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The ADHD urge to lie about why you didn't do something because "my brain refused to start on it" doesn't make sense to a lot of neurotypicals. (social.beaware.live)

submitted 10 months ago by BeAware@social.beaware.live to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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The ADHD urge to lie about why you didn't do something because "my brain refused to start on it" doesn't make sense to a lot of neurotypicals.

@adhd

This behavior has gotten me into a lot of shit over the years😬🤦‍♂️

#ADHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #ADHDmemes

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[-] zip 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thank you for doing that. Thank you for making an effort to understand him. Like a parent should! Thank you so much! I genuinely mean it. 💖

[-] Muun@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're welcome, but I'm no angel! His ADHD frustrates the absolute hell out of me. Trying to play with him results in a shift in activity every 5 minutes. It's painful when I get invested in drawing Godzilla pictures only to have to go play pretend Minecraft 5 minutes in.

Reading these is a survival mechanism for me!

On a side note: I've realized I share sooooooo many symptoms with him. Currently in progress getting tested for adult ADHD.

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I should get tested as well, even as an adult.

As a kid it was really bad, and affected my entire schooling negatively (I was the kid who would ace every test and quiz but still end up with a C because I turned in zero homework assignments...gifted classes but struggling to make the honor roll)...but my parents were worried about both the stigma of a diagnosis as well as the fear that I'd get prescribed something that would turn me into a zombie. Probably both unfounded fears but that's why they never got me tested and growing up, only having them for perspective, that's what I thought as well.

Basically they tried to make me afraid of getting a diagnosis in order to get me to "straighten up" and do my homework.

Looking back, I really wish they'd have looked into it and at least got me evaluated. If there was something I could take that would've improved my focus, it probably would have been a huge help in my academics.