Every time I want to leave the house I have no clue where my keys are. I blame my boyfriend for putting them somewhere without telling me but off course we both know that I am the one who lost them. Usually they are in my jacket, but off course the jacket is never on … Continue reading We Need More Flaws, Diagnosis and Superpowers!
As a kid you learn the language of your parents and this language gives meaning to the things around you, to this world. Language is a given, it is simple. There is a word for everything there is in this world and you never second guess the name of anything. An apple is an apple, … Continue reading My lemon is your lime
Loving the ADHD devil - DAY 8 I have a problem with anger management, just like my father or many other ADHD brains in this world. I am using my anger less as a shield to protect myself and although this gives me a new kind of connection with the real me, it also gives … Continue reading A New Kind of Anger
Although ADHD symptoms are presented different in girls than in boys, for me there is one aspect that makes me fit the stereotype boy with ADHD. I am a gamer. I own a wii, an x-box, a playstation and my laptop and phone are filled with games. Everyday I spend at least one hour playing … Continue reading ADHD and gaming
My memories of my father are covered in pain. My whole life he has made me feel worthless, he has beaten me, he has brought me down and he never understood nor allowed the person I am or was. I have never been good enough for him and he took every chance to express this. … Continue reading Toxic Insecurities
There are periods in my life that I can not keep myself from spending hours a day at the gym, swimming pool, squash court or any other kind of sporty accommodation. But in between these periods, I find myself unable to leave the comfort of my couch, spending all my time on series and gaming. … Continue reading The ADHD devil’s biggest competitor – Exercise
I started dreaming again, very clear dreams that seem to be extremely real. I believe this means I'm getting closer to myself, closer to the person I once was. I wrote about my dreaming super-powers before, about how loosing my ability to enter the hidden world of my imagination and missing out on the amazing … Continue reading I never want to loose any part of me
"When More Pain is Preferred to Less: Adding a Better End" is an interesting 1993 study, providing groundbreaking evidence for the so-called peak-end rule. The research contained two different versions of one unpleasant experience:1. Subjects submerge a hand in 14°C water for 30 seconds.2. Subjects submerge their other hand again in 14°C water for 60 … Continue reading Peak – end rule
I have always been a terrible talker, I can just never stick to one topic, especially when the conversations I'm in are about feelings. I was never able to express myself, but more importantly, I did not listen to myself until I started writing and finally started to connect to my true self and I finally became honest to me and the people around me.
50% to 75% of girls with ADHD are missed. This is an alarmingly high percentage, and unfortunately I was one of these unlucky girls. Often, when we try to imagine ADHD, we see a young boy, a little over-active bully that performs bad at school and can't sit still. Unfortunately this is not the only … Continue reading ADHD in girls – The complexity of this unknown condition
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