Living with ADHD means navigating unpredictable emotional shifts, like driving without a warning yellow light. One minute you’re calm and happy, but suddenly a small trigger can flip your emotions from calm to intense. This can be stressful, but it doesn’t define your worth. By understanding this, you can be kinder to yourself and take […]
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Spring Cleaning Tips for the ADHD Brain
It’s the wonderful time of the year we all look forward to, spring cleaning. When the winter turns into spring makes us think of renewal and starting over. As a result of this yearly renewal, we also want to revamp our interiors and shake out the dust a little. Hence, the great yearly purge in […]
See MorePractical Tips and Strategies for Managing Perfectionism
It may be difficult to understand that ADHD and perfectionism can go together like peanut butter and jelly. However in an article from Psych Central, ADHD With A Side of Perfectionism discusses how ADHD and perfectionism goes together but the combination of the two can also be debilitating. Petersen states in his article, “What makes […]
See MoreMy ADHD Journey to Self-Compassion, Confidence, and Empowerment
Before my diagnosis, I lived with reckless behavior, substance abuse, difficulty in school, lack of concentration, disorganization, poor time management and procrastination. I had a serious impulse control problem. I discovered I had ADHD when I had a confrontation with my professor about not bringing down my final exam. It was so […]
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