I live with social anxiety and ADHD. Some days, the idea of leaving my house makes my chest tight. Other days, my brain is so scattered I can't finish a single thought. Most days, I'm exhausted from pretending I'm like everyone else.
A few years ago, I was having one of those weeks where everything felt impossible. My anxiety was screaming that I was failing. My ADHD was making it impossible to focus. I was drowning in my own head.
So I wrote myself a note: "Don't let the hard days win."
I stuck it on my mirror. I needed to see it. To remember it. Because on hard days, I forget.
Then I thought: What if I could wear this reminder?
That note became a shirt. That shirt became my armor.
On the days my anxiety tells me I can't do this, I look down and see the reminder. On the days my ADHD makes me feel like I'm failing at everything, the shirt says otherwise.
And I wasn't alone.
When I wore it out (which took courage, because social anxiety), people stopped me. "I needed to see that today." "Where did you get that?" "That's exactly how I feel."
That's when Signature Vibes was born.