Time blindness is a pain where a pill won’t reach. Seriously. There are many complexities in life, but few are as frustrating to the ADHD person as their relationship with time. I’m no different. Time rules our lives yet our neurodiverse brains slip in and out of time, treating it like the concept that it … Continue reading Time Blindness: Timely Advice For Dealing With It
My Dinnerly review has been a few weeks coming. If you've been following, you'll know by now that we have spent a little time of late talking about eating. We need food whether our brains are prepared to help us create a meal or not. Even when we are in the mood to cook, sometimes … Continue reading Dinnerly Review 2019: Can Dinnerly Help You Get A Meal On The Table?
Before we get to the toys, let's talk about why we fidget Fidget toys for ADHD are an absolute godsend. It's funny because nobody knows anything about ADHD EXCEPT that it makes you want to move. Every single person knows what it feels like to have difficulty paying attention. The way someone's voice seems to … Continue reading You’ll Absolutely Love These Fidget Toys For ADHD
Rejection sensitive dysphoria and dating doesn't get talked about often, although it should. What speaks more to the power of rejection than heartbreak? What can leave us crying and confused more easily than a lover who leaves us for good? There are many rejections in life, but rejection by a significant other is one of … Continue reading How To Make Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria And Dating Easier
Middle school is an awkward time. Changing bodies, changing minds, learning how to navigate friendships and relationships in a new way. Middle school is a time of many transitions, and if you've ever stepped into a middle school you'll see children in varying degrees of maturity, you will smell more obnoxiously overused body spray than … Continue reading The Challenges That Await Your ADHD Middle Schooler
"Setting boundaries" is one of the buzzwords in mental health land. Yeah, we have trends too. It is easy to get caught up in the next big thing with trends, but I have to say this is one we need to stay on for a while. Boundary setting is really important, yet many of us … Continue reading It’s Time To Get Better At Setting Boundaries
Wellness is work Let's face it: mental wellness is a never-ending maintenance project. And I hate maintenance projects. That's part of the reason I lose patience with cooking and laundry: there is never an end after which I can take a break until the next time (ps- heavily considering meal prep as I understand this … Continue reading 100 Things You Can Eat When Your Brain Won’t Let You Cook
Cooking with ADHD is a whole new world ADHD symptoms affect every area of our lives, and the kitchen is no different. Though it isn't an issue for every person with ADHD, many of us find ADHD cooking to be - dare I say it?- distasteful. What are the specific challenges we face with ADHD … Continue reading How To Cook When You Have Funky Executive Function
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is a raging storm of emotions Rejection sensitive dysphoria is like a thunderstorm. I see it coming, dark clouds in the distance telling me to run for cover. Just like I can't stop pouring rain, I am powerless against the flood of emotions that rejection sensitive dysphoria brings on. Like overflowing waters, … Continue reading What You Need To Know About Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
CBD for ADHD is the latest health trend "Have you tried CBD for ADHD?" I have a love-hate relationship with health trends. Finding new solutions is great, but there's that inevitable point in the solutions process where people begin to believe that one thing is the cure for all ailments, then they are off to … Continue reading CBD For ADHD: Amazing Results Or Disinformation?
