ADHD Memes sooth the soul

This one hits close to home and it’s funny when you are officially diagnosed with Severe Inattentive ADHD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder and see a meme like this.

The first thing you learn is that you are not your diagnosis. The next thing you learn is that it’s really hard not to fall into the traps of the first thing.

However, I want to be clear, especially here, how incredibly debilitating this can be for someone.

When I had taken the test for inattentiveness I was surprised to see my score, it was a 7, I was bummed and asked the doctor, “That seems low, a 7 out 20 is pretty bad, it’s not even half way…”

And that is when the doctor corrected me and showed me that I scored a 7 out of 100 on the inattentive scale.

I was so distracted, bored, fidgety… I scored a 7 out of 100 on paying attention.

What I learned then, were the caveats to inattentive ADHD… and boy oh boy did I tick all the boxes.

But, also, if there was too much to read or do that didn’t interest me… I would just not be able to. At all.

It was what led me to develop the tools I use in the book. Even before my diagnosis. I had to find ways to capture my interest, to help me push forward, to keep me on task, and to make a habit out of seemingly mundane things that would make my life easier if I just did them.

I know others are out there struggling.

I know others need the help.

Be sure to pre-order my first book of “Tools for Navigating Neurodivergence”. It’s not a one and done subject, because we are never a one and done type of people. Neurodiverse people are a large swath of many different things and never actually done type people.

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