Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where we're all about education, encouragement and

coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations of

adulting relationships working and achieving with this neurodevelopmental

disorder. I'll help you understand your

unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B. Let's get

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Hello my friends. I am so happy that you decided to take a chance and press play on this podcast. Let's get right into it. It seems to me that people have a stereotypical view of ADHD and I find it to be very obnoxious.

When I mention that I have ADHD,

I feel like people are picturing that little boy in the classroom

that is bouncing off the walls,

not able to pay attention, hiding under the desk and poking the person in front of him.

That is just not an accurate picture, or at least it's not a full picture of what it means to have ADHD. I mean sure when I was a child I was

definitely impulsive. I was way more concerned about having fun and I avoided

hard work like the plague. I didn't care about

consequences, I rarely worried about the future. I was generally pretty obnoxious, always

talking, asking a lot of questions, and as a teen I was late, unorganized

scattered, and always seemed smart but lazy.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a parent or a teacher say that I

seemed smart but lazy, I probably still wouldn't have any money because I would have spent

it all impulsively, but you get the idea.

But that is not a full picture of ADHD, right?

Because little children with ADHD grow up

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