Let Me Tell You—-It’s Not Easy Being a Woman with ADHD!
Attitude magazine asked and here are some responses.
The world is seriously misinformed about how women and girls experience ADHD.
Our hyperactivity is in our minds and we hide it. We get EXHAUSTED from masking. You see us sitting still, but we’re not. Our minds are NEVER still.”
ADHD can look like being a good student who is a ‘pleasure to have in class’, but no one recognizes the anxiety and perfectionism until you burn out as an adult.
Learning we have ADHD is both liberating and painful.We now know our issues were due not to a lack of effort but of suitable support.We are now unlearning a lifetime of shame and deprecating messages we’ve internalized.
I'm trying ALL THE TIME! All…the…time...I'm trying.
“If you take the time to understand our brains, we can give so much to the world. We just need to be given a chance.