Mastodawn

I have a friend who has made comments that I have #ADHD for years. Just every once in a while. I never thought much of of it until last weekend when I decided to look into it.

Holy Crap! That makes so many things make sense. From struggling in elementary school, why I frustrated my parents so much, why what they tried was like torture for me, serial hobbies, and so much more. Here I am getting close to 60 and I am just figuring this out.

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Pomegranate Pirate 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️2d ago

@Lightfighter it's mind blowing isn't it?

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Lightfighter 2d ago

@Pomegranatepirate It hit me like a ton of bricks. I've been creating habits to deal with this my whole life and just thought I was deficient, lazy, unmotivated. This gave me poor self-esteem, terribly self-critical internal monolog...

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Pomegranate Pirate 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️1d ago

@Lightfighter I totally feel you. I'm about a year and a half past my diagnosis, and 51. It really does tank your self esteem for many reasons ... Not being able to do the same things other people seem to be doing (all the supposed toos) or doing them and suffering your way through it. I'm old enough now and a bit more eyes open to the grim reality we are in that a lot of what caused me grief is irrelevant at this point. Fuck it.
Had I known though... Things might have been approached Differently, and less feeling like a fuck up.
I'm pretty sure you have some fucking awesome skills and Abilities too. Its Not all bad! It probably makes you an innovative and interesting person.
Welcome to the club!

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Lightfighter

@Pomegranatepirate Thank you. I have accumulated a tremendous breadth of knowledge from hobbies and interests. I've found a career in IT where I can take advantage of my quirky brain with its amazing pattern recognition. I'm looking forward to figuring out how I can make the most of this. But right now, it is mostly a relief, an answer to many questions.