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It’s not easy to take comments like that after a while so I have become a lot more careful about who I talk to about it. I don’t think others can really understand what ADD has done to us, especially when “lazy, stupid or crazy” seems to explain everything to them.
I have on occasion ranted about how I have intelligence and abilities that they could only dream of (if they were smart enough even to do that) but almost ended up homeless on the street. About how I have to work twice as hard to get anything done. About the frustration that comes with failing again and again. To be honest, this seems not to be a good tactic as all it does is shut them up.
It was suggested that I merely say that I have had a professional diagnosis that explains an awful lot about the difficulties I have and provides a path to dealing with it. I’ll let you know when I try this one.
Sometimes I just want to slap the person upside the head but that’s probably not good either….
I’d love read some successful responses too.
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