{"id":76053,"date":"2024-04-29T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=76053"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:55:28","slug":"adhd-in-adults-dont-make-such-a-fuss","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/adhd-in-adults-dont-make-such-a-fuss\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD in adults: \u2018Don\u2019t make such a fuss\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--none\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/power-and-control\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Power and control<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            ADHD in adults: \u2018Don\u2019t make such a fuss\u2019        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Forgotten appointments, constant self-doubt \u2013 and the sentence our author heard for years.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/laura-schepers\/\">Laura Schepers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/laura-schepers\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/laura-schepers-thumb-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/laura-schepers-thumb-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/laura-schepers-thumb-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/laura-schepers-thumb-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/laura-schepers-thumb.jpg 100w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1920x2400.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1920x2400.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1400x1750.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-1050x1312.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-670x837.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-420x525.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-350x437.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-150x187.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philipp-Jackwerth_Kochtopf_ADHS-scaled.jpg 2048w\"\r\n                width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"2400\"\r\n                alt=\"\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 47.08% 59.67%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                    <span class=\"cover--lead-in__image-title\">\r\n                Philipp Jackwerth            <\/span>\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\"><sub>Photo: Philip Jackwerth<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-default has-spacing--xs wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I\u2019m standing in the kitchen. Something smells odd, and suddenly there\u2019s smoke.<\/strong> The oil has burnt. I fling all the windows open to let the fumes out. That was a close call. Later it happens again: a foul smell, and I realise the rice ran out of water to cook in long ago. The bottom of the pan is pitch black. At that very moment the people for whom I have spent two solid hours in the kitchen walk into the flat. The curry is ready \u2013 just without rice, which is not how I had planned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">These are the moments when it overwhelms me: a rage like no other. A whole load of emotions crashes down on me, and I am unable to regulate them. For 23 years of my life I didn\u2019t know that things like time blindness are symptoms of a disability. I always thought I simply didn\u2019t have myself under control and just needed to pull myself together. After all, other people manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n \r\n    \r\n    <div id=\"quote-block_e3096bd1e26f56a0be60558cfbcb51eb\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\r\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                <p><strong>Comments like \u2018Don\u2019t make such a fuss\u2019<\/strong>, \u2018Have you forgotten that again?\u2019 or \u2018Stop daydreaming!\u2019 are nothing unusual.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n            <figcaption class=\"without-author-image\">\r\n\r\n                            <span><\/span>\r\n            <\/figcaption>\r\n            \r\n        <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s called ADHD, and it has been getting more and more attention since it became known that it affects women too \u2013 and that people don\u2019t simply \u2018grow out of it\u2019 as adults. Comments like \u2018Don\u2019t make such a fuss\u2019, \u2018Have you forgotten that again?\u2019 or \u2018Stop daydreaming!\u2019 are nothing unusual. Situations like the one I described above happen to me all the time. I forget a lot, find it very hard to regulate myself, feel restless inside and struggle to filter out external stimuli. That has often made my life feel out of control. I only just about manage everyday tasks that others find easy. To this day, that eats away at my self-esteem.<br><br>So there I stand in the kitchen, dejected and seething. I remember something a therapist once said to me: \u2018Suddenly everyone has ADHD \u2013 it\u2019s become a fashionable diagnosis.\u2019 I throw the rice away and put the pan in the sink to soak. I don\u2019t feel fashionable at all, and if I really had the choice, we would have eaten long ago. Curry <strong>with<\/strong> rice, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--s no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-1050x700.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/COVER_Schepers_Laura_can-t-work_1-3_3000px-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p>Ll<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Related to this story<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/silence\/shopping-with-autism-too-bright-too-loud-too-much\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Silence<\/span>\r\n                            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Warm light falls on her face.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/self-empowerment-out-of-the-feeling-of-powerlessness\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Power and control<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018For me, power means having a say over my own life\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Six young people on how 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             <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"Portrait of Martina, the \u2018night angel\u2019, at a table in her flat. In the background is a large red cupboard and a pinboard with her personal photos.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/water\/ms-norroena-by-ferry-across-the-north-atlantic\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Water<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                MS Norr\u00f6na: by ferry across the North Atlantic to Iceland                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>From Denmark via the Faroe Islands to the far north: a passage through the rugged beauty of the sea.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-768x658.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-1024x877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-1536x1316.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-1400x1199.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-1050x900.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-670x574.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-420x360.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-350x300.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seafaring-Reveries_Lisa-Maria-Gruber.jpg 1920w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"658\" \r\n                                    alt=\"A crew member stands in the interior of the MS Norr\u00f6na, where several empty tables and chairs stand in front of large windows. The soft light of early evening creates a dreamy atmosphere.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/youll-never-be-a-man-or-will-you\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018You&#8217;ll never be a man\u2019 \u2013 or will you?                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Growing up in Afghanistan, Sajad never fitted the usual image of masculinity. Today he is looking for his own definition of it \u2013 and for the courage to reinvent himself.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-768x811.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-970x1024.jpg 970w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-1454x1536.jpg 1454w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-1920x2028.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-1400x1479.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-1050x1109.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-670x708.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-420x444.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-350x370.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-300x317.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171-150x158.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4171.jpg 1939w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"811\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ideals\/community-supported-agriculture-wildwuchs-works\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Ideals<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Wildwuchs works                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Community-supported agriculture aims to make environmentally friendly farming possible. Our author wanted to know whether it works and visited a farm.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoLaWi_Friedhard_Neumann-16-1.jpg 1500w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/award-winners\/jasper-hill-in-the-land-of-the-white-mountains\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Award winners<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                In the land of the white mountains                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Jasper Hill makes visible what a century of potash mining has left behind. 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