Hey guys. So this is my last audio in the CBT subscription program for stimuli. And I just want to start off by saying how much I've enjoyed doing this, and that I really, really hope in some way, they've been helpful to you, whether that's through helping you come towards some sort of acceptance of your condition, or it's helped you to understand your condition better, or hopefully in some way some strategies have helped you to manage your mental health better. And I think I just wanted to really also finish with talking a bit more about acceptance and looking at the gifts that come with our condition.
I guess the world sees the scatty, fast-talking impulsive person, that can't sit still and forgets their keys. But it really is just so much more than that, isn't it? Let them have their stereotypes. But we know, internally, that ADHD, yes, has many struggles, but it has so many gifts. And the more you can accept those gifts, accept being authentically flawed, the more you can flesh them out and enjoy them and, and help them to be a part of your life, hopefully, to have a positive impact. You know, what the world might not see is you know, just how you're interested in so many different things, how you might have an honesty about yourself, which some might not, it's very common with people with ADHD to speak their mind because they don't know how to be otherwise.Of course, what comes with that is trust and authenticity. Maybe ADHD gives you an active imagination or helps you to be incredibly creative. Maybe the hyperfocus that you have enables you to be very good at something which brings with it admiration and respect from others and your peers or gives you self esteem. Maybe it helps you to be an entrepreneur. Maybe you are so impulsive, that people are just drawn to you. Because they don't know what you're going to do next and that they really love that about you. Maybe it helps you to have lots of different interests and hobbies. Maybe it brings you high levels of empathy, which can bring with it connectivity. There are so many gifts that come and we're all different. So my advice is to embrace them. Learn about them and be kind to yourself about it.