I am a big fan of productivity. Not only am I a fan of productivity, but as a psychology graduate, I love human behavior. Our brain is primed for little moments where we learn to fall into habits and choices. This prevents fatigue but can lead us to the same…
I have ADHD and OCD. There are times when I don’t think either of these things are that bad and I feel very normal. However, there are other times when I catch myself rambling and rambling. These are the times I realize my brain struggles with non-anxious linear thinking. …
For the record, I have been officially diagnosed with ADHD and OCD combined. I had a professional psychologist confirm this when I was a teenager. For some reason, I personally couldn’t resonate with the OCD one.
Not everything had to be organized, I wasn’t an overly clean person, I didn’t…
And Why Criticism Has Never Worked Towards Improvement in the Creative Process
When I was in college, I took more than a handful of creative writing courses. I had always loved writing and had always wanted to be a writer. I also surrounded myself with a lot of people who…
There was so much anxiety and news around vaccines that I just ignored it all. I find that sometimes the more I read the more anxious I get. I didn’t want to think about the possible side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine or worry about the tiny percentage of the…
My therapist has tried to help me understand that many of the things I blame and intellectualize as my ADHD, is actually my OCD. My therapist has tried to help coach and teach me about a myriad of ways my OCD impacts me. My therapist has worked with OCD for…
How you can help the NCAA Put Pressure on BYU
Civil Rights Movement: 1954–1968.
1969: Black athletes protest BYU discriminatory racial policies.
1975: Faithful black members of the LDS faith in Brazil, give their time and labor to the construction of an LDS temple, after it is built they are…
Last year I was a nanny during COVID-19 when I had online grad school classes. I nannied a little girl who had dyslexia. I have ADHD. We would listen to Nancy Drew audiobooks together, out on a beach towel under the shade. She couldn’t read things easily at all. …
I downloaded TikTok and started following a few intellectual creators. I didn’t want to start getting dumb cat videos, silly “fails,” or misinformation. I wanted to use TikTok to learn about the world a little more. It wasn’t long before I found “neurodivergent” TikTok. And the tornado of algorithms began.
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This year is the first year I became an “intern therapist.” I went from being a “grad student,” and “person,” to a “therapist” overnight. Suddenly friends, family, and acquaintances were asking my advice, or nervous to tell me something because I was now that “therapist” character. …
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