Description
An ADHD diagnosis is not a trend. It’s a lifeline!
Chris Maddocks spent decades masking, people-pleasing, and battling addiction — living with untreated ADHD, BPD, Autistic Traits and trauma. Behind the scenes of fatherhood, running a business, and holding it together was a man unravelling. This is his story of finally feeling emotions without numbing them, healing his inner child, and becoming attentive to the life he nearly lost.
This book pulls no punches. If you’ve ever felt like you’re too much, not enough, or broken beyond repair — this book is your reminder that healing is possible.
Ever wondered why ADHD is more than just a label?
Why a diagnosis isn’t a trend — but a turning point?
If you’re a teacher, therapist, parent, or medical professional supporting someone with ADHD — or if you’re an adult silently wondering “What if this is me?” — this book is your inside look into what undiagnosed ADHD actually feels like.
BeaComing Attentive is a powerful, emotionally raw memoir exploring what happens when a late ADHD diagnosis finally explains a lifetime of chaos, emotional dysregulation, and survival mode.
This book will find you — and meet you where you are.
For those with ADHD, those who love someone with it, or those who still think ‘it’s not that bad’ – this book is essential. It’s not just educational. It’s transformational!
Who Is This Book For:
- Adult’s with a late ADHD diagnosis.
- Parents raising neurodivergent children.
- People struggling to understand ADHD beyond sterotypes.
- Readers healing from addiction, trauma or childhood emotional neglect.
- Mental health professionals wanting raw, lived experience.
- Anyone who thinks ADHD is just a ‘trend’
Unique Selling Points:
- A real-life ADHD story told without sugarcoating it.
- Blends humour, heartbreak and hard truths in every chapter.
- Explores Addiction, Relationships, Parenting, Loss, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Emotional Dysregulation and Recovery.
- Offers deep insight into Masking, Pathalogical Demand Avoidance (PDA), Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and how it presents in adults.
- A must-read for breaking the stigma around ADHD and Mental Health
Read if you loved:
Scattered Minds – Gabor Maté
Recovery – Russell Brand
The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig
What My Bones Know – Stephanie Foo
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb
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