Imagine a world where everyone thought the same, worked the same, processed the same, created the same.Pretty bleak, right?No jazz. No breakthroughs. No wild ideas that change everything. Just… beige. Now imagine the actual world — the one shaped by diverse, multidimensional thinkers.The problem‑solvers.The pattern‑spotters.The creative designers.The entrepreneurs who build something out of nothing.The people who can see ten steps ahead while everyone else is still reading the instructions. If everyone thought the same, no spark. No invention. No wild ideas - life would be pretty dull. Most of the world’s problem‑solvers, creatives, and entrepreneurs?They’re wired a bit differently — just like us. That’s why I love the term VAST — Variable Attention Stimulus Trait, coined by Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey, It describes the same wiring as ADHD, but without the “deficit” and “disorder” labels that never fit our lived experience. A VAST brain lights up with meaning, urgency, curiosity, connection. It's dynamic. It's multidimensional, It's built for creativity and innovation — not beige conformity. Here’s the part most of us were never told growing up:A huge number of those innovators have what we call VAST — Variable Attention Stimulus Traits. And honestly… doesn’t that feel so much truer than “ADHD”? No “deficit”.No “disorder”.Just a brain that responds to meaning, interest, urgency, connection, and spark. When we reframe ADHD as VAST, something shifts.Shame drops.Possibility opens.And suddenly, the traits we were told were “too much” or “not enough” start looking a lot like superpowers. Because the world doesn’t move forward because of “normal”.It moves forward because of the beautifully wired, the differently tuned, the wildly imaginative. So if you’ve ever felt “too scattered”, “too intense”, “too sensitive”, “too distracted”, or “too everything”…Maybe you’re not too anything.Maybe you’re VAST. And maybe that’s exactly what the world needs more of - People like you and me🦓

I always thought outside the box and would come up with ideas that I thought were brilliant. I would think things out in my head and get really excited that this was going to be great. But then I would say it out loud to my parents and brother and they would say “another hair brain idea, here she goes again”. It blew the wind out of my sails for a short time, and then I would forget and come up with something else. For years I tried to get my parents to move house and when I would persuade one of them, the other refused to budge. I took my mom on loads of viewings and knew that as she got older it would be better for her to be nearer me and the grandchildren. I think my craziest idea was that I would build a house in my garden and then they could have a small house that was up to date with everything they needed and I could be there for them 24/7. My daughters and husband just laughed and said “how will they get access to the house”. I told them I would buy land from the nextdoor neighbour and sort out access via her garden or they could come through our house. Ok everyone scoffed at me and it wasn’t the most planned out idea but without further research it didn’t become a thing. I realised that making them move would be a huge undertaking and with over 50 years of hoarding and my dad’s 60 years of paperwork would not be easy. Also when anything went wrong I.e. the broadband didn’t work properly or the move didn’t go to plan, then I would be in the firing line, and I would be the person who got the blame. So after around 12-15 years of suggesting they move, I gave up. Moving on a few years when my parents got into their 80’s, I would occasionally hear one of them say (usually my mom) we should have moved years ago! I dreaded the time when they would pass away and I would have to go into the house and sort through things. My mom passed in July 2024 and I feel very strange about going through her things and she is not there. It just doesn’t feel right. My dad is still living in the house. Most of the bedrooms are unusable because if the clutter. Some of it is my fault and my brothers as when we left home, we left stuff there and never got around to getting rid of it.

I find it really difficult to plan ahead. I know it would make things easier if I could plan for meals that I have to cook and get things ready so when I feel hungry there is something in the fridge I can grab when I am in a rush. This has been going on for years, I go on a diet and all I hear is that I need to plan better. I try to eat well but it’s so much easier just to grab a banana or a snack bar.

I was only diagnosed with ADHD last year, at 58. Total plot twist—I had no clue. I grieved my life and “what might have been”, if only I’d been diagnosed sooner. I went into a deep depression. If only I were diagnosed later. I was depressed for a while. I was angry. But the more I’m learning about ADHD, the more I move from self-blame to self-understanding. I’m starting to forgive myself. I think I’m even beginning to like myself . Still a work in progress. Still have frustrating days. But this shift—from judging myself to understanding myself—has been everything. Has anyone else experienced this after being diagnosed later in life?

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