Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
All of the Blog posts for ADHD and Me. These articles have been created by ADHD Girl based on her experiences of living with ADHD.
I had an ADHD moment the other day and believe me I have them most of the time. Earlier that day I changed bags to match my outfit. Most of the time I don’t bother but, on this occasion, I thought why not match? So I changed the stuff from my blue bag into my pink bag. Then we went on a family day out […]
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The past few weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve felt differently in my own headspace, not in the way I can’t think clearly but more in my temperament. I feel angry all the time, the slightest thing the kids do turns me into the Incredible Hulk, and I think what the heck is wrong with me? Firstly, let me clear one thing up; it’s not PMS, […]
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When I was younger, I hated mainstream education, for obvious reasons. Sitting down at a desk for long periods of time to learn about things I simply didn’t care about was near enough impossible. I had too much passion for life cursing through my veins, random but great ideas I wanted to explore, not to mention I was only a young child. I was an […]
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Ok, so the other day I got into a little spat with the ADHD Foundation on social media. Don’t get me wrong the organisation is an amazing charity that does good work to educate, support and raise awareness for ADHD, but prominently it’s aimed at children. That’s not a reflection of the ADHD Foundation, because it seems to be a cultural thing; that ADHD is […]
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Cleaning: some people love it, and others hate it, but for me I’m caught somewhere in the middle that not many people talk about. The place where you really want to love cleaning, that it would make your life a whole lot easier if you were actually any good at it but hate it because the very thought of it feels you with anxiety. “With […]
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Alcohol: that sweet elixir that can feel us with a sense of empowerment or get us acting like an absolute idiot. I’ve never been particularly enamoured with it myself, I mean yes, I love an occasional glass of gin, but I could go weeks or even months without drinking any. Interestingly, there is a strong link between ADHD and alcohol. Sadly, many teenagers and adults […]
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With ADHD we are all in or we are all out; it’s really hard to find any where in between.
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You wouldn’t believe how many people still seem to think that ADHD is just a term for bad parenting, that it doesn’t exist. I’m sorry, but until you have it and have to put up with having an ADHD brain on a regular basis then you don’t really get to have that opinion. There are brilliant doctors, scientists and academic who state that there is […]
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For now you can just call me ADHD girl; I’m not in hiding though…you’ll know my name eventually.
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