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As an extra, my grandma once called me "devilspawn"
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Insert horrified looks when I tell me friends some "funny stories" from my childhood. :D
My mother was actually very open about mental illness, took it very seriously. I was diagnosed bipolar from a young age because she was looking out for me.
Unfortunately, the idea of 'ADHD' in the minds of non-specialist observers was tied in with the idea of hyperactivity at the time, and I was anything but a hyperactive kid.
I'm inattentive type ADHD so maybe that was a contributing factor to why my parents felt they way they did about it
They generally take mental health seriously but for somethings they're pretty damn backwards on