Just listened as I walked outside during my lunch hour. Bravo , ladies!
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I just was nodding my head and mmm humming along as though I were sitting and chatting with you both over tea.
So much resonated for me.
The hyperactive brain but not necessarily hyper active body.
The hyper focus, being an excellent student. The perfectionism. Trouble with executive function, and gosh, I’ll add in my feelings of shutdown and overwhelm.
My younger daughter, now 24, has been telling me since she was a teen that she is adhd -that I knew because she presented classically. And like your son, Allison, I’d read to her or teach her a math lesson and she’d be running laps around my dining room table so I would get annoyed thinking she wasn’t paying attention but anytime I’d stop and say, “Lauren, what did I just say?!” She’d spout back verbatim what I’d been saying.
So. I called her my puppy dog child and got her a mini trampoline for the house lol and out her in a soccer league.
But. Back to my point. Ha. Hello, ADHD.
She told me years ago I was adhd and I argued, “no. I can focus. I like to read. I like to sit. “ but then she’d say “yeah, but how many tabs do you have open on your computer, Mom? “
Sigh. God bless hyper focus cuz it’s how I write!
Thank you for the lunch time food for thought. Great job to both of you. Very professionally done!
Oh Rosemary, thank you so much for your supportive and special feedback 🙏🏻💓 I am so grateful that our conversation touched some of these areas for you. It’s never too late to explore who we are, and how we show up in the world. I’ve always admired your willingness to learn and grow in your sobriety journey. You are a role model for me. Grateful for you and your beautiful neurodivergent self 💖🦋
Can. Not. Wait. to. Listen. You are both such brave and strong women who inspire me in both my sobriety and in my writing. I will be listening a bit later when I have some privacy. Cheering you both on from the coast of Virginia.
I resonated with so much of this, from the hyper focus, so many voices and chaos in the brain, so many projects at once, finding creativity in nature, needing solitude and quiet, going in quiet spaces as a kid when at big events, recognizing how much substances helped to quiet it all, and so much more! It was really validating to hear such examples of experiences that I’ve felt or moved through similarly! The part about as a kid too and realizing all along these were just things that my brain needed or dissected differently. I always got “talks too much” on my report card and got disciplined for it a lot, but now I realize it’s a huge way I navigate certain feelings when my nervous system is imbalanced. And it’s easy for me to get distracted with people nearby. That’s what was happening for me! Super grateful to you both for the vulnerability and conversation!
I am so very grateful our paths crossed, Kezia. Thank you for inviting me in with such warmth. I loved this conversation. It’s one with which I think many will resonate. These conversations should be shared 🫶💕
Just listened as I walked outside during my lunch hour. Bravo , ladies!
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I just was nodding my head and mmm humming along as though I were sitting and chatting with you both over tea.
So much resonated for me.
The hyperactive brain but not necessarily hyper active body.
The hyper focus, being an excellent student. The perfectionism. Trouble with executive function, and gosh, I’ll add in my feelings of shutdown and overwhelm.
My younger daughter, now 24, has been telling me since she was a teen that she is adhd -that I knew because she presented classically. And like your son, Allison, I’d read to her or teach her a math lesson and she’d be running laps around my dining room table so I would get annoyed thinking she wasn’t paying attention but anytime I’d stop and say, “Lauren, what did I just say?!” She’d spout back verbatim what I’d been saying.
So. I called her my puppy dog child and got her a mini trampoline for the house lol and out her in a soccer league.
But. Back to my point. Ha. Hello, ADHD.
She told me years ago I was adhd and I argued, “no. I can focus. I like to read. I like to sit. “ but then she’d say “yeah, but how many tabs do you have open on your computer, Mom? “
Sigh. God bless hyper focus cuz it’s how I write!
Thank you for the lunch time food for thought. Great job to both of you. Very professionally done!
Oh Rosemary, thank you so much for your supportive and special feedback 🙏🏻💓 I am so grateful that our conversation touched some of these areas for you. It’s never too late to explore who we are, and how we show up in the world. I’ve always admired your willingness to learn and grow in your sobriety journey. You are a role model for me. Grateful for you and your beautiful neurodivergent self 💖🦋
Such an important intersection!
I agree, Tawny!!!
Can. Not. Wait. to. Listen. You are both such brave and strong women who inspire me in both my sobriety and in my writing. I will be listening a bit later when I have some privacy. Cheering you both on from the coast of Virginia.
Thanks Rosemary! It's all of us cheering each other on that is sustaining me right now. xoxoxo
Loved this so much! So many great points touched upon. Very relatable on so many levels. Thank you both ❤️❤️
I’m so happy to hear this Colleen, thank you for taking the time to listen and share your feedback. I appreciate you 🙏🏻💗
So glad it landed with you, Colleen. Thanks for listening and letting us know.
I resonated with so much of this, from the hyper focus, so many voices and chaos in the brain, so many projects at once, finding creativity in nature, needing solitude and quiet, going in quiet spaces as a kid when at big events, recognizing how much substances helped to quiet it all, and so much more! It was really validating to hear such examples of experiences that I’ve felt or moved through similarly! The part about as a kid too and realizing all along these were just things that my brain needed or dissected differently. I always got “talks too much” on my report card and got disciplined for it a lot, but now I realize it’s a huge way I navigate certain feelings when my nervous system is imbalanced. And it’s easy for me to get distracted with people nearby. That’s what was happening for me! Super grateful to you both for the vulnerability and conversation!
I am so very grateful our paths crossed, Kezia. Thank you for inviting me in with such warmth. I loved this conversation. It’s one with which I think many will resonate. These conversations should be shared 🫶💕