ADHD and gaming

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 …

ADHD brains best feature – Hyperfocus

Whenever I start something that really challenges or interests me, there is no way I will do anything else until I have succeeded. From the moment I start, I no longer notice what is around me, I will loose any sense of time and I will remain focussed until I will be finished. No matter …

ADHD : Attention Difference, not Deficit

I have always believed there is something wrong with the name ADHD or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. If I would really have a shortage of attention I would not have been able to do so many things I do. I shouldn't be able to loose all track of time when I'm writing, drawing boxing or sometimes …

ADHD means black or white

My ADHD brain makes me do things 100 percent or not at all. The little devil either looses itself completely in something or decides it is not interesting enough and won't spend even a second trying to do it. The ADHD devil makes everything black and white, there are no shades of grey, no balance, …

Hyperfocus on a relationship?

I was googling about having a relationship while having ADHD. I noticed that for me, once I finally started a relationship after 7 months of dating, it started making me insecure, overthinking, demanding, and slowly I was becoming the person that I fought hard to not be anymore. But most of the google search result …