Raising awareness of all things ADHD!
So I had a rather interesting discussion with an academic on Linkedin the other day. Firstly, I’ll admit I’m not great at keeping on top of all my social media channels and it’s something I’m trying to work on. I hadn’t been on Linkedin for several months when I spotted an article talking about the terminology of neurodiverse and neurodivergent. I’ve always been quite proud […]
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The other day I saw an article in a mainstream newspaper that was titled ‘Here’s Five Things that may mean you have ADHD. I clicked and started reading with Interest. Now can you guess what these things were? Well one of them was bumping into things and another was forgetting things. I face palmed myself when I’d finished reading it, not because it was totally […]
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One of the most frustrating parts of having ADHD is the not knowing! Ok, hear me out, our brain has so many connections then it can see lots of different possible outcomes. I’ve talked about this before in terms of watching a movie, but I don’t think I’ve never talked about it in the context of bigger more pressing things. I’ve been dealing with a […]
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Somebody tapping their fingers on the desk….tap…..tap….tap!! A person blasting their music out of their car! What about being in a really crowded area with no clear exit? Or wooden cutlery in your mouth? Ok worse one….the feeling of a dry towel? I don’t know about you but these things seem to give me what I can only describe as a brain shake…it’s like me […]
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Welcome to my first blog article in my ‘The Late Bloomers of ADHD’ series. A series dedicated to women who have struggled for a long time before being diagnosed with ADHD at a later stage. It’s no secret that woman are usually better at hiding ADHD than men. This stems from women being more adaptable in different situations and therefore can mimic peers or develop […]
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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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