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.
ADHD and Neurodiversity: A Different Way of Thinking About Differences
Perhaps my children and family members don’t understand my need to write. When we argue, I send long text threads — pages of information, systematic logic, emotion carefully laid out in paragraphs. When my son was pledging a fraternity, I texted him daily with my fears and concerns. One day he replied,“Mom, it’s overwhelming and…
Expectation – ADHD Burnout
My nervous system is about to crack. I feel a deep, aching longing to be alone. Not in a dramatic way. Not to disappear.Just to hide away for a while.To close my door and lock it.To shut off my phone. I want to turn down the noise—the constant hum of to-do lists and shaming and…
The Quicksand – ADHD Burnout
Okay. Let me try again.I can do this. That’s always how it starts. A breath in. A small resolve. The familiar tightening in my chest that says focus, try harder, get it together. For a moment, or a day, or a week…I believe it. I line things up in my head: the tasks, the expectations,…
ADHD and Exercise
I spent most of my life convinced that exercise simply wasn’t for me. As a kid, I hated gym class with a passion. I forgot my gym clothes constantly, was physically weak, uncoordinated, and exhausted almost immediately by anything involving running, jumping, or teamwork. I wasn’t athletic, didn’t play sports, avoided physical activity outside of…
What is ADHD?
I’m hesitant to write this because there is already so much information available at the push of a button. But to begin properly, I need some sense of order and definition—even if only for myself. A good place to start is with a, general understanding of what ADHD actually is. This is what I know…
My Faith Place 