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“Our Bedtime Battles Scorecard”
After tens of thousands of nightly grudge matches, dawdling tactics, and reminders to brush teeth,...
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Welcome to the No Judgment Zone! Read these essays, diary entries, and snapshots of daily life written by ADDitude readers who are parenting children with ADHD, living with adult ADHD, and all of the above.
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“Am I a Gaslighter? Or Just Scared of Losing People Over My ADHD?”
“All gaslighters are liars. But are all liars also gaslighters? No. Sometimes, those of us with ADHD...
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“After the Diagnosis: The 5 Phases of ADHD ‘Realization’”
“It’s when these clients finally receive their diagnosis that the real journey begins – and a pattern...
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“How I Recognized an Abusive Relationship from the Inside”
"Sometimes, this tendency to put our needs last stems from a lifetime of criticism and failure. Many...
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“You’re Not Bad at French; You’re Learning French.”
“I realize that thinking that I am bad at French is not actually helpful in learning, and passing,...
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“On Getting Unstuck from the Cloud of Stuck-ness”
"When I have a choice to make, I imagine all of the possibilities in different colors. At first, it's...
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“Last Night I Fell in Love… with My ADHD Squad”
When a woman in my Inattentive ADHD support group asked for hobby suggestions, she was inundated with...
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“Understanding ADHD: Our Long and Winding Trek to the Summit.”
“I think the years it took to get the diagnosis did a degree of damage to the psyches of the families...
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“It’s Hard Being Different… and Even Harder Being OK with That.”
“’But, why?’ he asked. I had to tell him there was no answer; this was just the way he was made. And...
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True Brilliance, Sandwiched Between Blunders: An Analogy for ADHD Life
Learning to forgive yourself for small ADHD mistakes frees up mental and emotional energy to focus on...
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“20 Rules to Live By: My ADHD Life Guide”
These 20 rules to live by — my ADHD handbook of sorts — were forged out of hardship and heartbreak. I...
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Puppy’s First Birthday Party
Planning the world’s most elaborate dog birthday party piqued my daughter’s interest, channeled her...