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‘You’ll learn one day that you’re not broken, just different.’

Updated: Aug 25, 2023

14 year old Romy Gordon discovered that she had ADHD in 2021

after spending much of her childhood feeling not accepted and isolated.

Here she pens a letter to every girl who are feeling lost in

finding their true-self, with lesson for us all.


Words by Romy Gordon

I was born on 25 November 2007, my parents were thrilled with their new daughter. Years passed and whilst there were red flags my parents didn’t know they were looking for a flag, red or otherwise. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 13 years old, in 2021.


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