Heather Williamson
Poetry on roots, love, life and faith
Tag: Adhd
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Fragile
There’s an experience common to many with neurodiverse conditions that is baffling and sometimes upsetting. The feeling that other people are rejecting you, either what you have to offer or you yourself.Apparently this has a name: rejection sensitive dysphoria or RSD.Of course, there will be people who don’t like us in life, but RSD relates… Read.
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Awkward
I am socially awkward at times. It’s not something I really thought about until I had to attend a webinar about ADHD. It was being considered that one of our children had ADHD, but it turns out that I do too. I remember sitting there taking notes, not thinking of my children at all. Instead,… Read.
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Finding purpose
It was about this time last year that I had that thought again, the one that says, “You should have done better. You must think about how you can improve.” It could be about any number of things, but this was about a familiar one: teaching. I qualified as a primary teacher in the 1990s,… Read.
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Pinball machine
I am quite bad at following schedules, unless there are consequences to not doing. The children get to school on time, I get to appointments on time, but regular posting on this blog is patchy and without any real pattern. My energies and inspiration seem to go in fits and starts, and I have lately… Read.
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Diagnosis
We were supposed to have brioche rolls for teaTo put the burgers inThree evenings a week we have mealsThat arrive at our house in a big, red boxI put the fridge things away firstObviouslyBut there was no clear place to put the briocheSo I put it somewhere elseIt’s been a funny dayI tried rather helplessly… Read.
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Unmasking
Was there a wordFor the different you feltAs yet again your reactionBlundered loudly in front of everyone?Was it that you were too eager?Too impulsive?Were they talking in secret code?You thought their meaning was plainAnd so you respondedTo be met once moreWith eye rollsAnd sniggersWhy was it you that was wrong?Why was it not they who… Read.
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Wiring
A rather honest post today. Awaiting , in my middle age, a diagnosis of ADHD. Sometimes I feel utterly at the mercy of my brain’s differences. I feel too much. But if it goes, what then? Sometimes I hate how much focusMy brain gives to one thingOther days I’m afraidThe intensity will fadeAnd I will… Read.
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This Year
When my son began at his new school, it was agreed (based on my conversation with the previous sendco) that he would not be required to do homework. With his significant challenges in autism and adhd, this is only kind. And as a result he is coping well. Of course, as soon as improvements are… Read.
My Wordly Wealth 