ADHD

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A casual community for people with ADHD

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Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.

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Relevant Lemmy communities:

Neurodivergent Life Hacks

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Off My Chest: I just had a very long talk with my father (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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That ended with me finally explaining to him how the way he and my mother treated me as a child, with undiagnosed (and really not even conceptually understood at the time) ADHD caused me lasting trauma that persists to this day. I’m a 45 year old man, and I cried.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Been there, had that talk. Thankfully, my parents are mature, capable of introspection and have worked on becoming better people throughout their lives. So it went quite well, although I will say it doesn't make much of a difference with regard to the past. That's for me to sort out now.