Osborn said she reads a lot of the comments on ADHD articles and sees so much criticism and hurtful attitudes: Things like “you’re just lazy, you’re just not trying hard enough, just buckle down, you’re immature, what a terrible awful wasteful person.”
What she wants people to understand is that ADHD is a disability of executive function.
“It’s not that we aren’t trying hard…
With everything there is to juggle in life, it’s easy to assume that everyone experiences that sinking-in-quicksand feeling as they navigate another busy day.
But if you find this feeling is paired with extreme levels of disorganization, inattention and overwhelm, these…
Many of us have heard of the DOOM pile.
An acronym for “didn’t organize, only moved,” a DOOM pile could be a junk drawer with receipts, bills and other papers you’ve put off sorting. It could be a cardboard box in the corner of your bedroom full of desk clutter from…
Before getting in your car, take note of how you’re feeling.
Are you tired? Are you distracted because of an argument with your partner? This way, you can decide if you have the faculties to safely operate your car. And this is true for anyone — not just those with ADHD…
People With ADHD Are Revealing The Things They Wish Others Didn't Assume About Their Disability
May 11, 2025
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“A lot of the time, it’s the executive dysfunction that truly fucks you over, not the ‘focus’ problems. If I’m having a bad day, suddenly every minor decision seems inconceivably difficult to deal with, even if I logically know it’s not.
“I’d sit on my bathroom floor, nursing my baby Edu at 3 a.m., and speak to my brother in Spain, and I’d cry to him, nauseous about it all,” Baldwin writes. “He’d try to lighten things up by saying, ‘Can we just stop for a second and talk about how nonsensical…
You may have “challenges with emotional regulation, [such as] losing your temper, being overwhelmed by anxiety [or] having big feelings that you struggle to rein in,” Saline said.
This includes a “low frustration tolerance,” explained Terry Matlen, psychotherapist…
People With ADHD Are Sharing The Things They Thought Were "Normal" Until Someone Told Them Otherwise
March 6, 2025
It wasn’t until my diagnosis and medicinal treatment that I realized shutting down was a legitimate neurological response that I could not control.”
“Even now, being medicated, I still purposely keep my to-do lists short. It helps me stay focused and positive…
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“If they can’t see it, they don’t think it’s real.”
“Not having an executive function isn’t seen as a disability but as a moral failure. Thus, you are a bad person when you do something hyperactive, impulsive, or…
People With ADHD, I Want To Know What You Thought Was Normal But Turned Out To Be A Symptom
February 20, 2025
Maybe you’ve always needed a background distraction — music, TV, coffee shop noise — to focus on study, sleep, or chores, and didn’t realize until later that a lot of people simply do those things in silence. What was that like?
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