"Monster"
Added 2020-01-20 15:33:20 +0000 UTCHey! Here's a first draft for a page of "Monster". It's...pretty difficult to write about it. As soon as I imagine someone reading it, my writing gets a little skewed trying to not look as bad. But I don't want that - at all. So I'm trying to imagine writing it to my teen self. I want to let her know that she isn't a monster for feeling emotions the way she does.
It's also kind of scary to talk about this and show people this side of me, but I think it's important regardless of how I'll be perceived. If there is anyone out there who feels like this or felt like a horrible monster growing up, I want them to see this.
Comments
Such a difficult topic and probably one of the most difficult things for ADDers and the people around them. It is so hard to accept and love ourselves with what at times feels like a monster living inside just waiting to break out. Thank you for tackling this.
david christianson
2020-02-07 17:27:03 +0000 UTCI’ll be going deeper into my emotions in childhood/ teen years either with this comic or another one for the book 👌
ADHD Alien
2020-01-27 11:59:26 +0000 UTCI'm trying to help my 10 year old deal with her ADHD influenced emotions, and it is helping me so much too as it is making me stop and think more when I react.
Flamesparrow
2020-01-27 11:48:21 +0000 UTCI feel like this a lot. I try so hard to be better and to be more patient, and someone somehow always gets to me and I explode. Then I beat myself up about it which makes me feel so bad I feel attacked all the time...
Nathan Beorn Schillo
2020-01-20 20:59:25 +0000 UTCI think what you are doing here is so important and that you share your vulnerability. Thank you
2020-01-20 17:46:48 +0000 UTCI look forward to seeing this! I lashed out alot as a kid because of how I was treated and how others were treated. To this day I still feel that anger inside but I've learned to temper it with patience and compassion. Now when I meet new people I do my best to get to know them before I make rash judgements about them. I wish I could talk to my younger self and tell him everything turned out alright :)
Cyphergeist
2020-01-20 16:13:31 +0000 UTCi used to get so angry as a kid, i had a lot of anger growing up and i wanted to destroy things, and ppl... for a long time i felt like i was a monster or demon masquerading as a human. the difference between being human and a monster is remorse. though i have these feelings a lot less often now they are still there and i think will always be there. But ill never succumb to them again.
Cristina Prado
2020-01-20 16:02:55 +0000 UTC
