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Dear Diary,     Since being diagnosed with ADHD, I’ve spent so much time reflecting on the years of my life that it’s ludicrous. I suppose I’ve gone over every single thing a thousand times and, every time I recall a new memory due to a trigger, I understand how my...

Dear Diary,   After an ADHD diagnosis, most individuals embark on a new journey that presents different experiences and newfound feelings along the way. Some find clarity, enabling self-discovery, while others feel shame and grief, leading them to ignore their...

Dear Diary,   Have you ever wondered what it would be like to open your eyes and become someone different; to see, sense, and experience the world first-hand as another? When I was a child, I wanted nothing more. I wanted to be something and everything that...

Dear Diary,   Has someone ever told you something just to have it completely go over your head and be forgotten? … Well, this happens to me a lot! I used to believe that it was because I was mindless or simply just did not have any common sense to understand...

Dear Diary,   I love analogies. They are one of my favourite tools. Every time I close my eyes, I see in pictures and my imagination runs wild. It’s almost as if my mind is programmed to naturally see life, thoughts and ideas in images. According to many studies,...

Dear Diary, After I was diagnosed with the combined ADHD presentation, I always wondered… what does this mean? Does this indicate that I am affected by a combination of things?!? Well, it turns out that ADHD predominant combined is the presentation of the ADHD...

Dear Diary,   Last year around this time, life was completely different. I recall feeling like I was a ship sailing at sea amid a storm. One after the other, waves hit hard and it was almost impossible to break away, even to take a breather. I was being driven...

Dear Diary,   Being present is something I have always struggled with. When your mind and body are travelling at 100 miles per hour on another planet or spiralling into a tornado, it’s nearly impossible to calm down the mayhem! Well, I had deemed it as completely...

Dear Diary,   You’ve probably heard the expression:   “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.   Just as the saying goes, it is not right to criticize anyone’s ADHD diagnosis story. Every person’s path to diagnosis is unique, lengthy and fraught with...

Dear Diary, Today, I’ll be discussing my creative mind yet not so creative hands. Living with Dyspraxia, a coordination issue, my hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills have always been a barrier to getting all of my creative thoughts down on paper. The resulting...