Narrative: Living With Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder

Why can’t I focus like other kids? Why do I have unexpected outbursts of emotions? In one very traumatic incident, that I will never forget, was when my mother found me one morning screaming uncontrollably. The fear in her face still resonates with me. The guilt still haunts me. My mother couldn’t stop me from screaming until the 4th loud scream that penetrated through the walls into the next room scaring my little sisters. My mother was so upset; she didn’t know how to control my ongoing disobedient behaviors. Lonely and scared, I often found myself reflecting. Why am I doing this? Where did this type of behavior come from? Often feeling humiliated in front of my sisters, I would withdraw into a corner by myself for hours at a time wishing I was just like my sisters; being accepted as a family member, fitting into societal norms.

The following is my life story living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which has been very challenging but it has taught me valuable life lessons that will help me persevere and conquer any obstacles in life; I am a much stronger person because of it.

When I first experienced ADHD, but didn’t know what I had, I spent a lot of time frustrated and lonely because of my lack of ability to concentrate and not understanding why, which caused others to withdrawal from me and think that I was a disobedient child. Finally, when I was diagnosed, it was life changing not only for the identification of the cause for my actions, but for me personally to dedicate myself to learning everything you can learn about this disorder. I wanted to control it instead of it controlling me as it has in the