ADHD Explained

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from constantly explaining yourself — not because you don’t want to be understood, but because you’ve been translating your inner world for years. This piece explores how ADHD can quietly shape identity, why misunderstanding becomes so tiring, and what shifts when you stop building your sense of self around other people’s expectations.

ADHD is often misunderstood as a focus problem. In reality, it’s a regulation problem — affecting attention, emotion, energy, and motivation. When you understand this shift, self-blame fades, and strategies that actually work finally make sense.

Reminders are supposed to help — but for ADHD brains, they often make things harder. This article explains why reminders regularly fail for people with ADHD, how initiation and energy play a bigger role than memory, and what actually helps instead. A clear, compassionate look at why “just reminding” doesn’t work, and how to create better conditions for action.

ADHD is often mistaken for laziness, but the two are not the same. Many people with ADHD genuinely want to do the task, plan to do it, and feel guilty about not doing it — yet still struggle to start. This article explains why ADHD behaviour is so often mislabelled, how inconsistency and executive function play a role, and why understanding the difference changes everything for people with ADHD and those around them.

“You’ve got so much potential.” For many people with ADHD, this phrase doesn’t feel encouraging — it feels like pressure. ADHD doesn’t limit intelligence or ability; it affects activation, initiation, and follow-through. This article explores why so many capable people with ADHD feel stuck, how the ‘wasted potential’ narrative creates shame, and what changes when ADHD is understood through the lens of neurology rather than effort.