I Feel People Judge Me When They Don ’ t Know Why I Am The Way I Am. Explain Adult ADHD.

  Part of #ExplainAdultADHD.  A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD. I feel people judge me when they don’t know why I am the way I am. By Renee “I have believed all my life I had some sort of learning disability. Finally after I turned 60 I began hearing more and more about ADD in adults. I started to educate myself about it. I have been seeing a therapist for many years because of major depressive disorder. I brought it up to him in one of my sessions, explained my “symptoms” and asked him what he thought about me possibly having adult ADD. He had never talked to me about it…..only the depression issues. He agreed that what I was explaining in his opinion was ADD. I also have a tic disorder which started when I was about 4 to 5 years old. It went away for many years, but has come back with a vengeance in many forms over the last couple of years. I am VERY relieved to know that all these years my low self esteem and feeling “dumb” has a reason! I am a successful Realtor. I passed my exam the first try. I have always been so proud of myself for that accomplishment because elementary through high school my grades were not great. I struggled!! Real estate sales is challenging to say the least. It is very stressful at times. It takes a lot of effort for me to stay organized and not let anything slip by. I couldn’t live my life without sticky notes and a schedule written in a...
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