The ADHD really came in when that scaffolding of primary school and plus the scene and coloring in is taken away. When all the anxiety built up with studying that's when all the tantrums built up for me. I can't undo being a shouty mom before I forget it makes me read upstairs no it's fine I'm not going to thumb that because it is hard. My mom actually moved in with me or my son was three because I said mom I'm just so shouty and I hate myself for it and so she moved in withI think that it's okay to say to someone are you shouting at your kids a lot okay well you need support not well we all do
This week on the Penguin Podcast, we bring you a special episode: Shaparak Khorsandi in conversation with Isy Suttie live from Lattitude Festival.
Shaparak joined us to discuss her latest book, Scatter Brain: How I finally got off the ADHD rollercoaster and became the owner of a very tidy sock drawer.
The two also discuss the subtle distinctions between shame and embarrassment, memories of climbing a pear tree, the life-changing power of an ADHD diagnosis, and how being on I’m A Celebrity gave her a spiritual experience.
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