As someone with "recently" diagnosed ADHD about 2 years ago at age 24 in time of chaos, anxiety and sometimes wondering wtf is wrong with me, doubting the existing of a disorder, am I just lazy and bad etc. This video hit home so hard I almost choked up.
and of course I almost burnt my food to ashes while watching it too.
The thing I am saddest about re: not being diagnosed until 26 is that I feel like it has irreparably affected my self esteem. I don't believe in myself. I think that I am lazy, forgetful, irresponsible and incapable of doing anything above a minimum wage easy job (even though I have 3 degrees). My self esteem is terrible because of the struggle of dealing with ADHD that I didn't know I had my entire life
I was diagnosed rather young, but I still kind of doubt myself. I'm lazy, don't really have much ambition. Does pinning it on a mental disorder whose existence is disputed even matter? Who's to say I have if it does exist? And even if I DO have it, who cares? I'm still just as lazy. The video kind of stamps out a lot of the fears I had, but it's still annoying.
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