As someone who has recently started treatment for ADHD after literal decades of the stuff on that list (like, everything but substance dependency), do yourselves all the favors and look into it. Also, lighten up on yourselves, because this has nothing to do with inadequacy or failure.
Not even a little bit.
…these are all seriously signs of ADHD?
You’re kidding
If you are an adult who identifies with the concept of Gifted Kid Syndrome and:
- You have an unusually intense reaction to the concept of rejection, whether personal, professional, or academic
- You have consistent trouble meeting deadlines
- You have big dreams and ambitions that are completely achievable, but you consistently can’t take steps toward achieving them and you don’t know why
- You procrastinate, like a lot
- You like video games, like a lot
- You switch seemingly at random between binge watching your favorite shows for absurd lengths of time or not being able to sit down and focus on them unless you’re doing something else at the same time
- You cannot for the life of you keep your living area clean and organized
- You struggle with substance dependencies, whether with alcohol, tobacco, weed, harder drugs, or even just caffeine
- You struggle with texting/calling/emailing back, even for people you care about deeply and/or even for important deadlines
Please, please, please consider seeking out an ADHD evaluation.
I’m not a psychiatrist or any kind of a medical professional, but personally I can’t help but notice how many elements of what I was perceiving as personal failures before my diagnosis stem directly from my executive dysfunction. Meds and an adequate support system can make a world of difference!
Just some advice from your friendly neighborhood nonbinary-mom-friend blogger!
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