Riding the ADHD Rollercoaster: How Stoicism Taught Me to Calm the Chaos

Jackie McShannon
4 min readApr 4, 2024
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Imagine living in a perpetual amusement park. Not the kind with cotton candy and Ferris wheels, but one where the rides are all out-of-control rollercoasters, hurtling you from exhilarating highs to gut-wrenching lows at breakneck speed. That, in a nutshell, is my life with ADHD. For 30+ years, I’ve been navigating this whirlwind of emotions, impulses, and hyperfocus…

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A storyteller embracing the chaos of ADHD thoughts with pen & paper. Join me on this unpredictable journey of daily motivation & creativity.