Oh My Days! When Your ADHD Brain is Brainin'
Updated: Oct 16
Yeah, so behind this song is real life. If you're someone with ADHD, you've probably had your share of squirrel moments and looking for your phone while it's in your hand, too. Oh my days! Weeee gotta love being ourselves, right?
Well, we can have a fun song, dance a little, laugh at ourselves, and still struggle every day because people don't always understand how our brains work. Heck, sometimes we don't understand them either. One minute you're handling seventeen things at once, and the next you're standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in there for. You've got plans, good intentions, and things you really do want to accomplish, but apparently your brain has decided to take the scenic route. Again.
Sometimes it's funny. Really funny. Like when you've searched the entire house for your glasses, and they're sitting on top of your head. Or when you've got three projects going, a fourth one you're thinking about, and somebody asks why you haven't finished the first one. Well, because the second one needed something from the third one, and while you were getting that, you thought of something really cool for the fourth one. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? At least until somebody asks you to explain it.
But there's another side that doesn't always get talked about. The frustration of trying to finish something that should be simple. The exhaustion of constantly reminding yourself what you're supposed to be doing. The feeling of being incredibly capable and still forgetting things that matter to you. And maybe the hardest part is when somebody thinks you're not listening, not trying, or just don't care. Because you do care. Sometimes you care so much that you're wearing yourself out trying to get it right.
Maybe you've spent years hearing that you need to pay attention, slow down, get organized, or just try harder. And somewhere along the way, you started believing you should be able to do things the way everybody else seems to. You might even laugh about your ADHD while quietly feeling frustrated with yourself for another forgotten appointment, unfinished project, or conversation you lost track of halfway through. It's a strange combination, being able to laugh at something that can also make life pretty darn difficult.
Then there are those moments when your brain comes up with something wonderful. An idea you weren't looking for, a connection nobody else noticed, or a little adventure that wasn't on anybody's schedule. Not every ADHD brain experiences those moments the same way, but when they happen, they can be pretty great. You don't have to pretend the hard stuff isn't hard to appreciate the things you enjoy about yourself.
So that's what's behind Oh My Days. A little laughter, a little exhaustion, and a whole lot of ordinary life with a brain that sometimes has plans of its own. It's not about pretending ADHD is always fun or making light of the things that can be genuinely difficult. It's about having room for both. You can dance to a silly song, lose your keys for the third time this week, and still be somebody who's doing their darn best to figure things out.
Maybe, while you're dancing around the kitchen singing about your brain brainin' you, you'll recognize something important. You're more than the things you forget, the projects you haven't finished, or the number of times somebody has told you to pay attention. There's a whole person living in the middle of all that activity, and that person deserves a little understanding, too.
Now, go enjoy the song. Dance a little, laugh a little, and if you get distracted halfway through...
Oh squirrel!
Wait, where did he come from?
Well, anyway. Oh my days!
Oh my days!
If you see that squirrel, tell him there's a song to dance to.
A quirky, danceable trip through the ADHD brain, complete with missing phones, mysterious piles, unexpected distractions, and a squirrel with excellent timing.
Sometimes the best way to understand the chaos is to dance with it.
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Stacy Conley
For education and personal reflection. ADHD experiences vary, and this article is not a substitute for individualized assessment or treatment.
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