ADHD: An Introduction
How I Came to See It
Several years ago, a mentor who worked in special education told me I showed classic signs of ADHD. At the time, I was explaining how hard decision-making was for me—every choice, big or small, carried the same weight. Life felt like a buffet of all my favorite foods: exciting, but completely overwhelming.
I was the child who loved choose your own ending books but couldn’t commit to just one path, so I read them all. Over time, I’ve learned that fewer choices work better for me: limited menus, smaller spaces, less stuff, broken-down tasks, and never starting my day without a written list.
Why I’m Writing This
ADHD has real challenges, but it also has beauty. Even without a formal diagnosis, understanding my neurodivergence has helped me replace shame with grace. I’m not stupid—I’m different.
This space exists to document that difference: what helps, what overwhelms me, what I’m learning, and how I’m slowly letting go of the belief that I must function like everyone else.
What you might find here:
- Overstimulation, burnout, and coping
- Faith, creativity, and neurodivergence
- Systems that help (and ones that don’t)
- Shame, grace, and self-acceptance
- The journey toward diagnosis—when I finally make that appointment
- personal stories struggles questions and how life interacts with the ADHD brain
This is not a how-to or a polished success story. It’s a record of learning, unlearning, and becoming—one post at a time.
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