It's ADHD awareness month...
Shout out to everyone who grew up feeling something was fundamentally wrong with them, told they were lazy, messy, clumsy and slow and just needed to come down from the clouds, focus, listen.
To those who grew exhausted and depressed just trying to function and be enough with no explanation why even what you love could be so hard; why no matter what you do, your room is still a mess, and even as you try try try you somehow wind up late or just barely on time and stressed.
To those who deal with everyone around asking why you're not successful yet, you were so good, so talented after all? Are you really trying enough?
To those finally diagnosed in their late 20s/early 30s... When it was too late to benefit from the aid you should've had in school and uni, back when it burnt you up, if you didn't give up instead. Who mourns it. Who feels relief. Who doesn't know what to do next.
You're enough. You're right to be angry frustrated and sad and upset; but you're enough.
We deserved better.
