieve goals for two main reasons; one we’ve put down so much that by the time we reach adulthood we think we’re incapable of doing anything write or/ and two; we’ve never learned to set goals in a way that really benefit us. Fortunately, and unfortunately, I’ve been on both ends of that […]

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The Simple Life

Overhead view of coffee and books

This is going to sound strange considering I have ADHD and my brain needs stimulation, but sometimes I just miss the good old days of the 90s where there wasn’t as much technology around, especially if I’ve been doing a rewatch of the TV show Friends. At this time of year, with the weather being bad and the evenings getting darker early I subscribe to […]

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