Debt…the last shame

One of the challenges with my ADHD is that it costs me money and the impact of that is debt. Debt is something which has caused me huge shame and anxiety on and off for thirty years. But I have decided that is daft and it is time to get out of debt for the last* time and dump the shame.

When I was diagnosed with ADHD I realised that most of the things I have spent money on over the years were to ‘fix me’ or to help me with things I found difficult and could not understand why. Uh hullo ADHD.

There is also the issue of ADHD tax which we have discussed before. My latest example is needing to spend a lot of money for someone to clean my car interior due to failing to take (or buy) bags, backing into a space at the supermarket and trying to empty my trolly while getting ridiculously wet in the rain. I ended up with about half a pint of milk soaking into the passenger seat as a result. (Ask if you are really interested).

When I was 18 I had a boyfriend who was a few years older than me. In order to get a free sports holdall he recommended me for a credit card. That was the beginning of my debt, I blame Alan Wicker (and the ex boyfriend).