A Girl Living with AuDHD: A Journey

(I am working on homework AND blogging at the same time...I have an assignment due tonight haha) Hello! Long time no post, eh? Well, as you can tell by my comment from above, I have an assignment due for my Intro to Communications class tonight that I'm supposed to be working on.  I'm having writers block right now, so bare with me.  I also had a late night last night after going to Lagoon in Farmington, Utah with my friend Julie.  She dropped me off at 1:00am.   We went to some haunted houses for Frightmares at Lagoon.   It was interesting. Okay, School!  Well, some people who have ADHD and high functioning autism struggle in school, I've been able to get good grades in school since 10th grade.  When I was younger, my mom had me go to Special Ed. and had me get help with my social skills and what not.  I don't remember much except I was pulled out A LOT in 9th grade when I figured I didn't need to be pulled out of classes.  BUT, low an...

Well, it was an interesting summer.  I faced my fear of riding HUGE roller coasters and rode Cannibal, Colosuss, and Wicked at Lagoon in Farmington, Utah.   I made some new friends and kept myself busy without a job. I also found out that I qualify for a scholarship through Vocational Rehab.  They are paying for my tuition and my books which makes me so grateful for this opportunity. On July 10th, I set a goal for myself to read The Book of Mormon  before school started on August 20th.  I finished reading it on August 18th and I am so grateful for The Book of Mormon .  It's such an amazing book. Since I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I have had friends coming home from 2-year and 18-month missions.  I never thought my friends would be coming home THIS SOON!!  When they left, I felt like they were so far and now they are so close to coming home or they are home.  Life is strange. My dating life has been...

As you observed by my first post, music has been a HUGE  part of my life!  I grew up on Sound of Music  and other musicals.  Before I watched Sound of Music , according to my mom I was really colicky!   The only thing that would calm me down as a baby was Garth Brooks and White Noise. Well, fast forward a couple years to when I can remember watching music videos.  Yes, the music videos.  Since I was born in '98, this meant growing up to all the boy bands and stuff like that.  I will never forget watching the "Larger Than Life" music video by the Backstreet Boys with my daddy and being scared of it.  When I watched "I Want it That Way", I started crushing on Nick Carter.  I know I was only 1 or 2 when he was 16, but that doesn't mean I can develop feelings for a guy on my computer screen, right?!   When I was 3, I fell in LOVE with "Miracles Happen" by Myra from The Princess Diaries .  (By the way, SUCH a good song haha) ...

When I was in 3rd grade, my dad was in the hospital a lot.  He was vomitting a lot and lost a ton of weight.  I remember every time he threw up, I got really scared that I would loose him and that he would die.  There were instances where he almost died due to heart problems.  I cannot describe how anxious I was due to everything going on. Now that I am older, I know that he's going to be okay and that the doctors know what they are doing.  It was hard on me then, but now I am okay with whatever happens cause I know that I can do hard things!

Hi! My name is Alyssa Collier and I have had ADHD and anxiety since I was a baby, but I was diagnosed later on.  I created this blog to share my beliefs on ADHD and what it is like having ADHD and anxiety with 20 years of life under my belt. In a nutshell, I would like to introduce a little bit of who I am and about myself and my life thus far. Date of Birth: April 16th, 1998 I live in: Utah Favorite Movie: Don't even get me started...The following have been the movies I've grown up on.  (Mostly I'm a musical geek, but I don't mind some violence...as long as there's a cute guy in it!) High School Musical (All of them, I mean that's how I feel for Zac Efron) Sound Of Music (I was raised on this and watched it everyday--I've probably memorized the entire movie top to bottom and bottom to top) Harry Potter (I watched a couple of them as a kid, but my obsession didn't start until I was 12 years old.)  Hunger Games (I was obsessed with this ...