Kate Spicer dissects her late ADHD diagnosis (only 2 months ago) and shares many lessons she's learnt. This episode is painfully relatable but also full of hope, humour and insights. Kate is a lifestyle journalist who has written for Vogue, the Sunday Times, The Times, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard. Topics: 00:00 Trailer 01:21 You have a very amusing nickname for your Brain. What is it? And why do you call it that? 05:14 Have your family accepted your diagnosis? 14:10 Internal narratives leading to dark places 20:49 Relationships 24:59 What’s been your biggest realisation since your diagnosis 28:35 Were you worried ADHD medication would numb your creative mind? 30:14 Kate’s experience with hallucinagentics 37:07 Are you sensitive to criticism? 47:13 Your ADHD item 51:06 Do you think there’s a link between ADHD, RSD and the pursuit to be beautiful 52:55 Can you - for the benefit of our male listeners - just briefly describe what being undiagnosed ADHD is like at school from your perspective as an adolescent female trying to find her way? 56:45 What do you think are the 3 most confusing attributes about yourself that someone who doesn't understand ADHD would have trouble understanding about you? 01:01:35 Your most impulsive thing Read Kate's substack 👉 https://katespicer.substack.com/archive Find Kate on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/spicerlife/?hl=en-gb Support ADHD Chatter: LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/3m1qm8Q Instagram 👉 https://bit.ly/3KuNXIr TikTok 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZxZNGd This episode has been produced for entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to be taken as medical advice or advice in any way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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