Thoughts on being the “loud kid.”
Growing up, "calm" was rarely used to describe me. Quite the opposite. I was hyperactive, always ready with a comment or a question, asked "why" probably 200 times a day. I had a constant goal of making people laugh, of being the class clown, of not being normal....
Are you Faster Than Normal?
Last year, I had two weeks left on deadline for a book I was writing. My publisher was getting antsy, as I hadn’t sent her anything yet. I’d done all the research, the problem was sitting down and getting the writing done. But I wasn’t worried. I’d been here before....
That “Out of Control” feeling
That “out of control” feeling. For me, there’s nothing worse than feeling like things are out of control. When you have ADD or ADHD, control is your first course of survival. Control lets you breathe, it lets you focus, and it lets you prepare for what comes next, and...