Black women have ADHD, too. Why black women don’t talk about ADHD.

This channel is for YOU, my Black Sisters & WOC, with ADHD. For every Black Woman willing to share her personal ADHD struggle, there are five more hiding ADHD in the shadows of shame and stigma. ADHD can make us feel inept, unqualified, and bring us down to levels of deep depression. It makes us question whether things can ever get better, rather we will ever just be “normal.” The answer is a resounding ‘YES’ you can be highly-functioning with ADHD without shame, without hiding, and without trying to make yourself “normal.” That’s what this space is for. It’s safe. I understand. Believe, I REALLY UNDERSTAND.

We need to be understood. We desire to be understood and accepted no matter how many times we lose keys, purses, forget appointments, or argue with co-workes who aren’t nearly as smart as we…they just seem to get their ideas across quicker while we’re figuring out how to collect our thoughts and ideas.
For those reasons and a thousand more, ADHD is the new BLACK is an important use of YouTube. Help other black women and WOC with ADHD find this channel by “liking” and “subscribing” This is one way we can lift up each other.

My article share: if you experience hypersensitivity to light, sound, certain fabrics, there’s a reason for that. See the article below.

See this article in ADDitude magazine about why your clothing tags drive you nuts!
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ADHD Awareness Month – New Perspective on ADHD Video Series

The Role of Self-Care in Managing ADHD Symptoms, featuring Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD

Self-care strategies can play an important role in supporting ADHD treatment and managing symptoms. Habits such as good sleep hygiene, regular exercise, stress management, ADHD coaching , therapy, and a balanced diet can all help a person address ADHD symptoms and strengthen treatment approaches. We are coming to a better understanding of how these self-care strategies are beneficial.

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Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD, is currently professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Solent NHS Trust. Professor Cortese contributes to the editorial management of the systematic reviews/meta-analyses submitted to CAMH.

He is also adjunct associate professor with New York University. Prof. Cortese’s main research interest is around evidence synthesis in child and adolescent mental health. He was included in the list of the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations in the field of psychiatry/psychology in 2019 in Web of Science. In 2020 he also ranked No. 2 worldwide in terms of expertise on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) according to Expertscape.