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✨Kat(rina) ✨

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Artist on a stoma side quest • AuDHD (Autism/ADHD)
Hypermobile • Deaf • Ally 🏳️‍🌈
MHC‑in‑training chasing creative sparks.

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“Everyone is a little ADHD these days.”
I hear this a lot, and honestly, I get why people say it. We live in a world designed to destroy our attention spans. Everyone gets distracted. Everyone forgets where they put their keys sometimes. Everyone procrastinates.
But there is a massive difference between having a symptom and having the condition.
Think of it like this: Everyone urinates, but if you have to go 30 times a day, it’s diabetes. Everyone gets sad, but that isn’t clinical depression.
Having ADHD isn’t just “getting distracted by a notification.” It’s your brain physically refusing to initiate a task you desperately want to do because of a literal dopamine deficiency. It’s chronic executive dysfunction that impacts your career, your relationships, your finances, and your mental health every single day.
For ADHD Awareness Month, let’s shift the conversation. It’s not about being “a little distracted”—it’s about navigating a world built for a completely different brain. 🧠 Check in on your neurodivergent friends this month. We are working harder than it looks.
#ADHDAwarenessMonth #NeurodivergentRealness #AdultADHD #ExecutiveDysfunction #InsideMyBrain ADHDSupport by @create.with.kat

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October is ADHD Awareness Month, and honestly? I’m tired of the internet making ADHD look like a quirky personality trait.
It’s not just “getting distracted by shiny things.” It’s wanting desperately to do a simple task, looking directly at it, and your brain physically refusing to initiate the movement. It’s the exhaustion of constantly apologizing for being late, forgetting to reply to texts, or interrupting people because you’re terrified the thought will vanish if you don’t say it right now.
To anyone else whose brain feels like a sports car with bicycle brakes: I get it. You aren’t lazy. You are running a marathon everyday just to hit the baseline. 🧠 Standard rules don’t apply to us, and that has to be okay by @create.with.kat

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Here is my 🎃ct🧡ber so far.
How is yours?
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#journalingsaveslives
#journalingismytherapy
#journalingcommunity #travelersnotebooks by @create.with.kat

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Convo 💛 exchange @soul_positive

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10.10.2026 - World Mental Health Day.
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This is the from @littleeileenthings mail club. (Link to her patreon in my bio).
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You also can save 10% on your next purchase in her online shop (Link in my bio) when you use my code KAT10.
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#journalingcommunity #journaling #littleeileenthings by @create.with.kat

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This is the from @littleeileenthings mail club. (Link to her patreon in my bio).
You also can save 10% on your next purchase in her online shop (Link in my bio) when you use my code KAT10.
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#journalingcommunity #journaling #littleeileenthings by @create.with.kat

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Every day is mental health day, but World Mental Health Day (10 October) always feels like a good moment to pause, reflect, and get some thoughts down on paper.
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Lately, I can’t think about the final season of Apple TVs show, Ted Lasso without thinking about mental health. The way that show normalizes vulnerability, panic attacks, and just asking for help hits so close to home. It’s a beautiful reminder that we don't have to carry everything alone.
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To process it all, I went through my wee sticker collection and put together this spread in my newest TN refill. There’s something so therapeutic about the tactile feeling of putting stickers to paper and clearing out the mental clutter. 📖💛
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#TedLasso #TravelersNotebook #MentalHealthMatters #worldmentalhealthday❤️ by @create.with.kat

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Finding ways to keep my creative flow steady has been my anchor lately. ⚓💛
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I’ve been obsessed with taking a single sketch and letting it live different lives.
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When life gets chaotic, I go back to the basics: one idea, zero pressure, and multiple mediums.
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Stretching a single drawing from a quiet sketchbook moment into a textured embroidery piece and a vibrant colored pencil drawing keeps my flow alive.
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If you love watching a process unfold, stick around. We’re experimenting over here. 🌊
Which vibe are you leaning toward today?
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If this is your vibe, welcome to my corner of the internet. Let's make some things.
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Drop a comment with your favorite version! 👇 by @create.with.kat

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“You can’t have ADHD, I saw you focus on that project for hours.”
Let’s dismantle this myth for ADHD Awareness Month.
ADHD isn’t a shortage of attention. It’s a regulation problem. Having ADHD means having a brain that either gives 0% focus or 150% focus, with almost no middle ground.
When we are interested, we have a hyper-focused superpower. When we aren’t, our brains treat the task like physical pain.
So yes, I can concentrate. In fact, I concentrate so hard it’s exhausting. The battle isn’t learning how to focus—it’s trying to force a dopamine-starved brain to focus on the things the rest of the world considers “routine.”
Be patient with the neurodivergent people in your life. Their brains are running a different operating system. 💻✨
#ADHDMyths #Neurodiversity #ADHDAwareness #AdultADHDCommunity #BrainWiring by @create.with.kat

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