One million percent. And so much talk about ADHD completely ignores the body effects and sort of removes it to an intellectual/thought pattern only realm. Or makes it sound cute but mildly inconvenient. And not a huge deal that impacts every body system and leaves you with the trauma of having to violently conform to systems not built for you, just to survive.
This is amazing and just what I needed, thank you. I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and just quit ADHD meds due to new bad side effects. I've been relearning how to see myself. Not in the lens of "awareness" or "disordered" but complex, and this feels like what I was thinking, too.
My teacher, Raju Tai shared a link to this piece in her essay. What a wonderful gift this is! I would love to have an ADHD Expression Month filled with incredible metaphors! Thank you for writing this :)
OMG YES when I saw this headline I SCREAMEDDDDD. This is beautiful! I hate awareness months!!!
One million percent. And so much talk about ADHD completely ignores the body effects and sort of removes it to an intellectual/thought pattern only realm. Or makes it sound cute but mildly inconvenient. And not a huge deal that impacts every body system and leaves you with the trauma of having to violently conform to systems not built for you, just to survive.
This is amazing and just what I needed, thank you. I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and just quit ADHD meds due to new bad side effects. I've been relearning how to see myself. Not in the lens of "awareness" or "disordered" but complex, and this feels like what I was thinking, too.
This is me!
Love this, thank you.
More of this please.
Yes.
My teacher, Raju Tai shared a link to this piece in her essay. What a wonderful gift this is! I would love to have an ADHD Expression Month filled with incredible metaphors! Thank you for writing this :)