Can we talk about the curse of being a "gifted" kid while having undiagnosed ADHD? Has anyone else survived this specially crafted hell?
#adhd #neurodiversesquad
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Beyond the torment ofADHD symptoms, add the additional criticisms of "we KNOW you're smart" "you're WAY too intelligent for this" and "why aren't you working up to your full potential?" Then turn those internal and they are your internal diaglouge forever. So there's your gift.
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When I got to high school we changed school districts and they gave me the option to NOT be a gifted kid. And I took that option. I took that option like a shot. Unfortunately, they still discovered I was “capable of more” if I would “apply” myself.
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Which brings the eternal “why won’t you try” chorus from your parents. And you sit there in shame because you know you’re better than your performance too. But you don’t know why you can’t perform. So you just assume you’re awful and lazy and say goodbye to your self-esteem
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In elementary school the rule was that I had to sit on the couch until my homework was done. I would be on that couch for HOURS because I couldn’t pay attention long enough to just finish. As an adult I pointed out that they should have taken this PLUS THE DIAGNOSIS seriously.
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So TLDR I was tormented by my family about my performance in school but they knew I had ADHD and rejected the diagnosis but of course now that I’ve grown up and got myself treatment of course they can see the difference but I’m still kinda miffed about the whole thing.
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Replying to @blkgirllostkeys
Wow this is me right here. God. When I told my mom about what my doc said last month, that I very likely do have ADHD, she couldn’t believe it because of how “smart” I am.
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She accepted it eventually when I told her it’s the reason so many people go undiagnosed, that kids learn to cope. And I had to remind her of when my teachers thought I was hard-of-hearing b/c I daydreamed so much, or how much difficulty I had with paying attention in math.
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