Sometimes our emotions will swallow us regardless of how many coping skills we have because life is hard and ADHD makes it harder. Grief happens. So does trauma. And opening up these doors to big feelings can let in an absolute flood. I’m grateful I opened them, though. Understanding the sheer vastness of the pain and that there is no magical point at which it goes away made me decide not to add to the ocean I and others drown in. It helped me realize I needed a boat. Someplace safe and warm I could mentally escape to when I needed a break.
