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Blog posts Tag. – ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder
Most people with ADHD do not have a good time in compulsory education and sadly my story is no different. When I was in school, most of the stuff I learnt didn’t seem relevant at the time to every day and now that I’m older; I find my initial thoughts to be absolutely correct. Combine that with the fact that I just could not learn […]
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So, I’m assuming by now a lot of people in the world have their own idea of what ADHD actually is, but the way it is classified is still a bit up in the air. Many, particularly educators argue that it is a learning difficulty or a learning disability. I disagree with this on the premise that it creates the false illusion that ADHD is […]
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Ok, so confession time, my name’s ADHD Girl and I’m a coffeeholic!! The strange thing is up until the age of 23, I was a straight up proud English tea drinker. Then I went to the USA for 3 months and I came back obsessed with iced coffee (Thanks to an appreciative counsellor child’s parent and Dunkin donuts). What began as a small fling with […]
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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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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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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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