keeping things organized (even though you have ADHD)

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I don’t reference ADHD very much anymore but under most criteria I definitely qualify. S: If we did a MRI scan of your brain we would find dozens of small rabbits running around. I also, maybe not coincidentally, happen to be an extreme late bloomer in several areas of basic living—I learned to cook in 2020 (like, I didn’t know how to turn on the stove before then), I learned to drive in 2021 (because I was living in Utah). My mom is an extreme neat freak (to this day when I close my eyes and imagine her, I see her talking passionately while wiping down a countertop), which led to a general aversion of domestic tasks. As a result I happily slept on an air mattress for years. I’ve always thought I have big male bachelor energy. Unfortunately, I also happen to be an extremely picky person who wants everything to look perfect all the time, so I have slowly but surely discovered ways to adapt.

Markus Lüpertz, Student, 2020 I don’t reference ADHD very much anymore but under most criteria I definitely qualify. S: If we did a MRI scan of your brain we would find dozens of small rabbits running around. I also, maybe not coincidentally, happen to be an extreme late bloomer in several areas of basic living—I learned to cook in 2020 (like, I didn’t know how to turn on the stove before then), I learned to drive in 2021 (because I was living in Utah). My mom is an extreme neat freak (to this day when I close my eyes and imagine her, I see her talking passionately while wiping down a…

keeping things organized (even though you have ADHD)

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