I can certainly understand how she feels. I had no idea that some of the things I have experienced in life had anything to do with adhd.

Yup.. that's why I keep it to myself! I only sparingly and strategically share my epilepsy when needed..

auDHD here... this video is so painfully accurate. I didn't have a bad childhood at all, but my parents were/are VERY emotionally distant, neither of them have ever shown much emotion at all. I was told I was too sensitive/over dramatic all the time growing up. I'm 33 now and the last time I tried to talk to my parents about my struggles and how they could help me, it went in one ear and out the other. Literally the VERY next day my mom "forgot" that I had explained to her why it's hard for me to go along with spontaneous plans, and got annoyed with me for saying no. My 2 brothers are no better. I tried to educate one about my diagnosis and needs, but he was unreceptive. I don't really have any friends anymore so it's not like I can go to them for understanding and comfort. As sad as it sounds I have no one who truly cares about me... I know my family loves me but they don't care.

Your channel is that community that you described and I’m so grateful to see people who I relate to and to hear someone dealing with it like me. Your videos are phenomenal to me

It does really hurt to see. I'm autistic and my family and I have KNOWN of my autism for a very very long time. My niece has downs syndrome and with downs comes autism. When I try to talk about my own autism with my family I hear stuff like "where did this come from? are you more autistic now?" But just because my niece has downs syndrome and because you can "see her disability" (I hated saying that) when they talk about her autism it's like it's more "valid" in their eyes. They ask and talk about stuff I'm trying to talk aloud about. What I feel hard. But when it comes to me I'm being dismissed because in their minds "I'm not as bad as her."

Thanks for sharing 😢

You have no idea. I swear you just saved a life. Thank you thank you. I’m struggling.

We need more drs like you that have understanding and actually give a crap

I didn’t think my kid had adhd, but he did, so we went to have him professionally evaluated and guess what, he has adhd

I have adhd and chronic pain and this is 100% true

I want to add that is can be very detrimental to your work life if you mention you have ADHD and are struggling with time management etc. Please know your legal rights for accommodations in the workplace and consider having a mediator or attorney if needed, to help you navigate through accommodations. Otherwise the employer could just let you go and you will have no recourse…

I tried expressing myself...and was shut down from all close to me... Like shutdown shut up.. I did shut up. It was my only choice

Yeah as a fairly attractive woman most people tend to not believe it and tell me I can‘t be on the spectrum and that I‘m an idiot for imagining these things… I scored almost the highest score on the most recent and most approved autism test 🤓

ALL OF THIS

Make a dyslexic read you a book out loud. I guarantee you gonna "see it"

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All fake