When I first set out to write Order from Chaos, I wanted to help people like me get more out of their lives. Not coincidentally, a lot of people like me read this blog. While this certainly doesn’t describe all of us, many of us: Are women Have ADHD (often diagnosed in adulthood) Are the […]
Tag: social expectations
On being “one of the guys,” and growing up as a girl with ADHD
For the first 30 years of my life, I acted like one of the guys. My first friends were boys. I quit Girl Scouts when I learned it was nothing like Boy Scouts and we would never make wooden race cars. I can’t remember having more than a couple social plans with all-girl groups in […]
ADHD & rocking the parenting thing…or not
While ADHD might lead to me forgetting my diaper bag, ADHD helps me rock this parenting thing. — Elizabeth Broadbent, ADDitudemag.com I stumbled across this post recently on ADDitude‘s Be Our Guest blog. I can’t relate. I’ve heard it many ways: “let it go,” “say yes to the mess,” “just be you.” It’s tempting to embrace that mentality. There’s even […]