Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, says author and retired physician Gabor Maté
I’m 40 and never thought I had ADHD. When I was a kid my teachers wanted my shitbag mother to get me tested but she never would because “I’d be drugged up and not the real me” bitch, the undrugged me is a fucking disaster. I didn’t realize I had ADHD until about a year ago, and only because I identified so much with ADHD memes and started looking into it. The real reason she wouldn’t get me tested was because she didn’t want a “weird kid” and I’ve suffered my whole life because of it, not knowing or understanding that there was a reason behind my problems. I thought I was just a shitty, broken person.
I’m 40 and never thought I had ADHD. When I was a kid my teachers wanted my shitbag mother to get me tested but she never would because “I’d be drugged up and not the real me” bitch, the undrugged me is a fucking disaster. I didn’t realize I had ADHD until about a year ago, and only because I identified so much with ADHD memes and started looking into it. The real reason she wouldn’t get me tested was because she didn’t want a “weird kid” and I’ve suffered my whole life because of it, not knowing or understanding that there was a reason behind my problems. I thought I was just a shitty, broken person.