My mADD Life

Like I said, I went to University to be an anthropologist. I decided to go into the field because of my love for learning about different cultures. It took several changes to my major, but I finally settled. I interned at a CRM (Cultural Resource Management) firm, that specializes in field work to determine if a company or government entity is planning on building on anthropologically significant sites.

I was in between jobs in 2018 so I decided to substitute teach so I could make money. I mainly worked in Special Education and I loved it, so I started looking for jobs in the Special Education division of the same district I was substitute teaching for. I found a job for a Braille Transcriber, a job I didn't know existed, I was excited about the prospect of being a Braillist but I didn't know if I would be qualified for it. My parents thought I should apply so I did. I got the job and now I'm a Braille Transcriber for the visually impaired, and I love it.

Around the age of 10, I got tested and diagnosed with ADHD. I have known that I have it for years (I'm 27), my parents have as well; at least that's what I thought. Dispite being diagnosed by a professional psychologist, my parents doubt I have it.

For years my parents have not been considerate of my disability. They still continue to treat me as a neurotypical person. I'm sure this is something other ADHDers experience, parents asking them "why can't you control what you buy" and "why can't you do chores when I ask you to," I can go on. Due to my financial situation, I live with my parents so this is something I experience every day.

My parents don't seem to understand how ADHD works, how I can try as hard as I can to get it under control, but I still slip up. They seem to only focus on my mistakes. I have been considering getting  medication to control it better, but I still want support and understanding from my parents.

I hope that this post will help other ADHDers in the same situation feel less alone. It has been hard to find things about this online, which makes it seem that your making it up. I want you to know that you are not, its very real.

Though most would consider shorthand to be uneeded and extinct, I have been a part of the modern shorthand community for a couple years and it is still alive.

It has been a journey to figure out which system to learn. I cannot name all systems, but I will mention three, the most important.

Pitman was originally the choice for English speaking countries for years. A phonetic system that marks sounds using heavy and light lines, users of Pitman can write 200+ words per minute (wpm). This is perfect for creating notes at the same rate as voice (150 wpm on adverage).

Gregg Shorthand became popular in the United States. Created by John Robert Gregg, this system is called light-line stenography and unlike Pitman, it does not rely on heavy vs. light lines (hence the name). Gregg relies on the length of strokes. This system is just as powerful as Pitman, making 200+ wpm possible.

Finally there is teeline, an alphabetic shorthand that does not rely on neither length nor heaviness of strokes. This is the system I have chosen to learn due to its ease of learning. Unlike Pitman or Gregg, Teeline can only reach around 150wpm.

I hope to use this blog as an opportunity to share my interests with those who are interested. I have a wide array of interests, in general these include:

 ·         ADHD

·         Religion and spirituality

·         Philosophy

·         Books

·         Languages

·         World and language creation

·         Roller Coasters

·         Trains

·         Aliens

·         NLP and hypnosis

·         Asexuality and intersexuality