Hi there, my new Brain Buddies!

Hi, my name is Shanon, I’m from the great American state of Tennessee, and I am currently a SAHM of a 4 y/o. I am just recently realizing I might be as ADHD as my (diagnosed in childhood) brother. So happy to have come across Jim and this challenge! Excited to figure out how best to stop beating myself up and start understanding and tapping into my non-standard "operating system."

You can ask me questions about:

Anything you want, as long as you don't require expert answers ;-)
Mom-life and home-schooling (early days since me and the wee one are just getting started)
The Bible! I am a Christian and a bit of a Bible research nerd.

I want to get these things from ADHD Harmony:

Recognizing my masking behaviors and peeling them away to see (and let others see) who I truly am and where I need to grow to become my best future self. Can't get where I am going I I don't know where I'm starting from.
Tools to help me develop systems that really work WITH my brain instead of beating my head against the wall.
Understand ADHD better, for myself and to be a better sister for my brother. Also, for my son. I see him struggling with things that may be indicators that he inherited my special squirrely brain powers. If so, I want to understand better so I can help him grow up understanding his special operating system instead of feeling broken and just not good enough like I did.

For fun, I like to:

Read, pretty much anything, but the Bible and mystery/political thriller novels have special places in my heart.
Sing and dance! Mostly randomly in the kitchen, car, or grocery aisles.
Solve puzzles of all kinds. Except for Rubick's cubes. I loathe those.

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