Writing
Notes on parenting with ADHD. The overstimulation, the guilt, the systems that never stick.
It wasn't a discipline problem
Wanting your kids to have experiences vs. the cost of providing them
Why every organising system eventually fails
What it's like to have a neurotypical kid when you're the neurodivergent one
The rage that comes from overstimulation
It's not anger at them. It's your nervous system hitting a wall.
The neighbours who are always out doing activities with their kids
They're at the farmers market again. It's 8am on a Saturday.
Decision fatigue is real, and parenting is 400 decisions before 9am
Every choice costs something, and some mornings the account is empty by breakfast.
Kids' birthday parties and the sensory overwhelm
The gap between the parent you want to be and the one you are at 5pm
On identity, ADHD, and the version of yourself that lives in your head
Standing in the kitchen at 5pm
The moment that started all of this