Guest Blogs
“My ADHD Morning Routine: Noise-Cancelling Headphones, a Double Espresso — and Intimacy”
“I’m such a restless sleeper, my cognitive functioning rarely gets up to speed before 10 a.m. To...
Guest Blogs
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.
Guest Blogs
“Letting My ADHD Teen Take the Wheel”
“It’s as if he’s walking on a balancing beam, and I’m using all my energy to stay by his side in case...
Guest Blogs
“Upcycling: My (Guilt-Free) ADHD Obsession”
“A problem for a lot of us with ADHD is the cost involved in our short-lived obsessions. The two...
School & Learning
“I Grew Up Gifted and Autistic — and Suffered the Burnout of Twice Exceptionality”
“No matter how bad my mental health got, I clung to the idea that I needed to be the smartest. If I...
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“Back-to-School Shopping Pushes My Executive Functions Beyond the Brink”
“I’d be so distracted by the neon notebooks and glittery binders while back-to-school shopping that...
Guest Blogs
“What Happened When I Stopped Walking on Eggshells in My Relationship”
“BPD splitting (black-and-white thinking) is common when dating someone with a borderline personality...
Guest Blogs
“Let the Pandemic Illuminate the Unmet Needs of Kids with Learning Differences”
Pandemic-related school closures left parents scrambling to ensure their children received quality...
Support & Stories
“A Fear of Labels Caged Me for 45 Years”
“At age 75, I am now able to silence the negative voices of the past — the teachers who said I didn’t...
Guest Blogs
“If the Story of My Unplanned Pregnancy Helps Just One Person, It Was Worth Sharing.”
“The suggested solutions for ending a pregnancy were dangerous. Only impulsive girls prone to...
Guest Blogs
“How I Learned to Stop Procrastinating — and Start Getting Things Done”
“Sometimes our procrastination takes the form of magical thinking, where we imagine that we did a...
Guest Blogs
“Roe’s Overturn Sabotaged My Executive Functioning”
“I was in the middle of researching why women die when I found out that the U.S. Supreme Court had...
Guest Blogs
“Diary of My ADHD Hyperfixations: My Brief-But-Intense Obsession with Pressure Washing”
“I am not saying that this high-pressure hosing hyperfixation is finished forever. (I would still...