We've all seen the headlines in the news of how somebody lost their life in an act of cold-blooded murder,

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These victims were way more than a salacious headline.

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dives into some of those stories to help listeners get to know the person who was lost and how their death affected those closest to them.

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Welcome back to the peripheral on today's episode. We're going to be talking about ADHD.

Now, I know I've had ADHD all my life, but in the last

five years, it's become unmanageable for me. Some people like to describe ADHD as a superpower, but it is

absolutely not a superpower for me. I never was.

Looking back on my childhood and high school and college years, I would misread things.

I would miss hear things.

And now those tendencies are just even worse when it comes to trying to comprehend, research, whatever

it is I'm doing.

My own description of ADHD is your brain is wired to get that next dopamine kick.

Your brain is wired to take in the least amount of information because it's always having

to run to the next item

on your agenda and it will avoid any tasks that do not give pleasure and will run towards tasks

that will give you pleasure. A typical day in my life, if I don't have reminders set all day long, I will forget anything

I needed to do.

If I do not have calendar reminders set for appointments, even the most important appointments,

such as doctor's appointments or people's birthdays, whatever it is, it is gone.

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