I got diagnosed with laziness in school.

The word lazy still hurts today.

This was me growing up in the 80s. I wasn't disruptive, and I aced the tests, so obviously I didn't do the homework because I was "lazy." Fuck that noise.

Yep, I was given a choice of thick or lazy. I was a teenager so yes, I was but my biggest issue was I avoided it because I was scared of it. Nothing I did was good enough.

I've embraced the word lazy. All my coworkers know that if I'm doing something a certain way, it's because there's no better way and it needs to get done. Anything else has been automated and optimized out.

It sounds like the first doctor might have been a bit lazy.

Medical ableism is so infuriating. I'm glad you were able to get diagnosed eventually. For me the word annoying is one of those words associated with like ableist trauma.

I feel that. I was also diagnosed as lazy and unable to live up to potential. Then in my 20s i was diagnosed with narcolepsy....