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The big and little issues in life honestly unpacked with you by Trish Burke: ADHDer, wife, mum, step mum, premenopausal tell it like it is zeal infused tornado, that leaves a trail of glitter wherever she goes.

29/09/2026

Apparently getting home and actually going inside are two completely different tasks. 😂

You’ve arrived. You’re technically home. But the car has become a tiny little sensory deprivation chamber where nobody needs anything from you.

So you sit.

Scroll a bit.
Stare into the middle distance.
Replay the entire day.
Maybe question a few life choices.

And then, 15 minutes later: Right. I suppose I should go inside.

ADHD: turning the driveway into a transitional space since forever. 😂

Please tell me I’m not the only one.

28/09/2026

After a week away from the clinic, I have a confession…

Apparently, “having time off” can mean VERY different things when you have ADHD. 😂

There’s the person who needs to completely switch off, the person who suddenly has 47 projects, and the person who somehow manages to turn their holiday into a full-blown productivity sprint.

And then there’s the person who spends three days doing absolutely nothing… before remembering EVERYTHING they wanted to do and trying to cram it into the last 48 hours.

Whatever your holiday style, maybe time off doesn’t have to be productive to be worthwhile.

Sometimes your brain just needs a bloody break.

So… which one are you? 👇

18/09/2026

“We really need to catch up!”
And you genuinely, wholeheartedly mean it.

You think about them. You miss them. You fully intend to message.

And then… life happens. Your brain forgets. Time disappears. Suddenly it’s been six months and you’re wondering if it’s too awkward to text now.

ADHD friendship can be a little chaotic, but distance or time between catch-ups doesn’t necessarily mean the friendship matters any less.

Sometimes it just means two people with busy lives and questionable executive function need to finally put a bloody date in the calendar. 😂

17/09/2026

One minute, I’m calm, capable and somehow coordinating the entire emergency.

The next, I’ve forgotten the email, lost my keys and completely missed the thing I really did mean to do.

Frustratingly inconsistent? Absolutely.

But it’s not a contradiction.

ADHD brains can perform brilliantly when the urgency, interest, challenge or pressure is just right. Ordinary, low-stimulation tasks? Much harder to activate for.

It’s not about caring less.
Sometimes it’s about the brain struggling to access the right gear at the right time.

16/09/2026

Welcome to the Random Object Relocation Service™.

Our highly skilled team will take an item you desperately need and place it somewhere very safe.

So safe, in fact, that you will never see it again.

Keys? Relocated.
Glasses? Relocated.
Important document? Premium relocation package.
That thing you were holding literally 30 seconds ago?

Gone.

The best part?

You absolutely remember thinking:

“I’ll put this somewhere safe so I don’t lose it.”

And THAT was the moment it disappeared from the timeline. 😂

No tracking number.
No return policy.
Just vibes.

ADHD: making a safe place so safe that even you can’t find it. 🫠

15/09/2026

There’s something incredibly freeing about being around people you don’t have to perform for.

Where you don’t have to rehearse what you’re going to say.
Where you can be too much, too quiet, distracted, enthusiastic, emotional or completely off-topic.
Where you don’t have to constantly monitor yourself to make sure you’re being “acceptable”.

For many ADHD women, masking can become so automatic that we forget there’s another way to exist.

The right people won’t require you to shrink yourself to make them comfortable.

You deserve relationships where you can exhale, be yourself, and know you’re still loved.

No performance required.

14/09/2026

Nobody warned me that ADHD could look like being completely capable… and completely depleted.

That the endless little decisions, remembering, organising, switching, planning and trying to stay one step ahead can quietly drain the tank.

That sometimes the reason you’re staring at the kitchen, unable to start, isn’t because you don’t care.

You’ve simply run out of executive function.

And then you eat something, get some rest, or finally get a bit of breathing room…

…and suddenly you’re wondering why you thought you were incapable of functioning in the first place. 😂

Adult ADHD isn’t always obvious chaos.

Sometimes it looks like holding everything together for everyone else, while quietly wondering how much longer you can keep doing it.

11/09/2026

ADHD: where apparently two completely contradictory things can be true at the exact same time. 😂 Honestly, the ADHD Contradiction Department is fully staffed and taking no further questions.

10/09/2026

Apparently, to have ADHD you must:

❌ Be disorganised 24/7
❌ Fail at school
❌ Be visibly hyperactive
❌ Forget absolutely everything
❌ Be unsuccessful
❌ Look like the stereotype

Meanwhile, many ADHD women have spent YEARS developing elaborate systems to compensate for the things their brains struggle with.

The planner isn’t proof you don’t have ADHD.

It might be proof you’ve been working bloody hard.

The good grades aren’t proof you couldn’t have ADHD.

They might be proof of how much effort it took.

Being successful isn’t proof your ADHD isn’t real.

It might simply mean you’ve found ways to make your strengths work for you.

And looking “fine” from the outside tells you precisely nothing about what is happening on the inside.

So when someone says:

“Everyone’s a little ADHD.”

Maybe the response isn’t “You’re right.”

Maybe it’s:

“Everyone gets distracted. ADHD is about the broader pattern, the impact, and how much work it can take to compensate.”

And no, a new planner isn’t going to fix that. 😂

09/09/2026

Ah yes. The ADHD woman’s favourite little mind game:

I am exhausted.

I desperately need to stop.

But surely I should just…

Do the dishes.
Answer that email.
Fold the washing.
Tidy the kitchen.
Be productive.
Achieve something.
Fix everyone else’s problems.
And possibly become a better person while I’m at it.

Because apparently rest has to be earned.

And if you’ve spent years being praised for being capable, productive, helpful and “good at everything”…

Stopping can feel strangely uncomfortable.

But here’s the truth bomb:

You don’t have to be completely depleted before you’re allowed to rest.

You don’t need to justify it.

You don’t need to make your break productive.

You don’t need to turn it into a “reset” so you can get back to doing more.

Sometimes you can just…

sit down.

That’s it.

No gold star.
No productivity hack.
No guilt.

Just rest.

Your worth isn’t measured by how much you managed to get done today.

And yes, I’m saying this to myself too. 😂

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