Bite‑sized wisdom for navigating ADHD, menopause, hormonal chaos, and midlife plot twists with humor, honesty, and feral determination.
🪶✨ All or Nothing: When Your Brain Only Speaks in Extremes Before we dive in, let me set the scene: I’m sitting here with a cup of something warm, surrounded by half‑finished projects, a cat judging me from across the room, and a brain that insists everything is either a grand quest or a complete…
When “Just Do It” Isn’t Helpful: Executive Dysfunction in a Foggy, Overheating Body Some days I look around at all the chores waiting for me, and the idea of choosing where to start feels absolutely impossible. I wander through the house like a confused NPC with a busted thermostat, thinking, “I should clean the bathroom……
🪶✨ Post‑Effort Crash: Why Even Good Things Leave You Exhausted There’s a very specific flavor of tired that sneaks up on you after doing something you actually wanted to do. Not the awful stuff. Not the stressful stuff. Not the “I’ve been procrastinating this for six months” stuff. No — the good things. The fun…
✨ Why I Start Five Tasks at Once: The Kat‑Brained Art of Glitter‑Powered Task Switching I’m building this scoop shop, right? Cute idea. Fun project. Totally manageable. I decided cute little soap bars were the place to start. Just soap, totally normal, reasonable activity. But my brain? My brain said, “Just one thing? Cute. Anyway…”…
When a Small Comment Feels Like a Storm: Living With Rejection Sensitivity 🪶✨ The Quiet Intensity No One Sees Rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) is one of those sneaky little gremlins that can hijack your whole day while everyone else is just… vibing. One tiny comment? Thunderclap. A neutral text? Suddenly sounds like “We need to…
When Your House Feels Like a Boss Battle: Sensory Overload at 2 A.M. (aka: The Witching Hour of Nope) 🪶✨ The Sneaky Ways Sensory Overload Shows Up When You Should Absolutely Be Asleep It’s 2 a.m. You should be dreaming. Instead, you’re awake, feral, and suddenly aware that your entire house is too loud, too…
🌱 When You Can’t Start Anywhere… Start With Dinner There’s a version of spring where I’m already halfway through my garden prep by now — beds cleaned out, weeds handled, rhubarb patch looking like a respectable citizen instead of a crime scene. This is not that version. Right now, the flower bed looks like it’s…
Object Permanence in ADHD: Or, Why I Forget You Exist Until 4 A.M. For most of my life, I genuinely thought I was just a forgetful, disorganized disaster goblin who probably wasn’t cut out for human relationships. People I adore would move away, coworkers I loved would leave a job, and from the outside it…
⚡ The Social Battery of a Menopausal ADHDer: Why Mine Is Basically a Tamagotchi on Low Power Mode Some people glide through social situations like they’re powered by solar energy.Meanwhile, I’m over here running on a 1998 Tamagotchi battery that’s been left in a drawer too long, blinking “LOW POWER” every time someone says, “We…
🛒🔥 ADHD Impulsivity + Menopause: The Feral Shopping Saga (Now With Survival Tips) ADHD impulsivity was already a problem, but menopause said, “Girl, hold my coffee,” and now my life is basically one long Amazon Prime fever dream. Packages show up on my steps like I’m running an underground black‑market zoo. I don’t even question…
