There are people who think ADHD is a gift. I’m not one of them. Just today, I read this sentence in a comment thread: “I have reached the conclusion that ADHD persons are are blessing to the world and that having ADHD is a gift rather than a curse.” Not to be judge-y, but I […]
Category: Essays
I have ADHD, and sometimes I can’t spell my own name
I’ve never had real a nickname, but my dad sometimes called me “Jacly” when I was a kid. The joke started when I forgot the last letter of my name at the top of a school paper. Fourth-grade Jaclyn knew how to spell her own name — obviously — but my attention span wasn’t always long […]
Me & my ADHD: Letting go of the careers that could’ve been.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been sure of my path. Each year, I’ve thought, this is what I’m meant to do. And each year has found me doing something different. By ninth grade, I’d picked my future college: Berklee College of Music in Boston. I’d never visited, but I loved Boston. My future as […]