Skip to content

Rory's Reckons

a place for reckoning…

Category Archives: mental health

ADHD Acceptance Month – The ADHDer Community

There are too many people to thank, but I want to pay tribute to the people who allowed me to talk first.

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 7, 2021October 7, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental healthLeave a comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – The ADHDer Community

ADHD Acceptance Month – Supports and Appreciation

I have hated myself since elementary/primary school age. Now I have become the support I needed.

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental health1 Comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – Supports and Appreciation

ADHD Acceptance Month – Hobby Graveyard

ADHD Butterfly Source I have a lot. This is off the top of my head. There’s one thing about me that I really do love, and that is that I will give anything a shot if I want to do it. It’s meant I have quit a lot of stuff, but I’ve also tried moreContinue reading “ADHD Acceptance Month – Hobby Graveyard”

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 5, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental healthLeave a comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – Hobby Graveyard

ADHD Acceptance Month – Reactions to Identification

It was a pretty disheartening start, but I have grown into telling people now.

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 5, 2021October 5, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental healthLeave a comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – Reactions to Identification

ADHD Acceptance Month – My Identification / Discovery Story

I doubt I was an ADHDer for a long time, I wish I had better education and treatment earlier.

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 3, 2021October 3, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental health1 Comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – My Identification / Discovery Story

ADHD Acceptance Month – What I Love Being About an ADHDer is…

ADHD is so hard to live with – but it’s the most awesome hyperspeed life – I will die knowing I did everything I possibly could.

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 2, 2021October 2, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental health1 Comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – What I Love Being About an ADHDer is…

ADHD Acceptance Month – Introduction

Let the blogging madness begin…

Posted byroryreckonsOctober 1, 2021October 1, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental healthLeave a comment on ADHD Acceptance Month – Introduction

Dear Childhood Rory

I know you won’t get this till it needs to be written. I wish it could have arrived sooner. There’s some lessons you needed to learn, but they came outside of school. You’re bisexual. Not gay, not straight. You love anyone who loves you back. It’s something you should be proud of, and one dayContinue reading “Dear Childhood Rory”

Posted byroryreckonsSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, mental health, OCD1 Comment on Dear Childhood Rory

On Self-Diagnosis, My Story

It’s always disappointing to see the same problems occurring in the media around mental health, and especially neurodivergence. Not only were there a number of factual errors, but the very people meant to help us have made clear their ignorance.

Posted byroryreckonsSeptember 18, 2021September 18, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health2 Comments on On Self-Diagnosis, My Story

You are not a burden. You have been burdened.

It’s time to put the blame where it belongs – on the system that set you up to fail.

Posted byroryreckonsSeptember 6, 2021September 6, 2021Posted inADHD, advocacy, autism, mental health8 Comments on You are not a burden. You have been burdened.

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 15 Older posts
Rory's Reckons, Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Rory's Reckons
    • Join 22,947 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Rory's Reckons
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar