“My ADHD is a drummer. When I describe what sort of beat he’s playing it gives people an insight into whether it’s a good day (a helpful beat) or a bad day (busy and clashing). It’s a lot easier to explain a beat than it is to tell people that my head is really noisy and I’m not going to be able to achieve much today, because that takes a huge amount of confidence and self awareness. But being able to explain how I’m feeling through describing a character allows me to talk about the difficult days in a much more comfortable way.”

Participant

“It is so important that people of all ages have a space to explore their ADHD identity. This is something that is urgently needed all over the UK.”

Andrea Bell Founder of ADHD Norfolk

“Gerry was the happy result of Sarah’s instruction to visualise the aspects of your ADHD you have a love/hate relationship with as a creature or character. A sort of dependent, vulnerable sidekick you’re stuck with and eventually befriend.”

Priscilla Eyles, participant

“John went in hating ADHD and has come out saying he loves having it, how wonderful is that!”

Parent of participant