Paris: The Memoir

Paris Hilton begins her memoir with a discussion of her ADHD diagnosis, saying, “If I’m going to love my life, I have to love my ADHD” (1). She and her husband, Carter, care about their wellness, and she explains how Carter spent a lot of time, early in their relationship, researching ADHD, which she considers to be an extraordinarily loving act. Hilton explains how ADHD brains “are a throwback to a time when you had to be a badass to survive, find food, and procreate,” and she understands that there are many benefits to having an ADHD, including increased creativity (6). When she was younger, she was criticized for the symptoms of her ADHD because it was not well understood. Her brain needs sensory input, and it needs fun. Now, she has come to the conclusion that fitting in is not important to her, and she wants to ensure that her own children feel the same way. She wants other young women to “stop hating themselves for mistakes of their own” (9).