Re: Anger due to the differences between severe and mild sufferers

[Anonymous]

Hang in there trashman. When I was 8 or 9, my 3rd grade teacher sent me home with a note saying that I was learning disabled and my parents should consider putting me in special classes. To this day, one of the worst days of my life was the day I handed that note to my dad. He grew up with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADD (I think, anyway). He was told he was dumb his whole life, and believed it. He was disappointed, as if he son was just as damned as he had been. I’m forever grateful that my little 8 year old brain had the courage to say “f** them, I’m not stupid.”

Almost 15 years later, I had graduated from college with a degree in Physics and was on my way to the U. of Arizona for graduate school. I reminded my dad about that story, and he had no idea what I was talking about. I had made him so proud, he had forgotten what they said about me. I never did. I’m now a very successful lawyer, and if I didn’t have impulse control issues with food, I would have never realized I had ADD.

Don’t take this wrong, I’m not saying you’re just not working hard enough. I’m just saying, f*** them, you’re not stupid.

PS, I’m psyched that there’s now a “blue bunnies” tag!

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