The town I live in has an amazing park. It has a lake, a bandstand, fields and woodland, football pitches, netball and tennis courts, a skatepark, a BMX track, an athletics stadium, kid’s playgrounds, honestly, the list seems endless. I’ve spent many hours of my life strolling around its beautiful spaces, and every single time…

I don’t suppose it’s much of a shock to hear that my ADHD diagnosis has been officially confirmed. It certainly wasn’t to me, especially with all the introspection I’ve inflicted upon myself of late. However, the probing I received during my recent appointment with a Neurodevelopmental Psychiatrist had me momentarily suspecting she may not have…

As someone who has people-pleased her way into many less-than-ideal situations, I’ve always been intrigued by, and somewhat in awe of, people who are unafraid to be themselves. Those who don’t care what anyone thinks of them. Those who don’t care if they miss the mark with what they wear, what they say, what they…

Not going to lie, I’ve stolen this title from the current Foo Fighters UK tour. I’m sure they won’t mind, or even care (if it helps, I was in the crowd!), but if this doesn’t sum up my experience of ADHD, then I don’t know what does. And let me tell you, being either everything,…

One of the things I’ve come to realise, since ADHD popped onto my radar, is that I wouldn’t have suddenly developed the condition as an adult, should diagnosis be confirmed, rather, as a neurodevelopmental disorder, it will have always been there. As I look back on my life through a different lens, albeit a somewhat…

I was taking a walk in the park a couple months ago with my joint-first-favourite-person-in-the-whole-world (clue – I’m a mother of two), when they said “You know you have ADHD, right?” Well, no I didn’t as it happens, the thought had never crossed my mind. I knew I was a little odd, a little left…