by Cynthia Hammer, MSW, Author of the book, Living with Inattentive ADHD
I hate when people deny it’s a real issue.
· I hate that people assume I’m lazy when they have no idea how much effort I put into managing my life.
· I hate that I need to take medicine.
· I hate that medicine doesn’t improve all of my symptoms.
· I hate having a nagging belief that needing medicine makes me inferior.
· I hate being terrified each time a teacher assigns a project. I know it means nights of little sleep as I struggle to finish the assignment a few hours before it’s due.
· I hate when people notice that I have lost focus, and they ask me what I’m thinking about.
· I hate having to plan my every waking moment so I won’t get distracted and mess up something important.
· I hate having great ideas that will never come to fruition and the hundreds of projects that I’ve never finished.
· I hate when people tell me to just “try harder.”
· I hate that an ADHD life isn’t simple or easy.
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