When you are first diagnosed with ADHD, there are some
people in your life you will share the news with without a second thought. These are the people in your inner circle – perhaps your wife or husband, parents, kids or very close friends.
There are also some people you will probably never tell. These are people who are negative, closed minded, mean spirited, or have said negative things about ADHD in the past.
Then there are people who aren’t in either of these groups. You are close, but they aren’t in your inner circle, or you might not have known them when you were diagnosed.
It feels strange they don’t know this important detail about you. Yet you aren’t sure the best way to tell them. [Read more…]
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Prioritizing is a skill that doesn’t come naturally to many people living with ADHD so it takes on almost a mythical quality.
Even though I wish it weren’t true, ADHD is a condition that carries a certain stigma.
Are you constantly second guessing yourself? Do you question your ability to do a task even though other people know you are capable of it? This happens to so many people with ADHD. It results in procrastination, feelings of resistance and ambiguity, 
Motivation is the urge ‘to do’ something. Lots of people with ADHD, find they don’t feel motivated to take action until a deadline is looming.
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