ADD – Natalie Bograd

Learning to Make Fire

I last finished an essay before Christmas, 2022, and I don’t think I captured what I wanted to say about the current moment we’re all living in. I wanted to write about how I emerged from the rubble of lockdown and personal crisis and felt certain aspects of my old life chafing. I wanted toContinueContinue reading “Learning to Make Fire”

My Other Self: Shame, Perfectionism, and ADHD

“I’m afraid of disappointing the people in my life.” A minute or two after I said these words, I realized they weren’t true. I was trying to explain to a friend the sense of free-floating anxiety and general frustration I’d been feeling the past month. With a few glorious exceptions including my sister’s wedding, aContinueContinue reading “My Other Self: Shame, Perfectionism, and ADHD”