Honest Treatment For The Human Condition
What is CAP?
Class A People is about understanding why we are the way we are, and what becomes our responsibility once we know.
Some answers are clinical. Most of being human isn’t. CAP exists somewhere between the two. We create clearer routes into ADHD diagnosis and treatment when clinical care is what someone needs, alongside long-form audio essays for the much longer work of making sense of ourselves: our patterns, our shame, our relationships, our addictions, and the things we keep repeating long after we know better.
We are not interested in turning people into patients, or turning self-awareness into another full-time job. An explanation can change the way you see yourself, but it cannot live your life for you. The point of understanding is eventually to give you more choice in what you do next.
“It exists because I refused to choose between being honest and being human.”
TWO WAYS IN
Different things need different kinds of help.
The Root | The Audio Library
A growing collection of original spoken work about the parts of ourselves that are sometimes easier to live than to understand. Different libraries, built around different human experiences, with more added over time.
The Route | The Pathway
A different route into adult ADHD diagnosis and treatment, built around the adult rather than the system. No making people prove themselves before they are heard, or turning access to care into another test of executive function. Just a clearer, more human way through.
Why I Created CAP
Because people are more complicated than the systems built to help them.
I built Class A People after seeing how often people are reduced to one part of themselves at a time. A diagnosis. An addiction. A symptom. A behaviour. As though any of those things exist separately from the life that shaped them.
My own experience made that impossible to ignore. The help I found was often designed around a category rather than a person, with very little room for everything that came before it, everything happening alongside it, or the fact that two people can be struggling with the same thing for entirely different reasons.
Messages from class a people
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Hey Hannah! Ben from Ireland here. I feel obliged to let you know that your work online is one of a plethora of reasons I’ve decided to take the plunge and go into treatment for a month, starting tomorrow at 2pm. Imagine having no phone for a whole month! You gave me a voice when I was too sick to speak/articulate how I felt and what I needed, and for that you should be so proud. It went above and beyond “awareness” in my case. You are the sole reason I attended my first N.A meeting. The Irish don’t believe in unjust praise, but praise and acknowledgment has never been more deserved. Keep doing gods work, I hope this isn’t perceived as patronising or condescending in any way! Lotsa luv,
— Ben
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Hey Hannah - I’m sure you get a tonne of messages like this but I wanted to personally thank you for what you are doing on your platform. I have never resonated so deeply with someone else’s experience and it gives me comfort to know that I am not alone. I am still battling with the weekend binges but trying day by day to make a change. I have my first CA meeting next week so I hope this will be the turning point. I don’t have any people in my life on this same pathway so it gives me comfort to watch you content and hear from someone who truly understands! Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re a true inspiration and have such a refreshing take on life. Thank you for everything
— Abbie
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Hey hannah! writing to say thank you for sharing your story and starting the Class A People podcast. i found you on tiktok about six weeks ago. i went through every post and had to take a pause, because as i listened to you, i felt like i was listening to my own internal monologue. i’ve never felt so strongly aligned with a person... and on the other side of the world too! i feel like the australian version of you. the party girl with no end; the unwavering ability to hold my own on the sesh; the conversationalist; the person everyone goes to for gear. after listening to you, i realised my lifestyle was unsustainable. i needed to hear your story when i did. I’m five and a half weeks sober after what feels like a 10-year long bender. now i’m following in your footsteps. thank you SO MUCH. i don’t know if i ever would have stopped had i not fallen across you, your page and your podcast. i listen to your episodes every week and have learnt so much.
— Christie
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Your podcasts have single-handedly stopped me from using. i didn’t think i had a problem but i did. 30 days sober and going strong. thank you so much for everything you believe in xx
— Jake
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Hi Hannah You made me get the courage to admit to my Muslim dad I have a problem with drugs. You are a life saver. I just want to say thank you soooo much. I’m 1 month and 5 days sober and I’m spending my birthday with my parents just chilling which is something I would never do before! thank you again for being so honest, without you and your honesty I would be lost
— Khira
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Your journey and the incredible work you’re doing and the feelings of achievement of your podcast remind me of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a psychological framework for human motivation. At its pinnacle is self-actualization, where individuals realise their fullest potential and give back to others in deeply meaningful ways. Few people ever reach this stage, as it requires not only personal growth but also a drive to contribute selflessly to the world. What you’ve built, a community of support, learning, and hope is a testament to your strength and vision. It’s a rare and inspiring example of altruism in action. You’re not only changing lives but also showing what’s possible when someone rises above adversity and chooses to create something beautiful from it. Keep going, you’re making an extraordinary difference.
— Chris
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Just a message to say I really love your content. I almost felt odd, misplaced, misunderstood, eternally angry inside at myself. Nerdy; an expert on things I felt I didn’t want to be interested in but somehow on a train I could get off. Failed marriages & relationships, yet full of love. Adrenaline junkie racing 200mph powerboats working sponsors on camera yet reclusive, introverted. I deleted all my socials at 160k and just needed to try & figure out my brain, need for validation and see what why things weren’t clicking in to place. Then I found your content. It spoke deeply to me. I learnt about ADHD & got a medical diagnosis that showed I was riddled with it haha. I am yet to learn to feel it’s a “superpower” more like an exhausting asshole that is so draining & tiresome YET I know it’s helped me perform in many areas. (Be it, I would prefer to be better at ones that actually matter) I’m learning and getting structured. Thank you, for putting the effort in to create your niche! X
— Monty
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Hey Hannah. Before I found your Instagram and your podcast I was really struggling with day to day life, who I was and subsequently a lot of depression. I was diagnosed through your introduction to Dr Bhella earlier this year at the ripe old age of 40 and I’ve got to tell you... life has never been so good. I finally understand where I fit, it’s ok to just be my weird little self and there’s a lot of things from my past that finally make sense! I may have not understood myself for the first 40 years of my life but thanks to you, I will certainly do my best at living the next 40! I’m just over 8 months sober and I’m very proud to say I’ve just completed my first stadium tour as a sober roadie and also just been on my first sober date this week! I think you’re very brave for sharing your own personal growth journey and just wanted to let you know that what you do really does have a positive impact on people’s lives
— Pete
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Want to put on concrete shoes and walk into the ocean. I’ve also thankfully got your two audio books that I’ve been making my way through on dog walks late at night. Really appreciate you making those! Thank you so much for doing what you do!
— Bryce