We are so excited to share this blether with our favourite ADHD content creator! This Might Help ADHD creates such incredible social media posts that we share so much of her work, it's bordering on plagiarism! :) This Melbourne based writer got diagnosed at the start of the year; here she jumps onboard the late ADHD diagnosis roller coaster with us all the way from down under.
sharing content to spark conversation, to raise ADHD Awareness and to be a voice for those that can struggle to articulate the ADHD experience. Her words perfectly encapsulate what it feels like to have ADHD, and she uses @this_might_help_adhd to defend and support ADHDers with her informative and validating posts. This legendary lady literally hits the nail on the head every single time! WE BLOODY LOVE HER!!!
Alongside sharing her experiences, she talks about the validation that diagnosis brings. Though she can appreciate that the process was a lot more straightforward for her in Australia than for many in the UK, (ourselves included) her message is that ADHD Diagnosis at any age is life changing, invaluable and in many cases life saving!
Just like us, a late ADHD diagnosis, and discovering how the neurodevelopmental condition can be viewed in society, and the systems around it, hasn’t just changed her life... raising ADHD awareness has become her life purpose!
As a Mother, she carries guilt and concerns about passing on ADHD to her children. She has created her incredible platform to make the world a better place for ADHDers of future generations. We absolutely adore her concept of creating an ADHD statement available on thismighthelpadhd.com: Including firm, confident and clear statements that can help get your point across in the workplace, to the Dr and to ADHD deniers. To arm ADHDers with meaningful ways to calmly defend ADHD when it’s spoken about in a hurtful or misinformed way.
Seriously, the woman is a LEGEND; THANK YOU SO MUCH ADELE!
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Trigger Warning: Swearing, mental health struggles, ADHD struggles, Parental guilt, anxiety, depression. suicide