I’m 29, and I’m humming and hawing about whether I should try to get diagnosed, especially since the process is so long, and seemingly pretty stressful. I feel like it would do a lot to explain my difficulties in life, but I’m struggling to accept the idea that it could actually be because I have ADHD, rather than just because I’m incompetent and unmotivated.
Consider: has thinking that you are incompetent and unmotivated helped you do anything other than have bad self esteem? If that belief is both judgemental and unhelpful, then it’s not serving you.
Same here. Got my diagnosis in my thirties and went back to college, graduated college, got a great job, bought a house, and am enjoying life substantially more than all the years I thought I was just a fuckup.
I even place important phone calls on time sometimes!
Straight up one of the biggest sources of my self loathing before I found out I had ADHD.
After that I got my meds, have learned some strategies, and my mental heath has massively improved.
NGL I think my ADHD diagnosis was one of the best things to happen in my life. I just wish it came early than at the age of 29.
I’m 29, and I’m humming and hawing about whether I should try to get diagnosed, especially since the process is so long, and seemingly pretty stressful. I feel like it would do a lot to explain my difficulties in life, but I’m struggling to accept the idea that it could actually be because I have ADHD, rather than just because I’m incompetent and unmotivated.
Consider: has thinking that you are incompetent and unmotivated helped you do anything other than have bad self esteem? If that belief is both judgemental and unhelpful, then it’s not serving you.
Gaaahhhh why is this so relatable
Same here. Got my diagnosis in my thirties and went back to college, graduated college, got a great job, bought a house, and am enjoying life substantially more than all the years I thought I was just a fuckup.
I even place important phone calls on time sometimes!