Most “normal” people wake up to the gentle, respectful sound of a bird chirping. In an ADHD household, the day begins with the low, ominous rumble of a not-so-distant bin truck. And that sound triggers the sudden, unwelcome awareness that a bin exists at all. Stay with me. This is Object Permanence in real time, or pop psychology TikTok unfolding IRL. Because the bin lives outside, it offers no emotional reminders when it’s full; it effectively ceases to exist in this dimen

Communication used to have a smell to it. Stay with me... Not always a good one. Sometimes it was morning breath. Sometimes it was the first time you accidentally let one rip in front of someone you were trying very hard to keep the illusion alive with. And that moment, remember that one? It actually mattered. No, it wasn’t attractive, but it was real. It was the quintessential, unspoken crossing over from “I am a perfect unicorn” to “roses really smell like poo, poo.” If you

Picture this, you’re sitting with a friend, sipping coffee (or a mimosa . .. no judgment), and talking about relationships. You’re chatting about the usual stuff - love, trust, commitment, who’s binge-watching what - when suddenly, they casually mention they’re dating multiple people. Cue the record scratch. “Wait, what ?” you think. “Is that even allowed?” Welcome to polyamory, where “the one” can actually be… more than one. It’s like a rom-com with extra cast members and a

Most of us grew up on the “one true love” narrative: you meet someone, fall in love, settle down, and that’s that. It’s a beautiful, classic love story. But sometimes, the reality isn’t quite as simple as two people riding off into the sunset, never to look back. Love, it turns out, is a bit more flexible and creative than we might think. Enter Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM)—a type of relationship that, while not quite the mainstream fairy tale, is finding its way into the lives