The cruelest joke of ADHD is feeling intensely motivated to fix your entire life while you’re stuck at work. Then you step through your front door and instantly lose the ability to do a single task. It happens daily, and absolutely no one believes you.
I JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY
"MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM A DIFFERENT REALTY"
AND, YEAH.
I love people who are intellectually omnivorous.
The kind who can discuss folklore, black holes, bird migration, poetry, and grocery store pricing in a single conversation without getting lost.
The Japanese used to prescribe depressed people with “forest bathing”. The more I spend time outside the better I feel. A weekly hike is a non negotiable