When Your Shoes Are Tied Together

You ever seen one of those videos where a person is relearning how to walk and they take their first steps? That step is what it feels like for me each time I accomplish something while dealing with ADHD and executive dysfunction.

Replace Judgment with Compassion

I know I shouldn’t care, but sometimes I wonder if when I do my honest posts about not being in the best emotional state, if there are some FB “friends” (lurkers) that eyeroll and think, “Here she goes with her ‘I need attention’ posts. ๐Ÿ™„ I wish she’d just get her sh*t together and getContinue reading “Replace Judgment with Compassion”

Living an Ai Life: On ADHD Masking

I was just texting with a friend and as I switched my heart emoji from ๐Ÿ’™ to ๐Ÿงก I realized something…. My whole life I’ve been doing what ChatGPT does. (Stay with me I’m going somewhere.) To avoid getting in trouble (in an environment with a parent with unpredictable anger), I learned to study microContinue reading “Living an Ai Life: On ADHD Masking”

New Level Unlocked: Self-Acceptance – Releasing Shame for Who & How I Am

When you come to a place in your life that you realize that the things that you did and the things that you didn’t do, the things you forgot and the things that you couldn’t stop remembering, that all of it was related to a processing challenge rather than because you just didn’t give a…