Shauna Pearson

That's amazing.

I'm like, okay, I've written this book.

There will likely never be another book written by me and I will never be able to go through this process again.

It took forever.

And it's just like what you're talking about with matching illustrations.

For people with ADHD...

every single symptom is connected to every other symptom there's no you can't pull them apart and be like your time management is separate from organization or separate from impulsivity because they're all related so breaking them into chapters was next to impossible like how do you separate these ideas when they're all the same thing but anyway yeah i understand

Oh, because there's a lot of reasons.

And I think it's really important for everyone to understand this.

Women, ADHD presents itself in women, like what was said at the beginning of the book, it's a hyperactivity internally.

And so it's really non-stop ruminating, catastrophizing, daydreaming, and really just being everywhere else in your mind, except for quote unquote, where you're supposed to be.

And when you're like that for your whole life, because when you have ADHD, you're born with it.

It's not something you develop.

So when you're like that for your whole life, you're struggling in so many areas.

You struggle in relationships because, you know, it's hard to be present with other people when you're internally nonstop in your brain.

In your school life, it's hard to pay attention in class because you tend to be paying attention on everything else that's a lot more engaging and exciting.

And in your career, it's the same thing.

You really want to do well.

You really want to pay attention to things.

And you do.