Everyone is talking about ADHD – it’s in danger of becoming boring. Don’t worry, the ADHD people will get bored first (being easily bored is one of the most common traits). A friend sent me this piece from The Guardian because I “came out” as an ADHD freak in May last year.
Well, I didn’t so much “come out” as burst into the street proclaiming that my condition was in the 1% of the most severe (which must make me extra special).
More than that, I launched a book which had been seven years in the writing – ever since I was told I had this mental kink which affects 5% of the world’s population (or to put it another way, 1.5 billion people).
I make no excuses for plugging the book because I am intensely proud of it. It was the hardest thing I have ever written and people have been kind enough to say it is the best.
And then, on Christmas Day, an Amazon customer called Mark took the time out of his festivities to write this review:
Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding life’s journey with ADHD
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 December 2024
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Can’t believe how well this book explains ADHD and the journey through a life well lived …. It’s autobiographical pre-knowing about why certain life adventures and behaviours occurred and later it is all making sense of the diagnosis later in life. Explains the ordinary life many people have but special people have a totally different life as they are wired in a way that means we all need to read this book …. Sad on a personal level but other aspects are rewarding … this book resonates with one.
Fair winds to those like John.
You can find it here:
ADHD can be tricky. It may masquerade as an inability to pay attention for more than a few minutes, or an abnormal predilection for danger and excitement. In other words you could have it and not know it. That was the case for John Passmore who was finally diagnosed at the age of 68. His book ‘Faster Louder, Riskier, Sexier’ describes what it’s like to have ADHD. with the light touch of an ex-chief reporter and the style of someone who can see the humour in everything. If you start reading John won’t let you go until you’ve finished. His story is riveting and life affirming.
A great read John thanks for sharing as I now know what’s going on in my head and the relevant actions are now in place!
Almost everyone, it seems, wants a contemporary Diagnosis.
It’s tedious.
‘Not all disabilities are visible’ – and that’s as it should be.