ADHD
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ADHD and the Pain of Rejection Sensitivity
A look. A pause before someone speaks. A sigh. A raised eyebrow. And somehow, before a single word has left their mouth, your chest is already tightening. That’s not weakness. That’s Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, and if you have ADHD, there’s a fair chance it’s been quietly running your life for years. Your Nervous System Doesn’t…
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ADHD and the Inability to Leave Things Alone
I just lost two and a half hours to a warning (well, a subtle suggestion) that didn’t matter. Wasn’t earth shattering. Not in any real-world sense anyway. The website loaded fast. Faster than most. Faster than it needed to. Under 1 second on mobile and under half a second on desktop. Nobody would ever notice…
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The Quiet Weight of ADHD Shame
The Quiet Weight Of ADHD Shame One of the heaviest parts of ADHD isn’t the missed deadline or the lost keys. It’s the slow build-up of words that stick. “Too much.” “Too loud.” “Lazy.” “Wasted potential.” You hear them as a child. You hear them at school. Sometimes you hear them at home. And even…
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The Dog Biscuit Incident: An ADHD Research Tragedy
It started with a dog biscuit. Not an important biscuit. Not a special, vet-prescribed, artisan, cold-pressed, Himalayan-lentil, air-dried biscuit. Just a bog-standard crunchy treat from a tub that had definitely been open for “a while”, in the same way that milk in the fridge is sometimes “probably fine”. A normal person would’ve sniffed it, shrugged,…