As we step out of Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s the perfect time to reflect. If the usual advice around mental health hasn’t landed for you, this may explain why.
You can picture it: inspiration sparks and demands immediate attention, while deadlines loom like ever-present storm clouds. For many people with ADHD that same boundless energy fuelling brilliance can also lead to scattered focus and a nagging sense of overwhelm.Why is that? The culprit lies in the way our brains process information. People with ADHD often
The assessment question that upset me the most. When you start therapy with a new therapist, it’s good practice to complete a statistically reliable questionnaire that indicates how well you’re functioning and to expose particular areas of life that might need some attention. Why This One Mental Health Question Was
We all want to feel competent and loveable. If there is a risk of being seen as not good enough, we’ll find ways to compensate. When we consider the traits of ADHD and how that affects our view of ourselves, it makes sense that living in a world where neurotypical
No-one likes rejection. We’ve all experienced it, we all dread it, and that’s only natural. Fear of rejection only turns into a problem when you notice it impacting your everyday life, including work and relationships. When fear of being rejected gets out of hand, you might start isolating yourself, avoiding
We all know it, we all struggle with it: stress. Life is busy, there’s a million things to do and no time to do them, and at the end of the day we lie in bed and think about all the things we didn’t manage to squeeze into our already
This week I attended a mental health event at Selkirk High School and at my table I offered sweeties attached to business cards as a way to make it easier to take a business card without in-depth conversation about loss in a public place. A lot of them went, but
