Do Not Pass Michael and I have hit a roadblock. He doesn’t seem to see his ADHD traits, disagreeing with what I observe. We’ve stopped reading the book because of this. I am an alcoholic who successfully stopped drinking 2.5 years ago thanks to accepting this, while surrendering into a 12-Step Program to help me….
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How I Tried To Explain His Problematic Behaviours Before Concluding To Adult ADHD
How I Tried To Make Sense Of Him Page 10 of Is It You, Me or Adult A.D.D.?, has the results of a survey asking, “Before you learned about ADHD, how did you explain your partner’s problematic traits to yourself or others?”. I can tell you with certainty I have jokingly called Michael an “absentminded…
Embracing 50: Decoding My Diagnosis: Navigating Mental Health Challenges
As my 56th birthday approaches, I’ve decided to repost blogs about past birthdays. I wrote Embracing 50: Decoding My Diagnosis: Navigating Mental Health Challenges on March 26th, 2019 while we were living in Doha, Qatar. Rereading this blog reflects an important truth for me: I can’t advocate enough the importance of a proper mental health diagnosis. My…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Introduction to Symptoms & Causes
Mixed Emotions and Foggy Brain I’m 6 days into my diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). As of right now, it seems my therapist is focusing on BPD. I do not know very much about HPD, yet. I’ve the good fortune of a Monday snow day, turning the regular 2-day…
Forget Everything I’ve Said – I’ve Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder
The Beginning of a New Journey February 9th, 2022. Diagnosis day, again. Last diagnosis days were over 20 years ago. This included four different diagnosis by experts – four different opinions on why I was the way I was. I’m over 20 years of living with a brain I somehow knew wasn’t operating properly. As…
Trauma, Flashbacks and Dissociative Disorders
I want to write. I want to express. I have so much I want to say. I don’t know where to start. It has been a while. The heart is an interesting thing. Not the heart – the muscle that keeps me alive. The emotional heart. Maybe, more correctly, the emotional body – how much…