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The Warehouse
It was raining. Again ( Read more... ) -
ADHD probably won't kill you; Depression very well might
To my mind, ADHD is often less of a problem than the Depression it brings to your door.
ADHD is manageable and treatable. It's difficult, but you can live well with it, with the right support.
Depression is insidious and cruel. It kills you very slowly, by taking away all the things that make you want to continue existing. It might take years, but ( Read more... ) -
ADHD: Writing to my MP (Robert Courts)
Dear Robert Courts,
I'm writing to you about mental health again, because I have to say - I've been digging deep into the subject, and I'm actually getting really angry about how big a problem this is.
I have always thought that one of the major benefits of a national healthcare systems is economic - it's able to offer efficient interventions, ( Read more... ) -
ADHD made me fat!?
One of the unexpected consequences of medicating ADHD, was that my snacking habit almost entirely stopped.
I've always been something of a snackmonster - would routinely eat, and overeat, despite not really being hungry.
This - as you might image - has lead to some weight issues, and the related problems around self esteem.
I did managed to shed ( Read more... ) -
Evolutionary Biology and Neurodiversity
Honestly, I'd love to believe that ADHD made me somehow a 'superior being', but I do think that's rather wishful thinking.
I mean, if you look at what it actually does, almost all the things are no sort of positive at all. A very few silver linings are akin to 'just' the result of training on 'hard mode' rather than actual advantages.
But what of ( Read more... ) -
Everyone's a little bit ADHD
This is a phrase I've run into a lot, and ... well, I'd like to talk about it a bit, because I think there's some nuance there that's worth appreciating.
Because it's technically correct (the best kind of correct) but practically wrong.
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Why do people confuse ADHD and Autism?
So I was musing on this a bit, because ... well, sometimes there's a tendency to lump both in together.
And they couldn't really be much more different in terms of what they're doing in your brain. (Also applies to other cognitive issues, like OCD or PTSD or ... well, any of them really).
But I've seen a couple of 'You might have ASD if...' and ' ( Read more... ) -
The invisible war
I spotted him walking home. His Spark was nearly gone. Even without that, his dull eyes and slow trudge would signal the spirit parasites had claimed another.
He wouldn't last long. A day or two at most. The parasite writhed around him. Invisible to most eyes, they are usually small and faint.
This one had clearly been feeding many years. It had ( Read more... ) -
Festering splinters of trauma - unpacking long depression
I've thought for a long time that depression is a survival trait. It's like slow acting adrenaline - it doesn't help you in the immediate moment, nor does it help you in the long term.
But it does mean you can deal with a crisis, without being crippled by psychological trauma and grief.
As such it's a perfectly natural and normal response - akin to ( Read more... ) -
Habit chaining is like dancing
Imagine you're learning to dance. Maybe you've watched strictly come dancing ever (accidentally maybe ( Read more... )