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[ad_1] Before I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 33, my body felt like a mystery, an experience I assume is nearly universal for women with...
[ad_1] How often do you show up late to the events and responsibilities of your life? Forty percent of the time? Half? If you can’t say...
[ad_1] Most neurotypical people don’t fully understand or recognize ADHD struggles — and why would they? It’s hard for people with ADHD to describe their experiences...
[ad_1] We’ve all seen it. The student who inadvertently cuts off their friend mid-sentence because they have something they really, really want to say. The student...
[ad_1] When I was born in 1933, neurodivergence (along with jet aircraft, the atom bomb, and plastic bags) had yet to be. If a child’s behavior...
[ad_1] What if dancing, coloring, and painting could be part of the parenting toolkit you use to regulate your child’s big, intense emotions? For children with...
[ad_1] February 22, 2024 I apprehensively open my prescription bottle and peer in. I pour its contents into my hand, double and triple checking my count...
[ad_1] Twelve years ago, I embarked on a transformative psychedelics journey that opened my eyes to my true self. I did not know then that this...
[ad_1] Just about everybody knows that smoking weed can result in a serious bout of the munchies now and then. Researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia...
[ad_1] White rice, white bread, ground beef, chicken fingers, French fries, and pepperoni pizza — for most of my life — and with very few exceptions...
[ad_1] For a good chunk of my life, I suffered greatly in the friendship department. The feeling of being hopelessly abnormal started in elementary school, where,...
[ad_1] I’ve never been one to shy away from the spotlight. As a child, I was known to “sermonize” from the pulpit in church, and I’d...
[ad_1] I’ve always been long-winded. As a chatty kid, I saw myself (I’m embarrassed to say) in Donkey, the talkative motor-mouth and sometimes annoying character from...
[ad_1] Death is terrifying, in part, because it’s impossible to imagine ‘nothing.’ Instinctually, our brains and bodies actively reject the unknown. I suspect this is why...
[ad_1] At the dawn of each new year, we set ambitious goals, buoyed by the feeling we can tackle anything — and now is the time...
[ad_1] Woke up on the wrong side of the bed? We all have bad days. Sometimes our day starts on a sour note when we wake...
[ad_1] Every day, I find myself staring at a giant mountain of things I need to do. Oddly, only some of what’s on the so-called mountain...
[ad_1] I recall attending a school 504 meeting, as a single parent of a child with inattentive ADHD, where a panel of teachers, counselors, and administrators...
[ad_1] You’re running late (again). As you rush to leave, you scan your mental checklist: “Okay, I have my keys. Now, where are my sunglasses? Oh,...