ADHD is a Kid…

By Daryl
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A Black and White "This is What ADD Feels Like" T-ShirtADHD is More Than a List of Symptoms, Brain Scans, Psychopharmacology and Neurobiology.

It’s Real People With Real Issues.

 

For a moment let’s forget about graphs, pharmacology and scientific hoop-la. Let me describe what ADHD really means to young ADHDer’s — Some would say “afflicted with”, continuing the cycle of a mental beat down.

 

ADHD is a Kid:

  • Forgetting his backpack
  • Being grumpy in the morning
  • Having a fit when plans change or something unexpected happens.

 

Getting in Trouble For:

  • Humming
  • Pulling the pigtail hanging in front of him
  • Sliding off his chair and chasing the pencil
  • Sliding off his chair and chasing the pencil
  • Throwing spit wads
  • Arguing with the teacher
  • Not Acting “Normal“ Like the Other Kids – This one drives me bat-poop crazy!


It’s a Feeling of:

  • Having no friends or belonging to a fringe group
  • Forgetting an  assignment.
  • Doing the assignment but doesn’t turn it in
  • Wanting to do well on assignments, but for many reasons still not turning it in, then a nagging feeling, a wondering, what is wrong with me, that only gets deeper, more profound, with age
  • Making failing grades
  • Pulling away from mom and running into the parking lot
  • Riding a bike into the street without looking
  • Sticking a finger into an electrical outlet
  • Falling out of a tree
  • Hanging himself accidentally on the gym set
  • Spending most of his time asking himself why can’t he just be normal?
  • Spending the rest of his time listening to others ask why he can’t just be normal?

 

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