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First off, I would be careful whom you tell, since you don’t need the hassle.
Second, you don’t have to defend yourself. You can’t convince them of something they don’t want to believe, and you know you have it. Their opinion is just that–their opinion. (Don’t ask how many years it took me to learn that one.)
Yes, everyone probably does the dumb stuff we do as some point or another. The difference is we do it pretty much every day. To the point it negatively impacts our lives and makes everyday stuff really hard.
And I had an awful time getting my family to believe me at first, because I’m not hyperactive and up until about 10 years ago, I could keep it together. It was wearing me out, but I was holding it together. (My sister did believe me though, as her daughter had already been diagnosed and apparently the daughter acted exactly like I did as a child.) No one was mean about it; they just didn’t see it.
Anyway, good luck and hang in there!
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