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Less Pills, More Skills
A poetic rap and rant on ADHD from a father, therapist & martial artist
When it comes to ADHD
It ain’t no VD
But let’s not fool or bluff
It’s indeed a double edged sword, no guff
There are gifts within the debris of this great hurricane
Supers Powers potent and buried, not to be feigned.
Some folks say “treat the person not the symptom.”
Look beyond the problem, seek a greater purpose… I call that wisdom.
The ancient stoics would say, don’t ignore the math
The obstacle is the path
Instead of 2D diagnoses which flatten our complex reality
What if we embrace the difficult and stunted parts of our humanity
Our very wild and wonderful nature
Ain’t some random disorder painted into caricature
It’s what we be wise to nurture
To build a better culture
To get there sure we need to factor in our deficits
Never letting ourselves call it quits
What we need when we are weaker in some places
Is not judgment and disappointed faces
What they give us are the promise from a little pill
