The Axioms of ADHD

Originally published as an article on Medium.com . For the last few months I've been writing down things that help me function with ADHD. These were short phrases, kind of like mantras: hurrying is kryptonite. Nothing is on the way to anything else. Choice is friction. I started calling this my "Rules of ADHD", and planned to write them up — but when I got to number sixteen, I realized that would make for a pretty complicated article. Also, who's going to remember sixteen different rules, especially when there were likely to be more? I'm lucky enough to be friends with Amber Beckett from The Hello Code and she suggested I look for over-arching themes, groupings that might simplify these rules into basic concepts from which the rules could be extrapolated to fit different ADHD experiences. With a bit of searching, I discovered there's a word for that: axiom. After the obligatory "If you don't know, why don't you axiom?" joke, the following six Axioms of ADHD emerged: The Axiom of Stuff The Axiom of Transitions The Axiom of Magical Thinking The Axiom of Options The C.R.A.S.H. Axiom The Final Axiom Curious to know what they are and how they can maybe help you navigate this world? Listen to the podcast and find out! As always, comments are welcome here or emailed to [email protected] .