Got diagnosed with ADD way back in the 90s. I flunked out of my freshman year of college, and my mom sent me to a specialist who had me do all these pattern and sequence tests. I aced them, but honestly, I was mostly just distracted by everything going on outside the window. I’ve definitely learned my strengths and weaknesses since then, though. Nowadays, I either end up in full-on tunnel vision or I’ll start talking and suddenly realize I have no clue what I’m even saying—I just totally blank otu.

The mirror principle just clicked for me. My "messy house" and my frozen bookshelf and my empty grocery cart aren't three separate problems - they're all the same thing. I've been making decisions without ever being given the full picture, and my brain has too many open loops with nowhere to set them down.