Growing up with ADHD made me different. Which was ironic, because all I ever wanted to be was normal. I remember sitting at the kitchen table and sobbing with every attempt to do my homework. I kept repeating “I just want to be normal.” Little did I know, being “abnormal” would end up leading me to one of the most important relationships in my life.

When I was 15, I met this guy named Ed. When there was no one else in sight and all I could see was emptiness and darkness for miles and miles…Ed was there. And then it didn’t really matter that no one else was around, because he was all I needed. He made me feel…euphoric. A type of euphoria that I still have yet to find anywhere else. But, you see, there were a couple kinks in our relationship that we never could quite reconcile. For instance, when Ed and I were at our best, my relationships with friends and family were at their worst. They…don’t like him. Actually, that’s a gross understatement.