A Guide for Queer Folks Who Just Learned They Have ADHD
I hear you’re a queer person who just discovered you have ADHD. Welcome! I’m excited to officially welcome you to this rather specific—and specifically wonderful—club.
I hear you’re a queer person who just discovered you have ADHD. Welcome! I’m excited to officially welcome you to this rather specific—and specifically wonderful—club.
There’s this thing I do with Internet projects: I create something small and focused to meet my own needs, and then I turn my back for like, one minute and suddenly it has expanded way, way, way beyond my original scope.
Has it already been a month? It feels like it has flown by, but somehow it also feels like I’ve been doing this work for a long time—like it’s a part of me.
I made the decision to protect one day a week—Thursdays—for whatever I want to do in the moment. This turned out to be one of the most powerful gifts I could have given myself.
I started my ADHD coaching program, I started accepting clients, and I launched a website under a new a business name: Queer ADHD. Each one of those is a massive step forward.
After years of struggle, my appearance finally felt like me when I shaved my head in my early twenties.
When I decided it was time to update my website and begin writing publicly again, I immediately ran into a gatekeeper: my younger self.
For the last few months, I’ve been using an iPhone app called Owaves to plan my day. Here’s what I’ve found works best for me as I use the app.
It’s been about a month since it became clear to me that I want to pursue a career in ADHD coaching for the queer community, and I can already tell things are going to keep shifting. I’m hoping this update series will give me a record of what really happened.
I have a complicated relationship with my body, and it’s been a struggle to learn how to care for it. Here are the principles that have worked best for my movement practice during the pandemic.
This post was originally published at SarahDopp.com in the months leading up to the launch of Queer ADHD. We’ve migrated these posts to the Queer
This post was originally published at SarahDopp.com in the months leading up to the launch of Queer ADHD. We’ve migrated these posts to the Queer
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