I was alone so longI didn’t even know that I was lonelyOut in the cold so longI didn’t even know that I was coldTurned my collar to the windThis is how it’s always been All I’ve ever known is how to hold my ownAll I’ve ever known is how to hold my ownBut now IContinueContinue reading “One Year Later”
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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”
Me Myself and The Gym: Exercise and ADHD
I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It’s been about two months since I’ve worked out. And I just don’t have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh…and watch TV And get aContinueContinue reading “Me Myself and The Gym: Exercise and ADHD”
Superhero Origin Story
Well I’m on my way/I don’t know where I’m going/I’m on my way/Takin’ my time but I don’t know where. — Paul Simon It’s my first shift at work on Adderall and I feel like Peter Parker when he turned from being a nerdy outcast into a badass who could shoot spider webs from hisContinueContinue reading “Superhero Origin Story”
Autobiography of a “Schmidiot”
“This one a long time have I watched. All his life he has looked away to the future…to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing!” –Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back” I step into the kitchen and my mom asks, “Do you think it’s working?” “I don’t think so.ContinueContinue reading “Autobiography of a “Schmidiot””
Natalie Bograd 