Can you elaborate on the validation part please? I’m about twice your age, and my assessment comes from comics and memes like this. And it’s scary how close some of these hit.
I found out I was neurodivergent cause I became friends with a lot of people who are, and when I would talk about my experiences they would basically tell me its related to this or that disability. So I realized I was neurodivergent from my friends basically telling me I was. I came to accept it but never felt comfortable identifying as neurodivergent. Always felt I needed to specify “probably have ADHD” or “I probably have autism.” Always felt like I needed to add plausible deniability to avoid being accused of self-diagnosing. Basically I wasn’t confident enough. When I got my diagnosis I didn’t feel like I needed to do that anymore. I could say with confidence “I have ADHD.” It made my experiences in school feel real, and took away a lot of the guilt I felt for failing. I realized I was not the problem, I just wasn’t getting the treatment I needed to succeed.
Can you elaborate on the validation part please? I’m about twice your age, and my assessment comes from comics and memes like this. And it’s scary how close some of these hit.
I found out I was neurodivergent cause I became friends with a lot of people who are, and when I would talk about my experiences they would basically tell me its related to this or that disability. So I realized I was neurodivergent from my friends basically telling me I was. I came to accept it but never felt comfortable identifying as neurodivergent. Always felt I needed to specify “probably have ADHD” or “I probably have autism.” Always felt like I needed to add plausible deniability to avoid being accused of self-diagnosing. Basically I wasn’t confident enough. When I got my diagnosis I didn’t feel like I needed to do that anymore. I could say with confidence “I have ADHD.” It made my experiences in school feel real, and took away a lot of the guilt I felt for failing. I realized I was not the problem, I just wasn’t getting the treatment I needed to succeed.