Beyond Distracted
We're Christen and Rachel, two friends who were diagnosed with ADHD as adults. For most of our lives we couldn't figure out why we seemed to struggle more than other people did. But with our diagnoses we had more clarity and explanations for why we do what we do. It turns out we aren't stupid or lazy or "less-than"... we just have ADHD!
Join us as we talk about: all the ways ADHD unknowingly affected us as children, and later as young adults; the coping skills we are learning post-diagnosis and how we are reframing what we think about ourselves; our crazy and hilarious ADHD moments of the week; and the songs we are listening to on repeat (because don't you listen to the same music over and over?) Oh, and we might get a little distracted along the way!
Beyond Distracted
Episode 01: ADHD and Banana Peels
We recently saw a quote on Instagram that read: "Getting diagnosed with ADHD as an adult feels like being told you suck at Mario Kart your whole life, and then finding out your game generates 40x more banana peels than it’s supposed to."
This has definitely been our experience, and on this episode we discuss some of the ways how, looking back, ADHD affected us. But at the time, we didn't know that's what it was, so we often just assumed we were lazy, or annoying, or stupid. Spoiler: turns out we are none of those things, we just have ADHD!
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Produced by Rachel Smith and Christen Everett.
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