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Everything you are going through I went through. I got stuck in anger for a while. The good thing was it spurred me to make the documentary ADD & Loving It?!
Tears too. More for my kids.
People don’t like anger. If you wrap it up in humour, they’ll listen to your message.
I love when you say it wasn’t just in your head. In a way it was. But now it’s not just in your head, it’s out in the open. You have a fighting chance to master it.
A decade after getting diagnosed, I am in a way better place. What continues to happen is that I notice yet another way this has impacted me, or is undermining me. Then I can separate who I am from these traits I have. And the ruts I tend to fall into. Or the beliefs I assume are true.
Right now you know. Be careful. Protect yourself from those who would dismiss ADHD, deny it’s real, or argue, “What are you talking about? You’ve always been this way. Your grandmother was the same…” Share the news with very few people at first. Some will be supportive. Some will be hostile. And some will surprise you and say, “Yeah, well, no kidding. I always figured it was something.”
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