Was just informed by my mom that I do in fact have ADHD and the reason I thought I didnât was because ever since I was seven whenever I got super energetic my mom would have me go chop wood so now when Iâm feeling The ADHD I go chop wood and I thought it was just some sort of routine I started when I was little and wanted to blow off steam
Iâd also like to point out that my sister has a really hard time staying present (I canât remember the term because weâve always called it Tethered at my house) and whenever sheâs feeling Untethered my mom has her knead bread and make syrup because theyâre repetitive and easy things to do that ground her
Now that Iâm thinking about it- my brother has days where he doesnât talk and doesnât eat unless heâs prompted, and on those days my mom sits him down in the fish pond in the backyard and plays Mozart and because heâs so used to that being his wake up he always comes back in after like an hour rambling about random things
Oh yeah and when it rains my mom has a required hour where we all have to go outside and run around and whoever finds the most worms for the garden wins and then we go inside and my mom makes us tea and we watch Studio Ghibli movies
Wait!!! When one of us has a bad day at school we make a fire in the backyard and roast homemade sausages and my mom tells us stories until we laugh and then she tucks is in bed like weâre five again and sings us songs
Uh.... wait guys is my mom a witch raising a bunch of fae kids hold on-
âI didnât know I had adhd because my mom gave me such an effective coping mechanismâ is such a high bar to clear and she soared over it like a space-plane.















