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Hello my name is Kat and I am 43 A true Gemini that is powered by chaos, curiosity, and approximately 47 open tabs in my brain (and my computer) at all times. My family lives in the Tampa Florida, in the United States. I am a wife of 20 years (still not sure how he’s kept up/puts up, with me this long). Our son (18) is AuDHD with OCD, anxiety, and depression, aka complex, resilient, and navigating life on expert mode. My daughter (15) has ADHD and enough personality to run a small country. They are my heart, my reality check, and my greatest adventure. I’m also ADHD (officially on paper) but have been told by doctors they believe I am more AuDHD (unofficially on paper but LOUDLY confirmed in my own brain). Which means I’m high-energy, deeply feeling (even though i do not show my feelings all the time), wildly curious, very sarcastic with a strange sense of humor … and occasionally miss the vibe of a room like it’s a hidden side quest. I’ll catch it........just not always in real time. I love to travel with a passion. We just got back from Scotland (2 weeks ago). It was AMAZING! I have also been to 22 states, Japan, Iceland, Mexico, and Canada. If there’s a trip to plan, I’m already mentally packed. I live in a constant state of “doing all the things.” I love reading (or listening because I drive an hour to and from work daily), journaling, penpaling, and learning anything that sparks my interest. I’m also a walking contradiction........equal parts dorky bookworm and adrenaline junkie (well maybe not a junkie but I sure do love an adventure). Skydiving, bungee swinging, rock climbing, to jet sking kayaking, paintball, airsoft, and a day at the range There are some days though, i just need to do NOTHING..... I am a director of a preschool with a huge soft spot/ drawn to the “too much,” “too loud,” or “hard” children. At home, we have a full-on zoo: a husky, pug-zu, two cats, and two ferrets. It’s loud and chaotic but somehow its exactly right for us.

I joined the group a couple of months ago, but in my usual procrastination-meets-ADHD way, I didn’t really dive in until last week…and it’s taken me until now to introduce myself. I live in Miami, Florida, in the USA. I have three kids and several kitties that are foster fails. I work as a freelance grant writer, but honestly, I don’t love it and don’t feel particularly successful at it. At this point…now in my early 50s…I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, which has been a lifelong struggle. I enjoy reading (especially historical fiction), paddleboarding, and listening to classic rock and ‘80s music. I haven’t been formally diagnosed with ADHD, but after years of frustration…struggling to get things done unless there’s a deadline, having a hard time starting things even when I’m interested, not being able to organize my own space (even though I can organize others’), and getting so overwhelmed that I just shut down…I’m starting to think this may be what’s been going on. Talking with a friend who has ADHD really helped me connect the dots. What I’m hoping to get out of ADHD Harmony is learning how to manage that overwhelm so I don’t shut down and end up accomplishing nothing. I want to be able to follow through on things without hitting a wall of frustration and self-criticism, and also finally start tackling the chaos and clutter in my home in a way that actually feels doable.

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I did my quick adhd snapshot yesterday, feeling rather sceptical about it, but it was remarkably kind and empathetic. One thing that was a bit of a revelation. I have this strange dysfunctional empathy. I feel sorry for struggling animals and stop to talk to random dogs and cats that I meet. There was a magnificent husky with an elderly and lame black Labrador that I met one day, and I said “what a beautiful dog!” and stroked the lab, because I thought he probably heard people praising the husky all the time and could do with some validation. I feed the birds, the squirrels and the visiting fox in our garden and adopted a scruffy, smelly old dog, who was about to be put down by his owner, because she couldn’t care for him any more. I love him. I even feel sorry for tree saplings who are in danger of being weeded out of the flower borders, so I dig them up and put them somewhere safe, where they can hopefully live their best life. It probably doesn’t take a genius to suppose that I’m pouring the empathy into stray animals that I can’t give myself, but that’s what the AI suggested and it felt very insightful. Whether it indicates ADHD is another question that I haven’t resolved yet.