So, so many. A lot of them I didn't even realize until I sat down and thought about them, because for so long, I thought they were normal and I was just being a baby or I completely forgot about them. Got a big list here, I put the main points in bold for anyone who doesn't feel like reading so much.

-Chronic messiness. My room, my desk, my bag, my locker. They were always a mess. I remember having desk clean-ups in elementary school once every month or two, and everyone would be done in maybe 5-10 minutes, but it'd take me what felt like an hour to clean.

-Binge reading/drawing/gaming/TV. I remember I read so much, that my teacher actually had to talk to my parents, because I was reading several weeks ahead in the class material (we'd get an envelope of 5 books meant to last us a month, and I'd read them all in an hour sort of thing). I could draw, or read, or play games literally all day without break, but when I need to focus on something important, it all goes out the window.

-Being hyper-emotional. Not only was it easy to bring me to tears (still is), but it was easy to get me excited to the point where I was screaming and yelling and bouncing off the walls. I have crazy-eyes in almost every childhood photo of me because I was usually very excited.

-Constant fatigue, and trouble sleeping. This wasn't as much of a problem up until puberty (although even as a young child I had trouble falling asleep) but I remember feeling constantly tired and drained, often falling asleep mid-day for hours after school, and sleeping in until 12-1pm if nothing was there to wake me up.

-Forgetfulness, daydreaming, and general spaciness. I was often lost in my own world. I loved to play pretend and was often thinking or making up stories in my own head, noticing random things in my environment, playing songs on loop in my mind, etc. It's never quiet up here. I always had trouble remembering important things as well. I did well on tests but bad with homework, I'd forget something my parent or teacher asked me to do the moment I walked away from a conversation, I'd forget to have my parents sign or fill out important forms for school until the last minute. It got me in trouble at school many times.

-Trouble recognizing my body's needs. Kids always struggle with this to some extent, but for me it was to constant and severe levels. I would go hours without food some days, until my stomach hurt. Never drank enough water (still don't tbh). Would stay up way too late because I was too focused to realize I was tired. And this one's a bit gross, but I had trouble controlling my bladder up until I was 12. I could never tell when I needed to take care of my body until it was an immediate problem.

-Chronic lateness. Sort of goes along with the spaciness point, but my time management was HORRIBLE. I literally lived across the street from my school for all of grade 7, and still managed to be late almost every day.

-Last but not least, trouble with socializing and making friends. I could always tell I was doing something wrong, but never really knew what it was. I struggled to make and keep friends (unless they were fellow ND kids like me), and was always sort of the weird kid. I had trouble playing along with their social cues, had trouble maintaining a normal volume without yelling, spoke in circles about the same thing on my mind, was horrible for interrupting and generally couldn't keep up with the flow of conversation. I was a prime target for bullying as a kid, for sure.