Insert horrified looks when I tell me friends some "funny stories" from my childhood. :D
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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I feel this comment.
One problem I had though was that some of my teachers were like, "I think he should be tested for ADHD and/or autism," and my parents going on a tirade about it not being real or some shit.
Of course I only found that out after I got diagnosed with ADHD (still haven't got the courage to ask my doc about autism though) and told my parents therefore triggering they're tirade aimed at me where they mentioned my teachers talking about it pretty consistently in school.
Would have loved getting that diagnosis when I was younger than 29.
My mother was actually very open about mental illness, took it very seriously. I was diagnosed bipolar from a young age because she was looking out for me.
Unfortunately, the idea of 'ADHD' in the minds of non-specialist observers was tied in with the idea of hyperactivity at the time, and I was anything but a hyperactive kid.
I'm inattentive type ADHD so maybe that was a contributing factor to why my parents felt they way they did about it
They generally take mental health seriously but for somethings they're pretty damn backwards on