My ADHD Short Story
“She’s bright but doesn’t apply herself” “She can’t stop disrupting class” “I’ve worked with disabled kids before. She doesn’t have anything” “Why can’t you just do your homework like a normal kid?” I learned early on that words hurt.
All my life, phrases like these have been swirling around me as far back as I can remember. It seemed the nagging phrases lived in my head, my classrooms, my home, and the principal’s office. As a young girl with fragile self-confidence and blooming insecurities, feeling like a letdown became my worst fear. It was as if a dark storm cloud were torrentially raining on my life.
In elementary school, almost every night a battle was waged over a math worksheet at the kitchen table. It was common for …show more content…
Sometimes, my ADHD can be something that annoys and embarrasses me in situations where I realize I may be getting a little too loud or when I have forgotten something again.
But, over the years I have come to love my sense of humor, outgoing nature and energy.
It’s pretty hard for anyone without ADHD to understand it, and it’s pretty insulting when someone says, “Oh, I’m so ADHD”. I once heard it’s like having
20 tabs open in your browser, each of them with their own audio playing at full volume and trying to understand every single one of them, all at the same time.
Medicine hasn’t “cured” me. I still have problems, especially aggravated when
I’m not on my medication. But, I know that my ADHD is something has taught and continues to teach me new things. I have learned many valuable lessons thanks to it, and I am glad that it makes me who I am. I do not believe my ADHD controls me. I know that I control my own life, and I am embracing the symptoms and learning to love them, and in turn, myself. I have taught myself how to turn the dark storm cloud into a bright and sunny one, shining down on me at my
best
All my life, phrases like these have been swirling around me as far back as I can remember. It seemed the nagging phrases lived in my head, my classrooms, my home, and the principal’s office. As a young girl with fragile self-confidence and blooming insecurities, feeling like a letdown became my worst fear. It was as if a dark storm cloud were torrentially raining on my life.
In elementary school, almost every night a battle was waged over a math worksheet at the kitchen table. It was common for …show more content…
Sometimes, my ADHD can be something that annoys and embarrasses me in situations where I realize I may be getting a little too loud or when I have forgotten something again.
But, over the years I have come to love my sense of humor, outgoing nature and energy.
It’s pretty hard for anyone without ADHD to understand it, and it’s pretty insulting when someone says, “Oh, I’m so ADHD”. I once heard it’s like having
20 tabs open in your browser, each of them with their own audio playing at full volume and trying to understand every single one of them, all at the same time.
Medicine hasn’t “cured” me. I still have problems, especially aggravated when
I’m not on my medication. But, I know that my ADHD is something has taught and continues to teach me new things. I have learned many valuable lessons thanks to it, and I am glad that it makes me who I am. I do not believe my ADHD controls me. I know that I control my own life, and I am embracing the symptoms and learning to love them, and in turn, myself. I have taught myself how to turn the dark storm cloud into a bright and sunny one, shining down on me at my
best