Meri Kirihimete e ngā hoa Aroreretini
I was diagnosed with ADHD, Inattentive Type (moderate severity), in July this year at the age of 38. That diagnosis has been life-changing.
Suddenly, everything made sense—from not finishing college to struggling to pass qualifications, from dopamine-seeking behaviours in my 20s to drowning under the societal pressures of motherhood.
But it wasn’t all bad. I’d always excelled at learning creative skills like design, photography, and web development – as long as I wanted to learn them. But when it came to studying something like anatomy for my mind and body course? Forget it. No dopamine = no motivation.