leirda
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adults_add
ADD and my life.
So I've recently discovered that I probably have ADD. This has been monumental in my life. Only so much so because I've gone through my life feeling like there's something wrong with me...constantly, things go wrong and I don't know why...and after so much pain, so much reprimanding and ridicule and blame was put on me and the answer is something as simple as ADD? It was almost bitter-sweet finding out. (There's so much more to this but this is all that needs to be said for my main point).
Everyone around me refuses to believe that I have ADD. I have been told by 8 out of the 10 closest people to me that I'm just careless and lazy (which I of course interpreted my whole life as me being a screw up). My cousin (who I'm very close to) refuses to believe, REFUSES! And I don't know why! I got into an arguement with her because she just kept calling me careless! (There's also so much to this).
So my question for everyone is why do people refuse to accept this, and what do you do when they don't accept it?
Just a note, I haven't been officially diagnosed with AD/HD, but even if I am (which I'm sure I will be) I'm sure that my family would just tell me that, "Anyone can get diagnosed, they over diagnosed, you don't have it."
Everyone around me refuses to believe that I have ADD. I have been told by 8 out of the 10 closest people to me that I'm just careless and lazy (which I of course interpreted my whole life as me being a screw up). My cousin (who I'm very close to) refuses to believe, REFUSES! And I don't know why! I got into an arguement with her because she just kept calling me careless! (There's also so much to this).
So my question for everyone is why do people refuse to accept this, and what do you do when they don't accept it?
Just a note, I haven't been officially diagnosed with AD/HD, but even if I am (which I'm sure I will be) I'm sure that my family would just tell me that, "Anyone can get diagnosed, they over diagnosed, you don't have it."