Let me first start by telling you a little bit about me
My name is Harriet and I am 34 years old. I am a mother to two beautiful children. I was born and raised in Essex, UK. I would say I was raised in a privileged family, my parents worked incredibly hard to provide for me and my two younger sisters, my Father owned his own business and as we grew up became a very successful businessman. We never wanted for anything as children and for that I am forever grateful. I have an amazing relationship with my parents and my sisters, we are an incredibly close family
I live in a seaside town with my partner Alice and our 5 children. Yes you heard me 5 children.
I suppose I’ve always known I’m a little ‘different’ if that’s what you want to call it. School was tough for me even though I put on a brave face most days I struggled massively with learning. I was always that annoying kid trying to be funny and trying to fit into a world I knew I was evidently never going to be a part of. I was a tomboy and got bullied in my first few years of secondary school. This changed as I got more attention seeking and found myself getting into trouble a bit more which ultimately made me more popular at school. There was a constant battle in my head of I don’t want to see or speak to anyone but I need to be liked so I would force myself into situations I felt uncomfortable in just to be noticed and liked.
I struggled with anxiety to the extreme as a child. The thought of exams or doing something out of the ordinary would make me physically sick with anxiety.
It’s not until I reached adulthood and the older I got the more I realised something wasn’t right. Something is missing here.
I don’t know what I’m doing with regards to a blog haha especially for someone who barely scrapped through an English GCSE or if it will even help me but if I can help just one person going through what I’m going through then it will be worth it! My doctors tell me that talking about it and writing things down will help me following my diagnosis so why not hey. Why not write my thoughts and my journey down for the world to see what could be better therapy than that.
I was officially diagnosed with ADHD on Wednesday 16th February 2022 and it’s been one hell of a journey with ups and downs, a mental whirlwind of emotions.
I want to use this blog as mainly my own personal therapy but also to highlight the troubles I had with getting a diagnosis and also how hard it can be for women to get a diagnosis. I also want to use this to document my journey post diagnosis and to share my journey now as I learn to live with ADHD.
I’m sure no one will read it But for me it’s helping and hopefully it can possibly help other people
So please have a read, share if you want to and follow me on my new journey of self discovery. Follow me embracing my new diagnosis and being the most open I’ve probably ever been in my entire life. An insight into my life with ADHD
Next post coming soon 😊
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