02 Sentence Starters

Scene 1 – Hook

Have you ever… → Most people… → Now imagine… → For years… → Then, at the age of 24… → And suddenly… → But ADHD… → And to explain that…

Scene 2 – Childhood

Sometimes I ask myself… → How long… → Probably… → My mother once told me… → Too many people… → Too much noise… → But when we were at home… → Back then… → It was just… → As a child… → I often… → Teachers said… → So I… → But it never…

Scene 3 – School & Mental Health

I always had the feeling… → My mother once told me… → She felt that… → She changed… → But then she heard… → Concentrating… → Starting tasks… → And once I started… → Sometimes I forgot… → On the other hand… → In secondary school… → It was exclusion… → And slowly… → Shortly before my Abitur… → I went to therapy… → But something… → We talked… → But I still… → My only thought… → Deep down…

Scene 4 – Documentary

Then my mother watched… → She told me… → At first… → I wasn't… → My hyperactivity… → It happened… → But when I watched… → For the first time… → Maybe I'm… → Maybe my brain… → Suddenly… → My concentration… → My emotional… → My tendency… → For the first time…

Scene 5 – ADHD Diagnosis

I made… → I was scared… → But I was also… → When the doctor… → Relief and… → Relief because… → Confusion because… → I started asking… → How much… → And… → Who would… → I never… → But I finally… → My brain…

Scene 6 – Medication

Shortly after my diagnosis… → It isn't… → It doesn't… → But it makes… → Before medication… → Now… → But it's… → And something surprising… → My depression… → Not because… → Medication didn't… → I still have to… → I still struggle… → But now… → My everyday life… → Time management… → I make plans… → I make lists… → And sometimes… → I still work… → And that changes… → I often describe… → The chaos…

Scene 7 – Autism

For a while… → And to be honest… → But not all… → Even after… → Thankfully… → She listened… → Over time… → Later… → Looking back… → Years ago… → ADHD and autism… → My ADHD likes… → My autism prefers… → One part… → The other… → For example… → The rest of the day… → Honestly… → Sometimes I feel… → But understanding… → For the first time…

Scene 8 – Relationships & Work

Today, I have… → He reminds… → He notices… → Sometimes he recognises… → He makes… → I still sometimes worry… → But he never… → My family situation… → My mother knows… → But she sometimes believes… → It doesn't… → On the other hand… → My father doesn't… → And he probably… → He wouldn't… → And that can… → But I am learning… → Today, I'm already working… → And this is where… → In the classroom… → The noise… → The movement… → I can react… → I can improvise… → And I stay…

Scene 9 – Meaning & Conclusion

Interestingly… → My ADHD helps… → My autism helps… → Children are… → And instead of… → I also think… → Because in many ways… → ADHD and autism make… → But they also give me… → Creativity… → Flexibility… → Empathy… → Quick thinking… → Attention to detail… → As a future teacher… → For a long time… → Today… → And I think… → If I could speak… → You aren't… → You're not… → You're not… → You are… → And different… → I don't have… → But one day… → I wish universities… → Not as… → But as… → Many students… → Sometimes they need… → Sometimes they need… → Supporting neurodivergent students… → It helps… → Getting my diagnoses… → But they gave me… → For my struggles… → For my strengths… → And for myself… → I no longer ask… → Now I ask… → And for the first time… → Thank you…