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ADHD Among Women – Identifying and Overcoming the Distinctive Hurdles
Struggling with undiagnosed ADHD, I experienced inconsistent routines and chaotic days, leading to academic and personal difficulties. ADHD symptoms in women, often overlooked due to gender bias and less hyperactivity, include inattention, anxiety, and depression, affecting all facets of life. Proper recognition and treatment are crucial for managing symptoms and improving life quality.
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Advice to My Younger Self
What Advice Would You Give to Your Younger Self? A boy cannot fulfill you. Giving him access to your body will only make you feel worse about yourself. It will not make him care about you. You are simply a vessel to fulfill his needs, and you should NOT lower yourself to put up with that. You should not be okay with that. You deserve to be treated with so much love and respect, but allowing guys to walk all over you attracts like-minded, similar men. You attract what you act like you deserve. Allowing yourself to be treated a certain way by others will attract individuals who behave in…
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Unfiltered: Embracing Authenticity in the ADHD Life
Living With ADHD As someone living with ADHD, I’ve felt the constant wrestling match with distraction and impulsivity, the tickling sensation of my mind being drawn to every little thing around me. Behind this apparent chaos, however, there is a pattern, something uniquely challenging and simultaneously intriguing about the mind of someone with ADHD. What’s it like, you ask? How can one encapsulate the life with ADHD? Imagine trying to read a fascinating book while all the while a television is on in the background, volume blaring with the persistence of a jackhammer. That sums it up – living with ADHD. When you live with ADHD, the world becomes a symphony of white noise. You…
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The Girl Who
I'm the girl who loves to crack a smileeven after walking the longest mile, who escapes into the world of her booksimagining she is seen for more than her looks. I'm the girl who dances in the rainhoping to wash away the pain, who tries to have it all figured outbecause she is filled with self-doubt. I'm the girl who always likes to have funpretending like she's not on the run, who still plays like a childforgetting the thoughts that run wild. I'm the girl who lives without a careunwilling to become fragile and tear, who has so much love to giveyet not enough life to live. - Authentically, AB
