Dealing with Family
Dealing with family can sometimes be difficult, ADHD or not. And if you do happen to have ADHD, family relationships can get complicated. You may have one parent – the one you got your ADHD from – who understands you. But it’s just as likely that they never realized that they had ADHD, and so […]
You Need to Stop Quitting
Are you a quitter? Be honest. Do you often find yourself giving up on things? Is there a little voice in your head that keeps telling you you can’t? My mom’s favorite thing? “You can’t do that. Here let me do it.” She meant well; maybe she was fearful or just impatient. But she sent […]
Your Monkey Brain
You know you have a circus in your head, right? And it’s full of monkeys? Gives a whole new meaning to “not my monkeys, not my circus” doesn’t it? Seriously, some people have described all of those thoughts bouncing around in our head as being like having 429 tabs open on your computer, all at […]
Those Awkward Moments
The other day someone posted a link on Facebook about a woman who started a conversation on Twitter about awkward social moments. She blogs at The Bloggess and you can read some of the replies she got when she shared about an embarrassing moment she had at the airport. (Note: this site has become really popular. You might […]
5 Ways to Help You Remember
Almost everyone who has ADHD has trouble remembering things. Part of the reason is that we have poor working memory and another part is because we tend to constantly be thinking ahead a few minutes or more in an effort to prepare ourselves for whatever is next. Living in the future like this means you […]
Simplify Your Relationships
We all have lots of different kinds of relationships with many different people. You may have a significant other, children, grandchildren, co-workers, friends, neighbors…the list could go on and on. How in the world do you maintain all of those relationships? Or do you even want to? Social media can be an excellent tool for […]