Careers are never an easy thing for ADHDers. There are so many things in life we want to do, we become paralyzed by all of the choices and opportunities. We also doubt ourselves that we will make the right choice. That’s a problem because when something is wrong for us, it’s REALLY WRONG. There isn’t a “SUCK IT UP” option for us, because when something is wrong, we feel it with our entire beings. It starts off mentally, moves to emotionally and finally progresses to phys

Energy is a real thing that can cause real problems for people that are sensitive to it. Especially when that energy is coming off of another person! Here’s an excerpt from my book, Here’s to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire, where I describe my empathic tendencies. How do you compare? I “feel” things mentally to understand them. It is kind of like a grocery scanner. I mentally hold a thought, idea, or person in front of my stomach and scan it. You can’t imagine the amount of i

I’m a walking contradiction. How can Little-Miss-Sunshine-Life-of-the-Party be so incredibly anti-social? I need a disclaimer that says – you may not call me on my phone, you need to expect at least three weeks for an email reply, and don’t even think of inviting me out for a girls night. I hate people. Or do I hate to have fun? I’m not sure which, but I’m over beating myself up for my perception of me as a bad friend. When I’m focused on a person, they have my everythin

Both ADHDers and highly creative individuals are thought to have differences in the left brain vs. right brain relationship. “We have all met people who are good at grasping facts but tend either to be too literal in interpreting them or to miss the point altogether. Likewise, we know others (often people with artistic talent of some sort) who are erratic in dealing with facts and do poorly on tests but who have an amazing ability to grasp the gist of a story, the subtle shad

I’ve been known once or twice or a thousand times to lose my cool. I call it getting insta-pissed, and when it happens, it’s not pretty. Bouts of rage are common in 85% of people with AD(H)D. There is so much pressure built up, there is no way for it to go but out/up/all over the walls. It feels good to release it, but nine times out of ten, I feel like an asshole later. Here are some good tips for keeping your cool when you feel the insta-pissed coming on… - Stacey By