PatternChaser#ADHDers, this might be worth knowing...?
Kierk or gaanks@PatternChaser if you are physically awkward and clumsy (as ADHD often makes you), being coerced into physical group activity at school can injure your sense of self. Activity on your own terms on the other hand…
BenjaminHimes@PatternChaser adults too. I have letter of medical necessity for a personal trainer b/c it is that important
Drew Towler 🇵🇭@PatternChaser That's all very well unless, being #AuDHD, you're so awkward and uncoordinated that you get teased, bullied and always picked last.
@drewtowler IME, that stems from being autistic, but yes, it matters. It was a prominent feature of my childhood, and my life. 😐
You too, by the sound of it. 🤷
@PatternChaser Yep. And the echoes of it still fly around my brain at random intervals in the night, 40-something years later.
@drewtowler Yes, I remember one stereotypical example. They'd picked sides for football, and I was not picked. I was standing on the edge of the playground, watching. A well-meaning teacher came up to me and asked "why don't you go and join in?", as if they would let me...
Hard to bear. 😐 🤷
@drewtowler And yes, I remember it again, regularly, even now, 60+ years later. Trauma is like that... 😢